Seminar Speakers for Spring 2026

Date, Time & Location	Speaker/Institution	Topic	Host
Wed., Jan 28, 2026 2:15-3:30 pm FSNS 65 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 120	Ph.D. Student Seminar Payton Harmon (Dr. Breslin PI) Margie Lenis (Dr. Storch PI)	" Amino Acid-Fortified Oral Rehydration Therapy Reduces the Duration of Pediatric Diarrhea" "The Role of Fatty Acid Binding Protein 1 (FABP1) in Enteroendocrine Cell Function and Lipid-Mediated Metabolic Regulation"	Paul Breslin, Ph.D., Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers Judith Storch, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
Wed., Feb 4, 2026 2:15-3:30 pm FSNS 65 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 120	Tracy Leigh Keller, Ph.D., Instructor in the Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine	“Collided Ribosomes: Cellular Signaling Hubs that are Critical for GCN2 Activation”	Tracy Anthony, Ph.D., Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
Wed., Feb 18, 2026 2:15-3:30 pm FSNS 65 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 120	Maureen Black, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine	“Pathways to Thriving: Integrating Nutrition and Child Development for Optimal Development in Early Childhood”	John Worobey, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers Daniel Hoffman, Ph.D., Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
Wed., Mar 4, 2026 2:15-3:30 pm FSNS 65 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 120	J. Mark Brown, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic, Associate Staff Director of Research, Center for Microbiome & Human Health	“Metaorganismal Endocrinology: Microbe-Derived Signals Shape Host Metabolic Homeostasis”	Tracy Anthony, Ph.D., Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers Christy Gliniak, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers Harini Sampath Ph.D., DFASN Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Wed., Mar 25, 2026 2:15-3:30 pm FSNS 65 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 120	Janos Zempleni, Ph.D., Willa Cather Professor of Molecular Nutrition, Director of the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases through Dietary Molecules, Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln	"Designer Milk Exosomes for Delivering Gene Therapy"	Harini Sampath Ph.D., DFASN Professor of Nutritional Sciences Joshua Miller, Ph.D., DFASN Professor and Chair of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
Wed., Apr 15, 2026 2:15-3:30 pm FSNS 65 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 120	Henry N. Ginsberg, M.D., Irving Professor of Medicine Past Director Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University		Joseph Dixon, Ph.D. Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Fri., Apr 24, 2026 Time 10:00 - 11:30 am IFNH 61 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, Rm 101	Andrew Greenberg, M.D., Senior Scientist, Lead Scientist Metabolism & Basic Biology of Aging, Robert C and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Nutrition and Metabolism Tufts University School of Medicine Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University	“Interaction between nutrition and different tissues to regulate diet-induced obesity”	Joshua Miller, Ph.D., DFASN Professor and Chair of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers Sue Shapses, Ph.D., R.D.,DFASN Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers