Schedule

Date Title and Speaker
Jan. 12

Introduction for Graduate Students

Chris DeSouza, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder

Jan. 26

Quantification of Biological Aging in Young Individuals

Daniel Belsky, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Duke University Medical Center
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

Feb. 2

Cancelled

Feb. 9

Systems Genetics in Humans and Mice to Understand Cardiometabolic Traits

Mete Civelek, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

Feb. 16

Genetic Architecture of Breast Cancer

Sara Lindstroem, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics
Harvard School of Public Health
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

Feb. 23

Genetic Epidemiology and Network Medicine Approaches to Complex Disease

Merry-Lynn McDonald, Ph.D.
Instructor
Channing Division of Network Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

March 2

Drug Discovery Targeting Toll-Like Receptors

Hubert Yin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Colorado Boulder
(Hosted by Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

March 9

Genetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Quality Control

Leo Pallanck, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Genome Science
University of Washington
(Hosted by Chris Link chris.link@colorado.edu)

March 16

Time-Restricted Feeding: A Novel Intervention Combining Intermittent Fasting and Circadian Physiology

Courtney Peterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
John S McIlhenny Skeletal Muscle Physiology Laboratory
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
(Hosted by Chris Martens christopher.martens@colorado.edu)

March 30

Exercise and Prebiotic Modulation of the Gut Microbiota Promotes Stress Robustness

Monika Fleshner, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder

April 6

Messages in the Milk: The influence of the Maternal Environment

Robin Bernstein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Hosted by Monique LeBourgeois Monique.lebourgeois@colorado.edu)

April 13

Optimizing Design of the Exercise Drug for Cardiometabolic Health

Barry Braun
Professor and Head
Department of Health and Exercise Science
Colorado State University
(Hosted by Bob Mazzeo robert.mazzeo@colorado.edu)

April 20

The Effects of Using Leg Prostheses during Walking and Running

Alena Grabowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder

April 27

Adam Bohr - Weighted gene co-expression network analysis to the oral microbiome
Kyle Diehl - Nebivolol and Endothelin-1 System Activity
Whitney Melroy - Genetic risk factors for alcohol and nicotine behaviors

Graduate Students
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Hosted by Robert Mazzeo mazzeo@colorado.edu)