Spring 2009 Interdisciplinary
Nutrition Seminar Series
Held in 252 Campbell Hall from 11:30am-12:30pm every Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Bird or Joshua Bomser.
April 1
Introduction, Expectations, and Syllabus Overview: Enrolled students only
April 8
Speaker: F Jason Duncan, PhD; Post-doctoral Fellow (Dr. Helen Everts), Department of Human Nutrition, The Ohio State University
Title: The Effects of Black Raspberry Extract on UVB-Induced Inflammation and Carcinogenesis
Host:: Helen Everts
April 15
Speaker: Snigdha Ghosh, PhD; Post-doctoral Fellow (Dr. Earl Harrison), Department of Human Nutrition, The Ohio State University
Title: Subcellular localization of carboxylesterase-4 in rat liver cells and its role as neutral cholesteryl ester hydrolase (10 minute EB talk.)
Speaker: Rumana Yasmeen; MS student (Dr. Oulinana Ziouzenkova), Department of Human Nutrition, The Ohio State University
Title: Alcohol Dehydrogenase-1 Decreases Susceptibility to Diet-induced Obesity in Mice (10 minute research update.)
April 22
No Seminar: Experimental Biology 2009, New Orleans
April 29
Speaker: A. Douglas Kinghorn, PhD; D.Sc. Jack L. Beal Professor and Chair, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University
Title: New Natural Product Research Initiatives
Host:: Joshua Bomser
May 6
Speaker: Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, M.D., PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition. The Ohio State University
Title: Household Food Insecurity and the Dual Burden of Overweight and Underweight
Host:: Amanda Bird
May 13
Speaker: Art Hecker, PhD; Past Vice President for Research, Development and Scientific Affairs Ross Labs, Columbus, OH
Title: TBA
Host:: Jim Kinder
May 20
Speaker: Richard S Bruno, PhD, RD; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences University of Connecticut
Title: Hepatoprotective Activities Of Green Tea Extract On Obesity-Triggered Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Host:: Joshua Bomser
May 27
Speaker: Shannon Kelleher, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University
Title: Moving Metals into Milk: The Role of ZnT2 in Mammary Gland Zinc Transport
Host:: Amanda Bird
June 3
Speaker: Tim Huang, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics - Human Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State University
Title: Applications of chromatin immunoprecipitation-based epigenomic tools in nutritional studies
Host:: Joshua Bomser
June 5
Russell Klein Memorial Nutrition Symposium
Biomedical Research Tower Rm. 115, 4pm-5pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. William H. Dietz, M.D., PhD; Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Title: The obesity epidemic in the United States: crisis and opportunity
Hosts: GSNS students
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