Talk Title: "Pharmaceuticals and personal care products as agents of ecological change" Bio: Dr. Rosi’s research focuses on how human activities affect aquatic life and water quality in diverse ecosystems around the world. Her work examines aquatic ecosystem health with a focus on ecosystem function and food webs. She has conducted ground-breaking research on how…
Talk Title: "Genes, environment and a roll of the dice: Epigenetic mechanisms of metabolic disease variation." Bio: Dr. J. Andrew Pospisilik is a leading expert in the study of how the epigenome regulates complex trait variation as well as disease susceptibility and heterogeneity. He earned his B.Sc. with honors and his Ph.D. in Physiology from…
Talk Title: "Prenatal environmental stressors synergize to impact neuroimmue function and behavior in male mice: relevance for neurodevelopmental disorders" Bio: Dr. Staci Bilbo is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Neurobiology, and Cell Biology at Duke University whose research is broadly focused on the mechanisms by which the immune and endocrine systems interact with the…
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Talk Title: "Exploding cells by proptosis to eradicate intracellular infection" Bio: Dr. Edward Miao’s MD/PhD degree program, focusing my clinical electives on infectious disease and immunology. Although he did not pursue a residency, his MD training has instructed the trajectory of his research program. Dr. Miao has a broad whole-body foundation of anatomy and physiology…