Physiology Seminar Series

2026

SPRING 2026
DateSpeakerTitle
January 82026 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 15Deep South KUH PRIME – Regional Meeting (Jan 15–16, 2026)No Seminar
January 22Subramaniam 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 29Georgina 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 5Pablo 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 12Jorge Castorena, PhD
Assistant Professor
Tulane Cancer Center Member
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
 
February 26Southern Regional Meeting – SSCI (Feb 26–28, 2026)No Seminar
March 12Mark 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 26Spring Break (Mar 23–29)No Seminar
April 2Adebowale Adebiyi, PhD
NextGen Precision Health Investigator
Professor, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
 
April 9Kelsey P. Kubelick, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
 
April 23APS Summit (Apr 23–26, Minneapolis)No Seminar
May 7Jaume Padilla, PhD
Professor, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
Investigator, NextGen Precision Health
University of Missouri