Sarah Castro & Ivan Chavez

Date: 
February 15, 2024
Time: 
12pm-1pm
Place: 
N-225

Sarah Castro (student)
“Save room for de(ssert) mushrooms: how fungi trigger an anti-tumor response”
Max M. Wattenberg et al. Cancer immunotherapy via synergistic coactivation of myeloid receptors CD40 and Dectin-1.Sci. Immunol.8,eadj5097(2023).DOI:10.1126/sciimmunol.adj5097
Coaches: Oliva Lu, PhD & Karin Pelka, PhD

Ivan Chavez (student)
"Damsels in Drag: The evolutionary genomics of intersexual mimicry in damselflies"
Willink, B., Tunström, K., Nilén, S. et al. The genomics and evolution of inter-sexual mimicry and female-limited polymorphisms in damselflies. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 83–97 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02243-1
Coaches: David Booth, PhD & TBD