Colloquium in Integrative Physiology
Spring 2025
- When: Mondays: 11:15am-12:05pm Eaton Humanities Building 250 (Occasional Wednesday talks same time in MUEN E214)
- For more information about the series or about any of the speakers, contact Marissa Ehringer at marissa.ehringer@colorado.edu
- To attend the talks remotely, please request Zoom link from Brandon.Michieli@colorado.edu
Schedule
| Date | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
Wednesday, January 15th Eaton Humanities 250 | Circadian Lifestyle Optimization to Improve Health Emily Manoogian, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Wednesday, January 22nd MUEN E214 | Exercise timing in cardiovascular risks and benefits: The role of the endogenous circadian system Leandro Brito, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Monday, January 27th Eaton Humanities 250 | Harnessing light: Exploring novel therapeutic pathways to enhance sleep, cognition, and health equity Renske Lok, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Monday, February 3rd Eaton Humanities 250 | Circadian Rhythms and Light: New Approaches to Enhancing Fertility, Assisted Reproduction Technology Success, and Animal Welfare Alexandra Yaw, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Wednesday, February 5th MUEN E214 | Gut-brain sensory cells that differentially regulate ingestion-related physiology and behavior. Marito Hayashi, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Monday, February 10th Eaton Humanities 250 | From variant-to-function: a cross-species approach to understanding sleep Amber Zimmerman, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Monday, February 17th Eaton Humanities 250 | Biophysical mechanisms of brain state dynamics Oscar Gonzales, Ph.D. (Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
Monday, February 24th Eaton Humanities 250 | Chemicals and Regulation: A Focus on Menstruation, Fossil Fuel Pollution, and Disproportionate Exposure Jenni Shearston Ph.D. (Host: Marissa Ehringer marissa.ehringer@colorado.edu) |
Monday, March 3rd Eaton Humanities 250 | Foams, plates and non-responders - the latest insights on performance running shoes Wouter Hoogkamer Ph.D. (Host: Peter Kim sewan.kim@colorado.edu) |
Monday, March 10th Eaton Humanities 250 | Environmental Metal Exposure and Impacts on Chronic Disease Tiffany Sanchez, Ph.D. (Host: Jenni Shearston jenni.shearston@colorado.edu) |
Monday, March 17th Eaton Humanities 250 | Can you mitigate gender bias in student evaluations of teaching? Evaluating alternative methods of soliciting feedback Ann Owen, Ph.D. (Host:Janet Casagrand janet.casagrand@colorado.edu) |
Monday, April 7th Eaton Humanities 250 | No Colloquium this week (students enrolled in course will still attend recitation) |
Monday, April 14th Eaton Humanities 250 | Moving Bionic Legs from the Lab to the Real World Tomasso Lenzi, Ph.D. (Host: Alena Grabowski alena.grabowski@colorado.edu) |
Monday, April 21st Eaton Humanities 250 | Graduate Student Presentations Joseph Lim, MS candidate - Self-Reported Sleep Measures are Associated with the Gut Microbiome Among Young Adults Sophia Mahoney, PhD candidate - The role of cellular senescence and the senescence-associated secretory phenotype in vascular aging: Amelioration by the natural senolytic fisetin John Sterrett, PhD candidate - Novel multi-omics methods improve understanding of host-microbe crosstalk in the mammalian gut |
Monday, April 28th Eaton Humanities 250 | Graduate Student Presentations Sidney Aki, PhD candidate - Suvorexant’s effects on sleep in Female C57BL/6J mice undergoing nicotine abstinence Ashley Darrah, MS candidate - Senolytic Therapy with Fisetin to Improve Vascular Endothelial Function in Older Adults: A Translational Approach Eamonn Duffy, PhD candidate - Genetic Background and Sex Influence Oxycodone Analgesia and Self-Administration |