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Historical List of Research Seminars

CGIBD Research Seminars

Conference DateSpeakerAffilliationTitle
09/12/2023Laszlo Nagy, MD, PhDJohns Hopkins MedicineHarnessing the healing power of macrophages: a journey aided by epigenomic and high dimensional biology approaches
09/19/2023Ian Carroll, PhDUNC Chapel HillThe intestinal microbiota and adiposity: influence of gut microbes on low and high BMIs
09/26/2023Stanley Lemon, MDUNC Chapel HillHepatocellular host factors and hepatitis A virus infection
10/03/2023Heather McCauley, PhDUNC Chapel HillEnteroendocrine regulation of intestinal physiology and function
10/10/2023Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, DACVS and Liara Gonzalez, DVM, PhDNCSULarge Animal Core Presentation
10/10/2023Scott Magness, PhDUNC Chapel HillAdvanced Analytics Core Presentation
10/17/2023Jeremy Goettel, PhDVanderbilt UniversityNew insights into cell-intrinsic roles of IL-23R and IL-10 in regulating intestinal immune homeostasis
10/31/2023Michael Cowley, PhDNCSUImprinted genes as drivers of liver disease in response to early life environmental stress
11/14/2023Daniel Reker, PhDDuke UniversityIdentifying molecular mediators of microbiome-host interactions with machine learning
11/21/2023Ichiro Misumi, PhDUNC Chapel HillImmune responses to hepatitis A virus (HAV) in a mouse model
11/28/2023Miranda C E Lomer, PhDKing's College LondonImpact of dieticians working in inflammatory bowel disease
12/05/2023Zhe Lyu, PhDNCSUA new microbiology platform to elucidate the roles of REM (redox-dependent microbes) in gut dysbiosis
12/12/2023Rodger Little, MDDuke UniversityParkinson’s disease from the gut
01/09/2024Kendall Lough, PhDUNC Chapel HillBridging the gap: the embryonic origins of gut-brain communication
01/16/2024Nathan Crook, PhDNCSUEngineering probiotic yeast for controlled synthesis of drugs and vitamins in the gut
01/30/2024Melinda Engevik, PhDMUSCExploring bacterial synergy in enteric infection
02/06/2024Jenny Ting, PhDUNC Chapel HillInnate immune receptors in the innate and adaptive immune systems
02/13/2024Raaj Mehta, MD, MPHVertex PharmaceuticalsThe gut microbiome as a determinant of treatment response in IBD
02/20/2024Jonathan Crabtree, PhDUNC Chapel HillResearch data management and sharing support for UNC investigators
02/27/2024Calen Steiner, MD, MSUniversity of Colorado AnschutzStudying intestinal fibrosis in the lab
03/12/2024Kun Lu, PhDUNC Chapel HillUse of metabolomics to interrogate signaling molecules of gut microbiome-host interaction
03/19/2024Tyler Culpepper, MD, PhDUNC Chapel HillSaccharomyces boulardii reduces colitis-associated colorectal cancer burden in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease
04/09/2024Karen Corbin, PhD, RDAdventHealthHost-diet-gut microbiome interactions in human energy balance: implications for GI disorders
04/16/2024Andrew Chan, MD, MPHHarvard Medical SchoolDiet, the gut microbiome, and colorectal cancer
04/23/2024Angela Wahl, PhDUniversity of Alabama BirminghamResident microbiota enhance HIV acquisition and replication in vivo
05/07/2024Jessica Thaxton, PhDUNC Chapel HillEndoplasmic reticulum dysfunction underlies T Cell inefficacy in solid cancers
05/14/2024Andrew Moon, MD, MPHUNC Chapel HillAddressing post-treatment symptoms and complications for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
09/10/2024Zhe Lyu, PhDNCSURedox-sensitive microbes and dysbiosis
10/01/2024Parambir Dulai, MDNorthwestern UniversitySpatial transcriptomics in IBD
10/08/2024Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin, PhDCedars-Sinai Medical CenterAnti-microbiota adaptive immunity promotes pathologic dysbiosis in IBD
10/15/2024Erica Brenner, MD, MSCRUNC Chapel HillImproving reproductive health for young women with inflammatory bowel disease
10/29/2024Graciela Lorca, PhDUniversity of FloridaFrom the bench to the clinic: development of a microbiome-based preventive therapy
11/12/2024Victoria Weis, PhDWake Forest UniversityNovel approaches for necrotizing enterocolitis: from stem cell therapy to photoacoustic imaging
11/19/2024Justin Milner, PhDUNC Chapel HillMolecular programming of T Cell activity in infection and cancer
11/26/2024Dorothy Superdock, PhDDuke UniversityInvestigating DNA as a biomarker of dietary intake in inflammatory bowel disease
12/17/2024Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhDHarvard Children’sMicrobial interactions with the nervous system in digestive health and disease
01/14/2025Rita Tamayo, PhDUNC Chapel HillDynamic shifts in Clostridioides difficile virulence phenotypes during infection
01/21/2025Jonathan Swan, PhDUniversity of South HamptonLessons learned from applying for foundation career development award
02/11/2025Amanda Muir, MD, MTRCincinnati Children’s HospitalEosinophilic esophagitis: looking beyond Eosinophils
02/25/2025Nicholas Zachos, PhDVanderbilt UniversityModeling complex interactions between gut microbes, innate immune cells, and M cells in human enteroids
03/04/2025Hamed Khalili, MD, MPHMass Gen HarvardEmerging concepts in Microscopic Colitis
03/11/2025Laura Rupprecht, PhDDuke UniversityA gut cell for food reward
03/18/2025Anna Salvador, RD, PhDUNC Chapel HillOxalate induced mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease.
03/18/2025Valerie Gartner, PhDUNC Chapel HillMolecular signatures of perianal fistulizing Crohn’s Disease
03/25/2025Adam Gracz, PhDEmory UniversityBuilding an advanced toolbox to study biliary physiology and regeneration
04/01/2025Ankit Malik, PhDUNC Chapel HillNovel triggers and functions of Interferons in gut immunity
04/08/2025Tessa Andermann, MD, MPHUNC Chapel HillAnaerobic antibiotics, the gut microbiome, and cellular therapy outcomes
04/15/2025Shuo Han, PhDDuke UniversityDeciphering the chemical language of gut bacteria in host longevity
04/22/2025Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhDNCSUEnteric glia in colon cancer
04/29/2025Michael Helmrath, MDCincinnati Children’s HospitalTranslating intestinal HIO
05/13/2025Saurabh Mehandru, MDIcahn School of MedicineB cell dysfunction in IBD
05/20/2025Courtney Rivet-Noor, PhDDuke UniversityTranscription factor HNF4A suppresses antiviral signaling and facilitates enteroviral infection
05/20/2025Jihad Aljabban, MD, MMScUNC Chapel HillDecrease FAO in myofibroblasts is associated with fibrostenotic Crohn’s Disease
08/26/2025Meira Epplein, MDDuke UniversityDelineating the underlying reasons for the population differences in gastric cancer incidence in the United States
09/09/2025Daniel Sprocket, PhD, MScWake Forest UniversityThe assembly, evolution and clinical implications of the gut microbiota in early life
09/16/2025Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAPUVA HealthTowards personalized therapy for Hirschsprung Disease
09/23/2025Simon Gray, MD, PhDUNC Chapel HillHuman-IBD microbiota experimental colitis: A model to study immune and microbial mechanisms of IBD therapy failure
09/30/2025David Katzka, MDColumbia UniversityGERD: a spectrum of disease or distinct diseases
10/07/2025Melissa Ellermann, PhDUniversity of South CarolinaEndocannabinoids as conduits of host-microbial interactions
10/14/2025Aaron Hecht, MD, PhDMayo ClinicEvolving the gut microbiome: Dietary impact on colonization and systematic infection by probiotics
10/21/2025Gregory Peck, DO, MPH, FACSRutgers UniversityUse of multi-omics and pharmacoepidemiology to determine the association between the 7-alpha-dehydroxylation microbiome and clinical gallstone disease
10/28/2025Deepika Sharma, PhDUNC Chapel HillNeuro-immune interactions in tissue immunity
11/11/2025Neil McCarthy, PhDNorth Carolina State UniversityThe intestinal stem cell niche in health and disease: A shifting BMP gradient
11/18/2025Shengmin Sang, PhDNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityFood as medicine for gut health
12/02/2025Abigail Gancz, PhDUNC Chapel HillSuccessful fecal microbiota transplants in recurrent Clostridioides difficile patients are associated with lipidomic shifts in Acylcarnitines and Sphingolipids with concurrent shifts in Enterobacteriaceae
12/02/2025Kylie Reed, PhDUNC Chapel HillUsing residual dietary DNA in stool to evaluate food intake in anorexia nervosa
12/16/2025Corbin Jones, PhDUNC Chapel HillApplying DNA nanoballs to spatial genomics with application to microscopic colitis
01/20/2026Ophelia Venturelli, PhDDuke UniversityThe programmable microbiome: engineering diet and probiotics to enhance gut resilience
02/10/2026Martha Johnson, PhDUNC Chapel HillWhen cells pause: visualizing quiescence in the gut
02/17/2026Jia Wen, MD, PhDDuke UniversityDietary protein absorption in the ileum is regulated by local metabolism of circulating lipoproteins
02/24/2026Raphael Valdivia, PhDDuke UniversityAdaptation of the beneficial commensal microbe Akkermansia muciniphila to gastrointestinal mucins and its effects on host physiology
03/10/2026Caroline McKinney, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVIM (LA)NCSUExpanding translational models to explore the stem cell microenvironment
03/17/2026Juhyun Ahn, PhDUNC Chapel HillGut E. coli-derived metabolites drive macrophage-fibroblast crosstalk to promote intestinal fibrosis in Crohn’s disease
03/24/2026Wendy McKimpson, PhDEmory UniversityGastric endocrine cells: a potential target for treating diabetes
03/31/2026Terrence Barrett, MD, FACP, AGAFUniversity of KentuckyRole of mitochondria in ulcer healing