2026 Morris-Inouye Lecture Series | Keynote Speaker: David Julius, PhD, Nobel Laureate

Dr. David Julius will deliver the 2026 Morris-Inouye Lecture at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the Main Lecture Hall of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway.  His lecture is titled “Gut Feelings:  Probing mechanisms of visceral pain.”  A reception will follow.

Graduate students and postdocs are invited to have lunch with Dr. Julius on May 6 from 12-1pm at 675 Hoes Lane West, RWJMS Research Tower, Deans Conference Room 123.  Trainees can sign up for lunch on this sheet.

Dr. Julius shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ardem Patapoutian for work that transformed our understanding of how the nervous system senses temperature and mechanical stimuli.  He discovered the ion channel that detects both the “hot” ingredient in chili peppers and painfully elevated temperature.  His laboratory continues to investigate the structure, regulation, and tissue distribution of sensory ion channels.

In addition to the Nobel, Dr. Julius’ other honors including a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, which he also shared with Dr. Patapoutian. He is professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at UCSF, where he holds the Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the AAAS.

All are welcome to attend!  We invite you to join us for what promises to be a memorable event.

Speaker:  David Julius, PhD, Nobel Laureate

Title:  Gut Feelings:  Probing mechanisms of visceral pain

Date:  Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Location:  RWJMS Main Lecture Hall, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ  08854