News in this week’s Inside UTMB column: The Sealy Center on Aging presents the 19th annual Lefeber Winter Lecture Series, beginning today and continuing over the next five Tuesdays through March 4; Jim LeDuc, director of the Galveston National Laboratory at UTMB, has been elected to the Steering Committee of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network; newly elected officers for the Employee Advisory Council are Chairwoman Julie Cantini; Vice Chairwoman Susanne Johnson; Vice Chairman for operations Frank Valiulis; and Vice Chairwoman for Communications Janet Gonzalez; the department of nutrition and metabolism is seeking male volunteers, 18 to 35, for a new study on exercise, nutrition and muscle growth; the UTMB Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery is hosting a free seminar on weight loss on Jan. 30.