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Kinesiology 590: Colloquium icon-olus-circle

Fall 2024 Semester

Thursdays, 3:05PM - 4:20PM
127 Noll Laboratory or Zoom 

 

Date SPEAKER Topic
August 29, 2024 Dr. Jonathan Dingwell
Professor of Kinesiology
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Course Introduction and Overview
September 5, 2024 Dr. Jonathan Dingwell
Professor of Kinesiology
Penn State University
University Park, PA
SARI Talk #1- Retractions:  Fame You Do NOT Want
September 12, 2024 Ramesh Balasubramaniam, PhD
Professor
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA
Sensorimotor Timing Mechanisms in the Human Brain
September 19, 2024 Dr. Katie Dry
Mary Waechter, MS
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Penn State Research / Admin Resources
September 26, 2024 Dr. Cindy Decker Rynack
Dr. Chas Brua
Schreyer Institute for Teaching and Learning
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Student Centered Discussion
October 3, 2024 Dr. John Bartholomew
Professor & Head
Kinesiology
Penn State University
University Park, PA 
The Business of Academia
October 10, 2024 All 590 Students Students: ~7-min Presentations # 1
October 17, 2024 Dr. Brandon Kane
Associate Director
Lakeshore's Sports Science & Performance Center
Birmingham, AL
Exercise is Medicine
Where We’ve Been, Where We are and Where to Next? A Look at Trends in Para Sport Research and How Findings Can Affect the End User. 
October 24, 2024 Dr. James Sulzer
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
The Effect of Lived Experience on a Rehabilitation Engineering Researcher
 
October 31, 2024 Kinesiology Research Showcase  
November 7, 2024 All 590 Students Students: ~7-min Presentations # 2
November 14, 2024 Dr. Jonathan Dingwell
Professor of Kinesiology
Penn State University
University Park, PA
SARI Talk #2 Academic Integrity & You
November 20, 2024 Noll @ 50  
December 5, 2024

Antonie J. (Ton) van den Bogert 
Professor Emeritus
Mechanical Engineering Department
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

Richard Nelson Memorial Lecture
From LOCAM to IMU: A Personal History of Motion Capture
Noll Physiological Research Seminar Series icon-olus-circle

Fridays, 11:15AM - 12:05PM
127 Noll Laboratory

Date Speaker Topic
August 30 Gustavo Nader, PhD
Professor of Kinesiology
Penn State University
University Park, PA  
Introductory Discussion
September 6    
September 13 Kat Fisher
PhD Student
Kinesiology
Penn State University
Journal Discussion: Skeletal muscle PGC-1α1 modulates kynurenine metabolism and mediates resilience to stress-induced depression
September 20    
September 27 Lauren DeCastro
PhD Student
Huck Institutes of Life Sciences
Penn State University 
Journal Club Discussion: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) promotes follicular growth and alters expression of genes that regulate the cell cycle and the Hippo pathway in cultured neonatal mouse ovaries
October 4 Jade Sency
PhD Student
integrative and Biomedical Physiology
Penn State University
Journal Club Discussion: Aerobic exercise ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy by regulating mitochondrial quality control and endoplasmic reticulum stress through M2AChR
October 11 Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD
Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
McGill University
Quebec, Canada
Osteosarcopenia: A Geroscience Approach
October 18    
October 25 Belinda McCully, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physiology
Western University of Health Sciences
Lebanon, OR
A Physiologist’s Journey in Surgical Research: Investigating the Impact of Carcinoid Disease on Cardiovascular Function
November 1    
November 8 Yutong Han
Graduate Student
integrative and Biomedical Physiology
Penn State University
Journal Club Discussion: Capillary oxygen regulates demand–supply coupling by triggering connexin40-mediated conduction: Rethinking the metabolic hypothesis
November 15 Gina Many, PhD
Biomedical Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium—New Insights into Exercise as Medicine
November 20 Noll 50th Lecture  
December 6    
December 13    
Action Club: Interactive Seminars in Motor Control & Coordination icon-olus-circle

Fridays, 3:45PM
127 Noll Laboratory or Zoom
Hosted by The Penn State Center for Movement Science & Technology

Date Speaker Topic
September 6 Jonathan Dingwell, PhD
Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Penn State University
Stepping Intentionally:  The Goal-Directedness of Walking
September 13 Ramesh Balasubramaniam, PhD
Professor
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA

Postural Control and the Auditory System

September 27 Sean Thomas, PhD
Post Doctoral Scholar
Penn State University 
Artificial Muscles: Smart Materials Shaping the Future of Robotics and Rehabilitation
October 25 James Sulzer, PhD
Staff Scientist & Associate Professor
The MetroHealth System Cleveland, OH
An Enriched Environment in a Café
November 15 Rini Varghese, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Neuroscience
John Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Bimanual Control: Insights from Intact, Injured, and Developing Systems
December 13 Michael Vesia, PhD
Director, Brain Behaviour Lab
School of Kinesiology 
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 
Multi-focal Non-invasive Network-based Neuromodulation for Goal-directed Actions 

*Denotes Speaker will be on Zoom