NUTRITION AND OBESITY AFFINITY GROUP (NORC) RESEARCH SEMINARS

Meeting Time: Fridays, 12:00-1:00 pm

Meeting Location: Beckman B302

Autumn 2025

Sep 12thTejal Desai, PhD
Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Professor, Department of Engineering, Brown University
"Tuning the "Structure" of Biomaterials:Implications for Cell-Based Therapy"
Sep 26thSally Kent, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
"Islet-derived CD8+ T cells from donors with type 1 diabetes: function and reactivity"
Oct 3rdLay Teng Ang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Stanford University
"Converting human pluripotent stem cells into hepatocytes to study BSL4 virology"
Oct 10thNatalie Torok, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
"Diabetes and matrix remodeling in the liver"
Oct 17thAnnie Yue, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vaisse Lab, University of California, San Francisco
"Molecular representation of peripheral energy levels by neuronal cilia"
Oct 31stMichael Snyder, PhD
Stanford W. Ascherman Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University
"Personalized response to food for metabolic health"
Nov 7thChristina Gangemi, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University
"Sustained delivery of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide enhances islet engraftment and function in diabetes"
Nov 14thDimpi Desai, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
"The use of GLP-1 RA in Type 1 Diabetes"
Dec 5thPatrick Jurney, PhD, FAHA
Kordestani Endowed Chair and Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, San Jose State University
"Holotomographic Microscopy and the Role of Cellular Organelles in Disease"
Dec 12thPeter Zushin, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Joseph Wu Lab, Stanford University
"Novel Small Molecule Therapeutic Abrogates Pancreatitis and Preserves Islet Function"
Dec 19thPhil Beachy, PhD
The Ernest and Amelia Gallo Professor, Departments of Urology and Developmental Biology, Stanford University
"Talk TBA"