2022-Present Seminars

• 2022 - Present

   

  2023 Seminars
  Andrea Azcarate-Peril* PhD - March 30 Associate Professor UNC Departments of Medicine and Nutrition University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Modulation of the aging gut microbiome by prebiotics and probiotics.	Carley Rusch MS RDN- April 6 Final Dissertation: The effect of a Mediterranean diet on gastrointestinal function in people with Parkinson’s disease. Discussants: Daniela Rivero Mendoza, May Alshahwan
  Jennifer Lee- April 13 Final Dissertation: Mechanisms of iron transport in hereditary hemochromatosis and during intestinal inflammation in Sprague-Dawley rats. Discussants: Tamanna Prami, Pearl Ebea, Sofia Aceved
  2022 Seminars
  Juame Amengual, Ph.D. - September 1 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Beta-carotene and vitamin A in cardiometabolic diseases.	Bin Liu, Ph.D. - September 8 (Zoom Only) Mississippi State University Exploring the role of mitochondria in dysregulated calcium handling in diseased hearts.
  Stephen Hennigar, Ph.D. - September 22 Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge Impact of dietary iron on severity of enteric infection.	Ray A. Matulka, Ph.D., FACN - October 6 Burdock Group Consultants, Orlando Evaluation of the safety of new food ingredients: Where science meets regulation.
  Cora Best, Ph.D., RDN - October 27 University of Florida Clinical and genetic influences on vitamin D metabolism.	Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph.D. - November 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  Modulation of the aging gut microbiome by prebiotics and probiotics.
  Dr. Diana Taft University of Florida Breastfeeding, Antibiotics, and the Infant Gut Resistome

Past Seminars

• 2022 Seminars

  2022 Seminars
  Juame Amengual, Ph.D. - September 1 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Beta-carotene and vitamin A in cardiometabolic diseases.	Bin Liu, Ph.D. - September 8 (Zoom Only) Mississippi State University Exploring the role of mitochondria in dysregulated calcium handling in diseased hearts.
  Stephen Hennigar, Ph.D. - September 22 Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge Impact of dietary iron on severity of enteric infection.	Ray A. Matulka, Ph.D., FACN - October 6 Burdock Group Consultants, Orlando Evaluation of the safety of new food ingredients: Where science meets regulation.
  Cora Best, Ph.D., RDN - October 27 University of Florida Clinical and genetic influences on vitamin D metabolism.	Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph.D. - November 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  Modulation of the aging gut microbiome by prebiotics and probiotics.
  Dr. Diana Taft University of Florida Breastfeeding, Antibiotics, and the Infant Gut Resistome

• 2021-Present Seminars

  2021 Seminars

  Perry Collins Copyright & Open Educational Resources Librarian UF Author Rights Policy & Predatory and Questionable Publishing Suzanne Stapleton Agricultural Sciences & Digital Scholarship Librarian UF Author Rights Policy & Predatory and Questionable Publishing Gordon Zello University of Saskatchewan EPIC Health: Eating Pulses Improves Cardioovascular Health  Dr. Corwin Nelson University of Florida Application of Vitamin D physiology research to nutritional recommendations

  Dr. Antonio Faciolo University of Florida Simulating the Gut(Rumen) in the Lab: The Dual-flow Continuous Culture System and Ruminant Nutrition Dr. Audrey Labarre l'Université de Montréal Microbial Dietary Supplementation and Lipid Dysregulation in Neurodegenerative Disorders Dr. Christine Tangney Rush University MIND and Mediterranean Diet Patterns and Cognitive Decline and Dementia: How did we get here?

• 2010-2020 Seminars

  2019 – 2020 Seminars
  Matam Vijay-Kumar University of Toledo Nutrient Control of Responses to Infection Steve Smith Sanford Burnham Institute Orlando Lipid Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseease Kervin Hall NIH Metabolic Responses to Processed Food in Humans	Hal Drakesmith Oxford University, UK Hepcidin Control of Iron Metabolism Steve Brenner University of Iowa Metabolism and Function of Nicotinamide Riboside Dominic D'Agostino University of South Florida Physiologic Responses to Ketogenic Diets
  2017 – 2018 Seminars
  Dennis Thiel Duke University Copper and Copper Containing Therapeutics Harini Sampath Rutgers University Control of Lipid Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases	Sonia Najjar Ohio University Metabolic Factors of NAFLD/NASH  Iqbal Hamza University of Maryland Heme Trafficking From The Ground-Up
  2015 – 2016 Seminars
  John B. Vincent, Ph.D. University of Alabama Recent Advances in Nutritional Biochemistry of Chromium (III) Sherry Tanumihardjo, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Vitamin A in Developing Countries Dorine Swinkels, M.D., Ph.D. Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands Responses of the Gut Microbiota to Supplementary Iron	Robert Waterland, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Special Seminar at the Genetics Institute
  2013 – 2014 Seminars
  Sam Cheng, M.D. University of Florida CaSR and Nutritional Therapy of Diarrhea in Children Ali Shalesh Kaushal, M.D. Retina Specialty Institute – Gainesville, FL Controlling Retinal Homeostasis with Molecular Rheostats Tracy G. Anthony, Ph. D. Rutgers University, New Jersey Protein Kinase GCN2 and the Amino Acid Stress Response in Health and Disease	Susan J. Whiting, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition, Canada Measuring Hand Grip Strengh: What Nutrition Researchers and Dietitians Need to Know Patrick Concannon, Ph.D. University of Florida Genetics of Malnutrition Kenneth Cusi, Ph.D. University of Florida Diabetes Stephan G. Kaler, M.D. National Institute of Health Studies in Human Copper Metabolism
  2012 – 2013 Seminars
  Sadasivan Vidyasagar, Ph. D. University of Florida Effect of Irradiation on Small Bowel Function: A Functional Approach to Treat Radiation Toxicity	Sylvia Christakos, Ph. D. UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School Vitamin D and the Gut Lothar Rink, Ph.D. University Hospital – Aachen, Germany Molecular Basis for Zinc in Immunity
  2011 – 2012 Seminars
  Kimberly O’Brien, Ph.D. Cornell University Homeostasis Jacob Selhub, Ph.D. Tufts University Vitamin B6, Inflammation and the Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) Dependent Tryptophan Degradation
  2010 – 2011 Seminars
  Jay Whelan, Ph.D. University of Tennessee – Knoxville Can Diet Provide any Hope of Impacting Advanced Stages of Prostate Cancer? Thomas Clanton, Ph.D. University of Florida Factors Influencing Permeability in Hyperthermia Kris Kowdley, Ph.D. University of Washington Molecular Mechanisms of Iron Overload in Humans Doug Burrin, Ph.D. Children’s Nutritional Research Center – Houston, Texas Functional Role of Methionine Cycle Metabolism in the Gut Health and Disease	James R. Connor, Ph.D. Penn State University Mechanisms and Regulation of Iron Uptake into the Brain

• 2001-2010 Seminars

  2009 – 2010 Seminars
  J. Bernadette Moore University of Surrey (UK) Proteomic Approach to Analysis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome Norman G. Hord Michigan State University Food Sources of Nitrates and Nitrites: Potential Health Benefits Carrie P. Earthman University of Minnesota Bioimpedance Spectroscopy for Assessment of Fluid Distribution and Body Cell Mass in the Clinical Setting Hamid Said University of California Irvine Transport of Water-soluble Vitamins in Health and Disease: Mechanisms and Regulation Judy Storch Rutgers University Transport & Metabolism of Intestinal Monoacylglycerol: the ‘Forgotten’ Lipid	Yatrick Shah University of Michigan The Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor in Iron Homeostasis Michael F. Holick Boston University School of Medicine A solution for Good Health: Vitamin D Tim Osborne Burnham Institute Orlando New Roles for SREBPs in Physiology and Metabolism Tom Ziegler Emory University School of Medicine Trophic and Cyoprotective Nutrition for Intestinal Adaptation, Repair and Barrier Function Shannon Kelleher Penn State University Zinc and Mammary Gland Function: The Two Faces of Eve
  2008 – 2009 Seminars
  J. Lee Beverly, Ph.D. University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nutritional Neuroscience: The Brain Diet Connection Patrick J. Stover, Ph.D. Cornell University Folic Acid, Birth Defects and Colon Cancer: Managing Gene Expression and Genome Stability Bryan Mackenzie, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati Divalent Metal-Ion Transporter DMT1 and Its Role in Metal-Ion Absorption Rex Gaskins, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign On Contributions of the Hydrogen Economy to Colonic Health and Disease Christopher B. Newgard Duke University Medical Center Comprehensive Tools for Metabolic Analysis. Joint with UF Clinical & Translational Science Institute.	Josh Yarrow, Ph.D. VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL Trick O’ Treat: Testosterone and the Prevention of Osteopenia Donald George, M.D. Nemours Children’s Clinic Probiotics in Infant Nutrition James Fleet, Ph.D. Purdue University Vitamin D Regulation of Calcium Metablolism: A Critical Role for Intestinal Calcium Absorption Bret Goodpaster, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Insulin Resistance in Aging: Effects of Calorie Restriction and Exercise. Joint with UF Diabetes Center
  2007 – 2008 Seminars
  Don Striegel, Ph.D. Coca-Cola Research & Development Group Past, Present, and Future: Research and Development in Minute Maid and Coca-Cola Joseph Larkin, Ph.D. Microbiology and Cell Science, UF Regulatory T-Cells and Autoimmune Disease James Resnick, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Mircobiology, UF Mouse Models of Prader-Willi Syndrome Joseph Prhaska, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Copper-Dependent Ferroxidases and Mammalian Iron Homesotasis Elizabeta Nemeth, Ph.D. Department of Medicine, UCLA Hepcidin and Iron Metabolism	Richard Weindruch, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Caloric Intake and Aging Joint with UF Institute on Aging Michael Clare-Salzler, M.D. Department of Pathology, UF Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes in High-Risk Infants Min Li, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Aberrant Expression of Zinc Transporter ZIP4 Contributes to Human Pancreatic Cancer Joint with UF Shands Cancer Center S. Jill James, Ph.D. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Oxidative Stress and the Metabolic Pathology of Autism
  2006 – 2007 Seminars
  George A. Burdock, Ph.D. Burdock Group, Washington, DC Food Toxicology Issues Involving Nutrition and the Food Industry Mary Frances Picciano, Ph.D. Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH Dietary Supplement Use in the United States: Who’s Using What? A. Catharine Ross, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University Vitamin A in the Lungs and Immune System Vadim N. Gladyshev, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Selenoproteomes	James S. Scolapio, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville Trophic Factors for Treatment of GI Dysfunction Linda M. Castell Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, U.K. Endurance Exercise, Immunodepression, and Supplements Dwight E. Matthews, Ph.D. University of Vermont Protein/Amino Acid Nutrition
  2005 – 2006 Seminars
  Xingen Lei, Ph.D. Cornell University Intriguing Roles of Antioxidant Enzymes Se-GPX1 and Cu, Zn-SOD in Oxidative Stress and Diabetes Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine Things Don't Taste the Same to Everyone: Impact on Food Intake and Health Eric Hentges, Ph.D. Center for Nutrition Policy and USDA's Food Guidance System Translating the Guidelines into Actionable Behaviors Stephanie Norris, M.S., R.D., L.D./N. Dairy Council of Florida Waist Management, DASH, Bone Health: The Role of Dairy	Kenneth A. Kudsk, M.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison Critical Illness, Enteral Nutrition, and Mucosal Immunity David B. Allison, Ph.D. University of Alabama Controversies and Confusions Regarding Obesity and Longevity Diane F. Birt, Ph.D. Iowa State University Botanical Supplements Robert A. Waterland, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Early Nutritional Influences on Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics
  2004 - 2005 Seminars
  Gerald Schmidt, Pharm.D. Shands Macronutrients as Immune Modulators Barbara Bowman, Ph.D. Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion CDC Prevention Research in Response to the Emerging Epidemic of Chronic Disease in the United States: Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Paul Ernsberger, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Effect of Diet and Weight Recidivism on Blood Pressure in a Metabolic Syndrome X Model	Brian Wansink, Ph.D. Cornell University Factors Affecting Food Intake Paul Leaverton, Ph.D. University of South Florida Epidemiology and Its Role in Studies of Human Health Brandon Lewis, Ph.D. Kemin Industries, Inc. Des Moines, Iowa The Antiordinary Antioxidant: The Science Behind Lutein
  2003 - 2004 Seminars
  James M. Ntambi, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison Role for Stearoyl- CoA Desaturase in Metabolism Jose M. Ordovas, Ph.D. Tufts University Adding Power to Nutrition and Common Sense to Genetics Neil F. Shay, Ph.D. Notre Dame University Soy Isoflavones Regulate Lipid Metabolism Via PPAR and SREBP Pathways Thomas W. Sadler, Ph.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill Folic Acid: Not Just a Nutrient during Embryogenesis	Colleen E. Hayes, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison Vitamin D Nutrition and Autoimmune Disease Hilary Shallo Thesmar, Ph.D. Egg Nutrition Center, Washington, DC Return of the Good Egg Kevin L. Fritsche, Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia Impaired Interferon gamma Responsiveness and Diminished Bacterial Clearance Associated with Fish Oil Consumption in Mice Tomas A. Prolla, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison The Gene Expression Profile of the Aging Process and its Retardation by Nutritional Intervention
  2002 - 2003 Seminars
  Sharon R. Rolfes Nutrition & Health Associates, Tallahassee, Florida Writing as a Profession in the Nutrition/Dietetics Field  Jeanne Freeland-Graves, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin  The Epidemic of Obesity  Joshua W. Miller, Ph.D. University of California, Davis  Homocysteine, B Vitamins, and Cognitive Function in Aging and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders	David R. Lineback, Ph.D.  University of Maryland Acrylamide in Foods - What is the Problem? Donald E. George Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida Celiac Disease and Related Disorders in Children  Kevin L. Fritsche, Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia Impaired Interferon gamma Responsiveness and Diminished Bacterial Clearance Associated with Fish Oil Consumption in Mice
  2001 - 2002 Seminars
  David S. Newburg, Ph.D.  University of Massachusetts The Innate Immune System in Human Milk  Joshua A. Bomser, Ph.D. Ohio State University  Antioxidants and Ocular Health  Timothy A. Garrow, Ph.D.  University of Illinois  Regulation of Betaine-homocysteine Methyltransferase by Redox Switch	Michael B. Zemel, Ph.D. University of Tennessee Calcium Modulation of Adipocyte Metabolism and Human Obesity Risk  Alan L. Buchman, M.D. Norwestern University  Choline Deficiency in Humans

• 1987 - 2000 Seminars

  Seminars 1987 - 2000

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