Upcoming Center Seminars
November 2026
Date:
Monday, November 30, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Online: Zoom Meeting
Password: 813698
Speaker:
Lee A. Denson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Schubert-Martin IBD Center
Director, Digestive Health Center
Research Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Title: Organoid Models of Crohn's Disease Pathogenesis and Treatment Response
Speaker’s Research Interests: Dr. Denson’s research focuses on understanding the mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation, mucosal healing, and growth abnormalities in pediatric and adult inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). His work examines the role of GM-CSF autoantibodies in Crohn’s disease severity and leverages next-generation sequencing technologies to study host-microbiome interactions, identify disease biomarkers, and develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for IBD.
December 2026
Date:
Monday, December 14, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Stephen A. Duncan, DPhil
Professor and Chair
Department: Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
Programs: Cell Injury, End Organ Disease
Cell Models Core
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Charleston, SC
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
December 2026
Date:
Wednesday, December 16, 2026, 3:30 – 4:30 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: MET Lower Auditorium
Speaker:
Hans Clevers, PhD
Hubrecht Institute
Netherlands
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
January 2027
Date:
Monday, January 25, 2027, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Scott T. Magness, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, NCSU/UNC-CH
Dept. of Cell & Molecular Physiology
Director, CGIBD Advanced Analytics Core
School of Medicine
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
March 2027
Date:
Monday, March 22, 2027, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: TBD
Speaker:
Anna Suk-Fong Lok, MD
Dame Sheila Sherlock, Distinguished University Professor of Hepatology and Internal Medicine
Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Hepatology
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
March 2027
Date:
Wednesday, March 24, 2027, 7:30 – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: TBD
Speaker:
Reza Shaker, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
April 2027
Date:
Wednesday, April 28, 2027, 7:30 – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: TBD
Speaker:
Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology
Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
May 2027
Date:
Monday, May 24, 2027, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Arielle Klepper, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of California, San Francisco
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD