Spring 2026
Seminar Series will be held on Fridays from 11:30 am-12:30 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 |
| Jan 30 | Lidan Gao, NUSC Graduate Student: Microbiome enterotypes influence fiber-dependent improvements in glucose metabolism |
| Feb 5 | No Seminar |
| Feb 13 | Dr. Sasan Jalili, Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine: TBD |
| Feb 20 | Dr. Daniel Dwyer, Assistant Professor, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School: TBD |
| Feb 27 | Dr. Natale Sciolino, Assistant Professor, Physiology and Neurobiology, Uconn: Locus coeruleus neuron regulation of feeding and taste |
| Mar 6 | Dr. Samantha Fortin, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Health Center: Central mechanisms for the regulation of food intake |
| Mar 13 | Dr. Elsio Wunder, Assistant Professor, Pathobiology, UConn: Leptospirosis: research perspective on a zoonotic neglected disease |
| Mar 20 | No seminar (Spring Break) |
| Mar 27 | Dr. Insoo Kang, Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine: Nucleic acid-driven immune activation in autoimmunity |
| Apr 3 | Jiayi Liang, NUSC Graduate Student: Alginate Microencapsulation of Phycocyanin for Improved Stability and Food Applications |
| Apr 10 | Dr. Ying Chen, Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University: Building 3D Human Intestine Models for Food, Health, and Therapeutic Innovation |
| Apr 17 | Dr. Abdulkerim Eroglu, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University: Understanding the roles of carotenoids in mediating host-microbe interactions within the mammalian gut |
| Apr 24 | Sorour Sarihi, NUSC Graduate Student: Emulsifiers and gut health |
| May 1 | Siman Liu, NUSC Graduate Student: The impact of Seaweed on Gut Health as a Functional Food Ingredient |
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