Jan 16 Image Could disrupted gut-brain communication underlie obesity 11 a.m. – Noon, Jan. 16, 2026 Dr. de Lartigue's research program investigates how the gut communicates with the brain to regulate feeding, motivation, and energy balance, and how these processes are disrupted in obesity and metabolic disease. A central focus is on vagal sensory neurons, which detect gastrointestinal signals and transmit them to the brain to influence both physiology and behavior.
Jan 23 Image Targeting Spinal Circuits to Improve Breathing after Spinal Cord Injury 11 a.m. – Noon, Jan. 23, 2026 The Crone Laboratory studies how neural circuits that control breathing are altered by spinal cord injury with the goal of developing new approaches to restore breathing and prevent ventilator dependence in people living with spinal cord injury.
Jan 30 Physiological Sciences Student Forum 11 a.m. – Noon, Jan. 30, 2026 The University of Arizona's Physiological Sciences GIDP presents Mary Catherine Roa and Giuliana Fusco as part of the Physiological Sciences Student Forum.
Feb 06 Image Modulating plasticity for therapeutic gain in disorders of vision 11 a.m. – Noon, Feb. 6, 2026 Dr. McGee combines the experimental techniques of conditional mouse genetics, electrophysiology, repeated two-photon calcium imaging in vivo, and behavioral assessments of vision, to explore how to modulate plasticity for therapeutic gain in disorders of vision.
Feb 13 Image Determinants of PFAS Nephrotoxicity and Elimination in Chronic Kidney Disease 11 a.m. – Noon, Feb. 13, 2026 Work in the Wu laboratory centers on adaptive immunity, renal hemodynamics, and gene-environment interactions in hypertension and kidney disease. The overarching research goal is to define renal microcirculation, the role of immune cells in electrolyte transport, and the susceptibility of these processes to genetic variants and environmental stressors.
Feb 20 Image Maternal messages: How infection during pregnancy shapes the fetal brain 11 a.m. – Noon, Feb. 20, 2026 Dr. Antonson is an Assistant Professor in the Immunophysiology and Behavior Program within the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). She established her research program in 2021 to investigate how prenatal inflammatory exposures alter placental function and fetal brain development. Dr. Antonson's multidisciplinary training in immunology, neuroscience, reproductive physiology, and microbiology enables her to interrogate complex interactions across the maternal-fetal interface and placenta-brain axis.
Feb 27 Image Regulation of sodium transport by cytokines in hypertension 11 a.m. – Noon, Feb. 27, 2026 The goal of the Crowley lab has been to explore the functions of inflammatory cell populations in propagating hypertension and end-organ damage during activation of the renin-angiotensin system.
