ENGAGE SPEAKER SERIES: Presented by University of Washington and Town Hall
The Lab at Ada's
425 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Seattle
Washington
47.622678
-122.31298770000001
Description
May 10, 2018
Featuring:
Katie Reichard - Redesigning Opioids
Sam Entwistle - Molecular "Transmitters" in Cells
Emilio Vilanova - Climate Change Mitigation and Tropical Rain Forests
Katie Reichard
Addiction to opioid pain pills can devastate entire families, but these drugs can also provide life-altering pain relief for folks with chronic pain. As a scientist working in a lab that studies opioid systems and addiction, I believe we can address addiction while also developing better, safer pain medications. Despite the current dangerous side effects of opioid drugs, it may be possible to redesign these medications to reduce their addiction risk while preserving their ability to relieve pain. Instead of continuing to weigh the importance of helping opioid addicts against helping chronic pain paints, we can bring relief to both populations by building better opioids.
Sam Entwistle
Our human bodies are made of trillions of cells. While we can think of cells as parts of a whole, they can also act as individuals similarly to people living in a city. At a microscopic scale, cells experience their surroundings and decide what to eat, where to move, or whether to multiply. This has important consequences, as faulty decision-making can lead to diseases like diabetes and cancer. How does all this happen inside microscopic cells? Hundreds of special molecular "transmitters" inside of cells work together to transmit information to and from cells' surroundings. New methods allow scientists to take a "census" of hundreds or thousands of these transmitters to gain a deeper understanding of how decisions are made.
Emilio Vilanova
For this talk I will focus on a general description of Tropical Forests, specifically in the Amazon region and the northern part of South America. I will discuss their relevance for climate change mitigation and for the conservation of biological diversity. I will also show the different approaches to study these complex ecosystems highlighting the use of continuous inventory of tree populations across different forest-types, while emphasizing processes of tree mortality, wood productivity and carbon absorption. I will provide some context of my research for sustainable management guidelines.
Doors Open at 7:00pm, Program Begins at 7:30pm and Runs Until 9:30pm
21+ with ID
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2018-05-10T19:00:00-07:00
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2018-05-10T21:30:00-07:00
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