NPOD Seminar Series Fall 2026

The seminars always take place Wednesdays at NOON CST. 
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Sept. 2, 2026
Jaume Amengual  (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
(in person -  East Campus, 304 Leverton Hall)
“Is vitamin A insufficiency a novel cardiometabolic risk factor?”

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Sept. 23, 2026
Francisco Jose Schopfer (University of Pittsburgh)
(in person -  East Campus, 304 Leverton Hall)
“Inflammation and metabolism: Two tales of non canonical signaling fatty acids”

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Oct. 14, 2026
Shubha Govind (The City College of New York)
(in person -  East Campus, 304 Leverton Hall)
“Regulation of inflammation: Lessons from fruit flies”

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Oct. 21, 2026
Shingo Kajimura (Harvard Medical School)
(in person -  East Campus, 304 Leverton Hall)
“Molecular Basis of Fuel Selection”

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Nov. 4, 2026
Rachel Bailey (UT Southwestern)
(in person -  East Campus, 304 Leverton Hall)
“Advancing AAV Gene Therapies for Neurological and Metabolic Disorders”

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Nov. 11, 2026
Nick Burton (Van Andel Institute)
(in person -  East Campus, 304 Leverton Hall)
“Metabolic resilience:  Understanding the mechanisms that give rise to genetic and microbial protection against OxPhos deficiencies”