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Seminar Series

Spring 2009

  • January 29
    1:00 pm
    Jones 215
  • Karin Conde-Knape, PhD
    Senior Research Leader, Hoffman LaRoche
    Targets Affecting Lipid Metabolism As Potential Treatment For Obesity And Its Complications
  • January 30
    10:00 am
    Young 207/208
  • Taif Al-Sarraj, MS
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    PhD Dissertation Defense: Effect of Carbohydrate Restriction and American Heart Association Diets on Clinical Features of the Metabolic Syndrome, the Inflammatory Response and Lipoprotein Metabolism in Young Emirati Adults
  • February 5
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Dan Rosenberg, PhD
    Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center
    Targeting the Arachidonic Acid Cascade for Chemoprevention of Colon Cancer
  • March 5
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Xudong Yao, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry; University of Connecticut
    Novel Chemical Reagents for Targeted Mass Spectrometry of Modified Proteins: Implication to “Functional Food Proteomics”
  • March 19
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Robert J. Nicolosi, PhD
    Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory & Nutritional Sciences; Director, Center for Health & Disease Research; University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Nanodelivery of Nutraceuticals
  • March 26
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Dipak Das, PhD
    Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center
    Resveratrol: A Therapeutic Promise For Alternative Medicine.
  • April 2
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Mario Ferruzzi, PhD
    Associate Professor, Departments of Food Science & Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University
    Impact of formulation on bioavailability of catechins from tea
  • April 9
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • David Rowe, MD
    Director for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center
    Appreciating cellular heterogeneity in models of skeletal disease: The importance of UCONN's multidisciplinary research environment
  • April 30
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Min-Yu Chung, MS
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    The Role Of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase In The Pathogenesis Of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • May 1
    2:30 pm
    Jones 219
  • Joseph Ratliff
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    PhD Dissertation Defense: Modulation of inflammatory response and appetite regulation by egg intake
  • May 4
    8:30 am
    Young 207
  • Lisa Vislocky
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    PhD Dissertation Defense: The impact of an acute energy deficit on post-exercise skeletal muscle protein synthesis and intracellular signaling events in healthy, physically active adults: Effects of dietary leucine
  • May 6
    9:30 am
    Jones 219
  • Kavitha Sankavaram
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    PhD Prospectus Defense: Responses of Cultured Cells to Zinc Deprivation
  • May 11
    10:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Bruce Grattan
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Thesis Defense: Regulation of LIV-1 Expression in Breast Cancer
  • May 18
    10:30 am
    Young 207
  • John W. Carbone
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    PhD Dissertation Defense: The Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway in Healthy, Active Adults: The Effects of Energy Balance, Endurance Exercise, Dietary Leucine Intake and Intravenous Leucine Infusion on Skeletal Muscle Protein Breakdown
  • May 29
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Dana A. DiNatale
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Dissertation Defense: Green Tea Extract Protects Against Obesity-Induced Hepatic Injury by Improving Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in an Obese Mouse Model of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • June 16
    10:00 am
    Young 207
  • Jose Oyama Moura Leite
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Modulation of Atherosclerosis and Lipid Metabolism by Drug Treatment and Dietary Interventions
  • June 25
    11:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Cheryl Dziura-Duke
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Thesis Defense: The Impact of Reading Levels on the Effectiveness of Food Safety Training via a Bi-Lingual Interactive Distance Education Course

 

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Spring 2009 Seminar Series
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