William Hansel Visiting Scientist Speakers Series
Almost every Thursday, prominent scientists from national and international universities as well as governmental and industrial laboratories visit to share their scientific discoveries and collaborate with the Pennington Biomedical Community. Topics and areas of research vary, but the majority relate to nutrition, obesity and metabolic health through the lifespan.
| Date | Speaker | Area of Research | Host(s) & Contact |
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March 25, 2021
rescheduled from Spring 2020
Sponsored by Pennington/Louisiana NORC |
Associate Professor of Pharmacology The University of Michigan Medical School |
Neurobiological mechanisms of obesity |
Emily Qualls-Creekmore, PhD Contact: Laura Dallam
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April 8, 2021
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Co-Director of the Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research Associate Director of the Center for Metabolic Origins of Disease, Professor, Medicine and Biological Chemistry Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Molecular and cellular interactions during muscle regeneration in health and disease
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Elizabeth Floyd, PhD Contact: Laura Dallam |
| April 15, 2021 |
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Role or arachidonic acid derived lipids in angiogenesis and tumorigenesis, tumors, integrins, growth factors, diabetes, metalloproteinases
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Kris Stadler, PhD Contact: Laura Dallam
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| April 22, 2021 | No meeting: Pennington Biomedical Sicentific Symposium | ||
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April 29, 2021
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Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Functional Genomics. Associate Director Myology Institute, Gainesville, FL
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Circadian rhythms, the molecular clock and skeletal muscle homeostasis
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Eric Ravvusin, PhD Gangarao Davuluri, PhD Contact: Jacqueline Fox
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May 13, 2021
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Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Psychiatry Director, Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health and Brain Development University of Maryland School of Medicine |
Developing mouse models of stress sensitivity using genetic and prenatal manipulations to understand the mechanism and heritability for increased susceptibility to neurodevelopmental disorders
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Emily Qualls-Creekmore, PhD Contact: Laura Dallam
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