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2025-2026 Calendar of Events and Seminars
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Dissertation Defense: From Measurement to Policy: Sugar-sweetened Beverages as a Public Health Nutrition Target , homeApril 17, 2026, 10 a.m. | Haylee Downey | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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New Insights into Cardiac Mechanobiology: Role of Caveolar Nanodomains in Mechano-electrochemical Signal Transduction , homeApril 17, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Alexey Glukhov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UW-Madison Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, University of Wisconsin | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Dissertation Defense: The Pulse of a Child’s Day: Understanding Sleep, Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Fatigue in Children with Developmental Disabilities , homeApril 21, 2026, 2 p.m. | Kavya Iyer | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Dissertation Defense: Differential Expression of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) in Hippocampal Neurons Attunes Mitochondrial Calcium Handling and Bioenergetics , homeApril 22, 2026, 2 p.m. | Mikel L. Cawley | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Special Seminar: Regulation of Targeted Therapies for Patients with Myeloid Malignancies , homeApril 23, 2026, 2 p.m., Cancer Research Center — D.C. | Kelly Norsworthy, M.D., Acting Director, Division of Hematologic Malignancies I, Office of Oncologic Diseases, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Special Seminar
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Cell and Gene Therapy Commercialization: Lessons Learned from a CEO , homeApril 28, 2026, 2 p.m. | Sue Washer, Former President and CEO, Applied Genetics Technologies Corporation
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Dissertation Defense: Impact of Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disruption on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Implications , homeApril 29, 2026, 1 p.m. | Seun Imani | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Advancing the Treatment of Traumatic Stress and Addictions: How Data Science Can Move the Field Forward , homeMay 1, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Denise Hien, Ph.D., Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Health Behaviors Research and Addiction Recovery Research Center
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Spatial Entropy of Brain Network Landscapes , homeMay 15, 2026, 11 a.m. | Paul Laurienti, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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Unraveling Mechanisms of BCAA Compartmentalization and Crosstalk in Cardiometabolic Disease , homeMay 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Phillip J. White, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, & Nutrition, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Exercise Medicine Research
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The Symphonic Biology of Exercise , homeJune 4, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | R. Sanders Williams, M.D., Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, Senior Advisor for Science & Technology, Duke University | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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20th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference , redirectJune 1-5, 2026 | IBEC 20206: Exercise and Healthspan | Fralin Biomedical Research Institute