Biology ’24 Comps Presentations, 2/7, 3:30-4:30 pm, Olin 149 and Hulings 316

5 February 2024

Our fourth comps presentation session will be on Wednesday, 2/7, between 3:30-4:30 with 15-minute long presentations in Olin 149 and Hulings 316. All are encouraged to come support the ‘24 comps class and learn about what they learned about on their comps journey! Attendance for the full session counts as seminar credit and cookies will be served.

Here is the lineup of speakers in Hulings 316:

3:30-3:50 – Amira Aladetan, “Navigating the Landscape of Genital and Ocular Chlamydia: Decoding the Puzzle of Persistent infection”

3:50-4:10 – Amy Chen, “Targeting proteins in the midgut of mosquitoes to prevent transmission of the malaria parasite”

And here is the lineup of speakers in Olin 149:

3:30-3:50 – Mo Kaitany, “You’ve got a Friend in Me: Dinoflagellate Symbionts and Coral Heat Tolerance”

3:50-4:10 – Josh Wu, “Covid-19 In The Heat Of The Moment:  Physiological Relationship Of Covid-19 and Heat Wave Symptoms Increase Covid-19 Mortality Rates”

4:10-4:30 – Blake Tran, “Saving Salmonids: Techniques Against Acute Thermal Stress for U.S. Trout Species”