TheDivision of Nutritional Sciences Seminar (NS6190) takes place on Mondays at 4:00 (unless otherwise indicated). No registration is required. The Division invites seminar speakers based on criteria that include:
presentation of cutting-edge research
coverage of topics across the Field of Nutrition and concentrations (Molecular, Human, International, Community Nutrition)
internal sources such as faculty presentations, NIH training grant trainees, thesis presentations by PhD candidates
Fall 2020 SCHEDULE
August 31, 2020
Vimal Selvaraj, PhD; Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology at the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University.
Title: TBD
September 7, 2020
No Seminar
September 14, 2020
Varykina Thackray, PhD, Associate Professor in Residence, Reproductive Medicine, Health Sciences at the University of California San Diego
Title: TBD
September 21, 2020
Ömer Yilmaz, PhD; Eisen and Chang Career Development Professor, Associate Professor of Biology, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. "Dietary control of stem cells in physiology and disease"
September 28, 2020
Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, Sc.D., M.P.A.; Associate Professor of Nutrition & Global Health, Department of Global Health (primary), Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University
Hanqi Luo, PhD; Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Nutrition and Institute for Global Nutrition at the University of California, Davis.
“A new statistical method for estimating usual intakes of nearly-daily consumed foods and nutrients through use of only one 24-hour dietary recall”
October 26, 2020
Jessica Fanzo, PhD, Associate Professor, Global Food & Agricultural Policy & Ethics in the Berman School of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University
November 2, 2020
Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation; Director, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis; Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair in Pathology; Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology; Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University
The NS7030 Seminar in Nutritional Sciences takes place on Tuesdays at 12:20. No registration is required to attend this event.
In this class seminar, DNS graduate students read and learn how to critically analyze and interpret original articles published in a wide variety of journals. Students learn how to make professional presentations to a broad audience and how to critique the presentations given by others.
Yuwen Xiu presents "Increased serine synthesis provides an advantage for tumors arising in tissues where serine levels are limiting", Sullivan, Mattaini, et al
September 22, 2020
Wing Zhong
September 29, 2020
Dorothy Kim
October 6, 2020
Kendra Tiani
October 13, 2020
October 20, 2020
Yuuki Nakayachi
October 27, 2020
Min-Ting Lee presents "Microbiota Regulate Intestinal Absorption and Metabolism of Fatty Acids in the Zebrafish”, Semova, Carten, et al
