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SDDRC Seminar, Monday, October 26, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, PT
Takeshi Saito, MD, PhD, AGAF, FAASLD
Veronica P. Budnick Chair in Liver Disease
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
Many thanks to Dr. William W. Agace for sharing his expertise during his excellent presentation on 10/15/26. We are also grateful to all who joined us and helped make the event a success.
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Professor of Immunology & Immune Therapeutics, and Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, USC
Title: Hepatocyte-Intrinsic Humoral Factors Self-Assemble into an Autocrine Cell Identity Determining Niche
Leichtag - 107
Zoom: uchealth.zoom.us/j/854185700…
Password: 112376
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SDDRC Seminar, Thursday, October 15, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, MET -MedEd - 143 (Learning Center)
William W. Agace, PhD
Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Professor of Mucosal Immunology
Faculty of Medicine
Lund University, Sweden
Title: Unravelling the intestinal CD4+ T cell compartment in health and Crohn’s disease
Zoom: uchealth.zoom.us/j/895820425…
Password: 244896
Thank you, Dr. Serper, for an outstanding presentation today and for sharing your valuable insights and expertise with our community. We also extend our sincere thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to the engaging discussion.
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SDDRC Seminar Wednesday, August 26, 2026
7:30 am – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, ACTRI 2E-111
Marina Serper, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Data, Outcomes and Team Science
Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship
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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Title: Phenotyping and Big Data to Maximize Research Impact in Digestive and Liver Diseases
Zoom: uchealth.zoom.us/j/835849463…
Password: 840282
Thank you, Dr. Kaelberer, for an insightful and inspiring presentation today! And thanks to everyone who joined and made the discussion so engaging.
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SDDRC Seminar, Monday, June 29, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Pacific Time
Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
M. Maya Kaelberer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
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Title: A gut sense for microbes
Zoom: : uchealth.zoom.us/j/847618209…
Password: 912175
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SDDRC Seminar, Monday, May 18, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Declan F. McCole, PhD, AGAF Professor of Biomedical Sciences School of Medicine University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA
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Title: Regulation of Intestinal-Microbial Interactions by the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk Gene, PTPN2
Zoom: uchealth.zoom.us/j/843558090… Password: 748157
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SDDRC Seminar, Monday, May 18, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Declan F. McCole, PhD, AGAF Professor of Biomedical Sciences School of Medicine University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s SDDRC seminar. We extend our special thanks to Dr. Ibrahim for delivering an exceptional and thought‑provoking presentation.
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SDDRC Seminar, Monday, April 27, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, PT, Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Samar H. Ibrahim, M.B.Ch.B, NASPGHAN-F, AASLD-F
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology
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Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Rochester, MN
Title: Lipotoxic Endotheliopathy in MASH: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities
Zoom: uchealth.zoom.us/j/871927794…
Password: 316678













