The Early Fish Gets the Worm, or An Immunological Pyrrhic Victory: A Story of Parasitism, Evolution, and Immunology
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 1:15–2:15 PM
- DescriptionOur immune systems protect us against infectious diseases, parasites, and cancer. For these benefits, our bodies may pay a cost in the form of auto-immune diseases, allergies, inflammation, and aging. The speaker's research group uses a small fish, the three-spine stickleback, and its tapeworm parasite to understand how evolution fine-tunes the balance between these benefits and costs.Daniel Bolnick, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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