Fall 2024
Seminar Series will be held on Fridays from 11:10 am-12:10 pm in Jones 219. Refreshments will be served from 10:45 am. The seminar may be joined virtually via this Webex link. There are more options to join down below.
| Date | Speaker and Topic |
| Aug 30 | Graduate Student Orientation |
| Sept 6
(9:30 a.m.-10:30 |
Olivia Corvino, NUSC Graduate Student, Thesis Defense: “The role of histone deacetylase 9 in inflammation and metabolic dysfunction”
Please note change of time and venue |
| Sept 13 | Dr. Angela Bermúdez-Millán, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn Health: “Household Food Insecurity as a Social Determinant of Health” |
| Sept 20 | Dr. Michael Lynes, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UConn: “Stress and Immunity: The extracellular life of metallothionein, an intracellular housekeeping protein and its role as a therapeutic target in chronic inflammatory diseases” |
| Sept 27 | Chenyang Ji, NUSC Graduate Student: “Applications of high internal phase Pickering emulsions in food: Enhancing texture, stability, and functionality” |
| Oct 4 | Dr. Vijay Rathinam, Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, UConn Health: “TBD” |
| Oct 11 | Dr. Maria Luz Fernandez, Professor, Nutritional Sciences, UConn: “Eggs and their controversial pathway from a forbidden to a healthy food (1960-2020)” |
| Oct 18 | Dr. Susan Mitmesser, Chief Science Officer, Pharmavite, CA: “Trends in the Nutraceutical World” |
| Oct 25 | David Juros, Founder and Principal DWJ Food Systems Consulting, LLC. and Food Is Medicine Consultant at Hartford Healthcare: “Changing Generational Health in Hartford – The Hartford Hospital Food4Health Program” |
| Nov 1 | Briana Nosal, NUSC Graduate Student: “Recent advancements in the discovery of anthocyanins-gut-bone interplay” |
| Nov 8 | Dr. Lieve Laurens, Researcher V-Biological Science, National Renewable Energy Lab, CO: “Novel Accelerated Macroalgae Conversion Platform from Fish Microbiomes” |
| Nov 15 | Manije Mofrad Darooghegi, NUSC Graduate Student: “The Interplay of Diet, Genome, Metabolome, and Gut Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease” |
| Nov 22 | Dr. Kristin Rubin, Global Head of Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs, Health and Wellness Platform, Mars Incorporated: “Translating nutrition research in the global regulatory framework: How to ensure scalable impact” |
| Nov 27 | Thanksgiving Break. No seminar. |
| Dec 6 | Kristofer Terrell, NUSC Graduate Student: “Role of senescent cells in the gut during aging” |
Webex Information:
Join from the meeting link
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m03c83c374e234eb5a6de8779536f52a4
Join by meeting number
Meeting number (access code): 2633 612 6898
Meeting password: NUSC