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The University of Arizona's College of Medicine-Tucson Department of Physiology presents the Seminars in Translational and Advanced Research (STAR) series, hosting Dr. Will de Lartigue, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.
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.
He brings over 20 years of experience in neurobiology and physiology of gut–brain signaling, with a track record of pioneering approaches that link vagal circuits to feeding behavior and obesity
Join us in-person at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 16, 2026 in Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 8403.
The lecture will also be available via Zoom.