Fall 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 Webex. There are more options to join down below.
| Date | Speaker and Topic |
| Sept 11 | Dr. Jessica Rouge, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UConn
“Membrane disruption and enhanced cargo stability: A DNA surfactant-based approach to achieving cytosolic delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics” |
| Sept 18 | Beth Settje, Associate Director, Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills, UConn
“Overview of the career resources for graduate students” |
| Sept 25 | Dr. Leonard (Len) Augenlicht, Professor, Medicine and Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine TBD |
| Oct 2 | Leah Allen, NUSC Graduate Student, Department Seminar
“Green Banana as a Functional Food Influencing the Gut-Bone Axis” |
| Oct 9 | Lidan Gao, NUSC Graduate Student, Dissertation Defense
“Bioactive Dietary and Microbiome-Derived Lipids’ Modulation of the Gut-Liver Axis in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases” |
| Oct 16 | Conor Horlock, NUSC Graduate Student, Department Seminar
“Omega-3 supplementation for cognitive function and brain health in collision-based sports” |
| Oct 23 | Sorour Sarihi, NUSC Graduate Student, Department Seminar
“Effect of emulsifiers and food additives on chronic disease” |
| Oct 30 | Dr. Dingbo (Daniel) Lin, Professor, Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University
“From Diet to Single-Cell Transcriptomes: Decoding Carotenoid Regulation of Intestinal Function and Immunity” |
| Nov 6 | Dr. Erin Quann, Global Nutrition Science Lead, Nestlé
“Nutrition Innovation – Trends in Industry” |
| Nov 13 | Dr. Robert (Bob) Clark, Professor of Immunology, UConn Health
“Microbiome-derived Lipids regulate Systemic Innate Immune Responses” |
| Nov 20 | Dr. Thanh Nguyen, Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering, UConn
“Single-administration multi-dosing microneedle platform of medicines and therapeutics” |
| Nov 27 | No Seminar |
| Dec 4 | Briana Nosal, NUSC Graduate Student, Dissertation Defense
“Blackcurrant anthocyanins and the gut-bone axis in peri- and postmenopausal women” |
| Dec 11 | Evelyn Nathania, NUSC Graduate Student, Department Seminar
“Vitamin B5 supplementation in inherited Coenzyme A disorders” |
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