Spring 2019 Colloquium in Integrative Physiology

January 14

Introduction for Graduate Students

Mark Opp, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder

January 21

January 28

Light and Health - A Novel Take on Quantifying Human Light Exposure and its Potential for Interventions

Céline Vetter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu)

February 4

Targeting Healthspan with Translational Physiology

Tom LaRocca, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu)

February 11

Circadian Misalignment and Metabolic Health

Kenneth Wright, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu)

February 18

Lumos! The Magic of Light in Our Lives

Gena Glickman, Ph.D.
University of California San Diego and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
(Host: Céline Vetterceline.vetter@colorado.edu)

February 25

What Wakes Us Up: Networked Circadian Clocks in the Brain

Erik Herzog, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Washington University
(Host: Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

March 4

High-resolution Metabolomics: Advanced Blood Chemistry for Precision Medicine

Douglas Walker, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
(Host: Tanya Alderete tanya.alderete@colorado.edu)

March 11

CANCELED

March 18

Navigating a Hybrid Industry/Academic Postdoc Experiment

Melissa Linden, Ph.D.
Department of Health & Exercise Science
Colorado State University
and Pfizer Inc.
(Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)

March 25

April 1

Inbred Strains of Mice Selected for High and Low Open Field Activity as a Model to Study the Genetics of Anxiety and Drug Behaviors

Marissa Ehringer Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu)

April 8

Sleep Modulates Short-term Memory by Optimizing Circuit Flexibility

Paul Shaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Washington University
(Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu)

April 15

The Effects of Running-specific Leg Prostheses on Performance

Alena Grabowski, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu)

Estrogen, Physical Activity, and Energy Expenditure: Links to Post-menopausal Weight Gain?

Ed Melanson, Ph.D.
CU Anschutz Medical Campus
& Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Bill Byrnes william.byrnes@colorado.edu)

Alivia Blumenstein - Combined effects of sleep and circadian disruption on inflammation
Ryan Alcantara - Sacral accelerations predict whole body and stride kinematics during running
Erzsebet Nagy - Time-restricted feeding in normal weight middle-aged and older adults

Graduate students
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Bob Mazzeo robert.mazzeo@colorado.edu)