Spring 2023
Seminar Series will be held on Fridays from 11:15 am -12:15 pm. 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 27 | Michiko Oyoshi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School “Maternal influences on offspring food allergy” |
| Feb 3rd | Derek Aguiar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, UConn “Deep statistical modelling of nanopore sequencing reveals latent non-B DNA structures” |
| Feb 10th | Alexander Aksenov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UConn “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Molecular Galaxy” |
| Feb 17th | Yanjiao Zhou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, UConn Health “Cyclic changes of the gut microbiome and innate immune responses during intermittent fasting in multiple sclerosis” |
| Feb 24th | Rebecca Heller, Ph.D., RD, Senior Manager, Field Medical at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. “Working in Field Medical: The World of Rare Genetic Diseases of Obesity” |
| Mar 3rd | No seminar |
| March 10th | Daniel Rosenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, UConn Health “Can we manipulate the gut microbiome for cancer prevention?” |
| Mar 17th | No seminar: Spring break |
| Mar 24th | Chaoyu Zhai, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Animal Science, UConn “Multi-omic Approaches to Investigate and Predict Meat Quality” |
| March 31st | Olivia Corvino, Graduate Student “The Role of Immune Cells on Energy Metabolism” |
| Apr 7th | Chelsea Garcia, Graduate Student “Investigating the impact of dietary polar lipids on inflammatory diseases” |
| Apr 14th | Yihang Feng, Graduate Student “Machine learning supported food VOC detection and analysis” |
| Apr 21st | Honglin Zhu, Graduate Student “Applications of hydrogels in wastewater treatment to ensure food safety” |
| Apr 28th | Hyungryun Jang’s Prospectus Defense (Title: TBD) |
Webex Information:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=ma55b9f46aa5a10a177be4fe9cfed6979
Meeting number: 2620 388 0475
Password: NUSC
Join by video system
Dial 26203880475@uconn-cmr.webex.com
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
Join by phone
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 262 038 80475