| August 26 | Introduction for Graduate Students Rodger Kram, Ph.D.  Associate Professor  Department of Integrative Physiology  University of Colorado at Boulder  | 
| September 2 | Inflammation and Depression Charles L. Riason, M.D.  Associate Professor  Clinical Director, Mind-Body Program  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences  Emory University School of Medicine  (Host: Chris Lowry christopher.lowry@colorado.edu)  | 
| September 9 | The Genetic Landscape of the Heart Leslie Leinwand, Ph.D.  Professor  Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology  University of Colorado at Boulder  | 
| September 16 | The Function and Expression of Myostatin David Allen, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor  Department of Integrative Physiology  University of Colorado at Boulder  | 
| September 23 | The Epidemiology of Behavior Matthew McQueen, Sc.D.  Assistant Professor  Department of Integrative Physiology and Institute for Behavioral Genetics  University of Colorado at Boulder  | 
| September 30 | Biomechanics of Membrane Rupture During Pregnancy Virginia Ferguson, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor  Department of Mechanical Engineering  University of Colorado at Boulder  (Host: Alaa Ahmed alaa.ahmed@colorado.edu)  | 
| October 7 | Circadian Genes and Pscyhiatric Disorders Colleen McClung, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor  Department of Psychiatry  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center  (Host: Jerry Stitzel jerry.stitzel@colorado.edu)  | 
| October 14 | Economy of Human Walking Art Kuo, Ph.D.  Professor  Department of Mechanical Engineering  University of Michigan  (Host:Rodger Kram rodger.kram@colorado.edu)  | 
| October 21 | Tutorial on Tissue Engineering Kristi Anseth, Ph.D.  Distinguished Professor  Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering  University of Colorado at Boulder  | 
| October 28 | Circadian Control of Cardiometabolic Function Frank A. J. L. Scheer, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor of Medicine  Harvard Medical School  (Host:Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)  | 
| November 4 | The Case of the Male-Oriented Ram Charles Roselli, Ph.D.  Professor  Department of Physiology and Pharmacology  Oregon Health and Science University  (Host: Pei-San Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)  | 
| November 11 | Molecular Switches for Obesity RIchard J. Johnson, M.D.  Temple Hoyne Buell and NKF of Colorado Endowed Professor of Medicine  Chief, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension  University of Colorado at Denver  (Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)  | 
| November 18 | Vascular Function in Chronic Kidney Disease David G. Edwards, Ph.D.  Associate Professor  Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences  University of Delaware  (Host: Chris DeSouza desouzac@colorado.edu)  | 
| December 2 | Cytokines in the Brain Rodney W. Johnson, Ph.D.  Professor  Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  (Host: Moni Fleshner fleshner@colorado.edu)  | 
| December 9 | Exercise and the Hippocampus J. Leigh Leasure, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor  Department of Psychology  University of Texas at Austin  (Host: Marissa Ehringer marissa.ehringer@colorado.edu)  |