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2026 – 2027 Seminar Series

Fall 2026

  • Alan Brash, Ph.D.

    September 15, 2026

    4:00 PM 1220 MRB III

    Alan Brash, Ph.D.

    Vanderbilt University

    The 2026 John H. Exton Award For Research Leading to Innovative Biological Concepts – Uncovering a New Role for Enzymic Lipid Oxidations in Physiology

    Host: Christine Konradi

  • Aaron Gitler, Ph.D.

    September 22, 2026

    4:00 PM 202 Light Hall

    Aaron Gitler, Ph.D.

    Stanford University

    Defining neurodegenerative disease mechanisms at single cell resolution

    Host: Shan Meltzer

  • Angeline Lyon, Ph.D.

    October 6, 2026

    4:00 PM 202 Light Hall

    Angeline Lyon, Ph.D.

    Purdue University

    Differential Regulation of Phospholipase Cb Enzymes

    Host: Heidi Hamm

  • Abdel El Manira, Ph.D.

    October 13, 2026

    4:00 PM 1220 MRB III

    Abdel El Manira, Ph.D.

    Karolinska Institute

    Circuit principles for locomotor control

    Elaine Sanders-Bush Lecture

  • October 20, 2026

    4:00 PM 202 Light Hall

    Huan Bao, Ph.D.

    University of Virginia

    Hosts: Heidi Hamm/Colleen Niswender

  • October 27, 2026

    4:00 PM 1220 MRB III

    Kaavya Krishna Kumar, Ph.D.

    Cornell University

    Host: Prashant Donthamsetti

  • WEDNESDAY October 28, 2026

    4:00 PM 1220 MRB III

    Alex Tiriac, Ph.D.

    Vanderbilt University

    Host: Christine Konradi

  • November 17, 2026

    4:00 PM 202 Light Hall

    James Jontes, Ph.D.

    The Ohio State University

    Host: Valentina Cigliola

  • December 1, 2026

    4:00 PM 202 Light Hall

    Dolores Irala, Ph.D.

    St Jude Research Hospital

    Host: Valentina Cigliola

  • December 8, 2026

    4:00 PM 1220 MRB III

    Gregory Tall, Ph.D.

    University of Michigan

    Host: Rick Sando

  • December 15, 2026

    4:00 PM 202 Light Hall

    Victoria Abraira, Ph.D.

    Rutgers University

    Host: Shan Meltzer