2026
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 8 | 2026 Mayerson Di Luzio Lectureship Maria Luisa Sequeira-Lopez, MD, FAHA Harrison Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics and Biology School of Medicine, University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | Role of renin cells during development and disease |
| January 22 | Subramaniam Pennathur, MD Norman Radin Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology Director, O'Brien Kidney Translational Research Center Departments of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | Metabolic Basis of Diabetes Complications |
| January 29 | Georgina Gyarmati, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physiology and Neuroscience University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Neuronally differentiated endothelial cell subtype regulates organ blood flow and immune balance |
| February 5 | Pablo Nakagawa, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI | New insights on the brain renin-angiotensin system on autonomic balance |
| February 12 | Jorge Castorena, PhD Assistant Professor Tulane Cancer Center Member Department of Pharmacology Tulane University School of Medicine | Obesity-Induced Lymphatic Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Potential Therapeutics |
| March 12 | Mark A. Knepper, MD, PhD Senior Investigator Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Bethesda, MD | How Vasopressin Regulates Transcription of the Aquaporin-2 Gene |
| March 26 | Marcos Munoz, PhD Research Assistant Professor Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism University of Illinois Chicago | Effects of Dietary Fiber Supplementation on Western Diet-Induced Hypothalamic Inflammation |
| April 2 | Adebowale Adebiyi, PhD NextGen Precision Health Investigator Professor, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology University of Missouri Columbia, MO | Regulation of Neonatal Renal Hemodynamics in Health and Disease |
| April 30 | Kelsey P. Kubelick, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | Imaging the color of sound – combining ultrasound, photoacoustics, and nanotechnology for theranostic platforms |
| April 16 | Volker Hans Haase, MD Cancer Biology Krick-Brooks Chair, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt University | Beyond ATP: Mitochondrial Electron Transport, Metabolism, and Oxygen Sensing in the Kidney |
| May 7 | Jaume Padilla, PhD Professor, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Investigator, NextGen Precision Health University of Missouri | Endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes: mechanisms and targets for intervention |
| September 3 | Karla Márquez Nogueras, PhD Research Associate Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago | Deciphering the role of polycystin proteins in celllular signal integration and disease |
| September 10 | Zhongwei Li, PhD Associate Professor Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California | Human Kidney Organoids: A Platform for Studying Kidney Development, Disease, and Regeneration |
| September 24 | Miranda Good, PhD Assistant Professor Tufts University | Sex-specific effects of endothelial Pannexin1 in the cerebral vasculature in health and disease |
| November 5 | Jonathan Nelson, PhD Assistant Professor Co-Director of AIMS Division of Nephrology Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California |