NUTRITION AND OBESITY AFFINITY GROUP (NORC) RESEARCH SEMINARS

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

Meeting Location: Beckman B302

Winter 2026

Jan 16thLiang Feng, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
"Molecular mechanism of glucose transport"
Jan 23rdRachel Turn, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Mohammad Aziz-Zanjani, PhD
Instructor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baxter Laboratory, Stanford University
"Metabolic STAMP for deciphering GPCR-regulated insulin secretion by pancreatic β cells"
Jan 30thZhao Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Decoding Metabolic Disease by Forward Genetics"
Feb 6thAndrea Tobais, PhD
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
"Reducing Ultra-Processed Foods in School Meals: Evidence, Challenges and Policy Opportunities"
Feb 27thIsha Jain, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
"Turning the Oxygen and Vitamin Dials"
Mar 6thPeter Jackson, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Stanford University
"Talk Title TBA"