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MCB Faculty Are the Featured Scientists at this Year's SaddleBrooke Science Cafe
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Never been to a Science cafe? Science Cafes are informal events, and feature a scientist sharing their work about a particular science topic.
This year's SaddleBrooke Science Cafe series title is Human Disease: Pathway to Cures.
In this series, MCB faculty members and researchers will shed light on our current understanding of human biology and disease. Our speakers will cover topics on basic cell biology, genetic testing and mechanisms of age related disease. Insights to cures and healthy aging will be revealed.
The UA Science Cafe events are free and open to the public. This series is being held at the SaddleBrooke DesertView Performing Arts Center at 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive Tucson AZ.
For more details, visit the UA Science SaddleBrooke Science Cafe site here.
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Understanding Cancer; The Science Behind the Cures
Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 6:30 PM
Presenter: Joyce Schroeder, Department Head, Molecular and Cellular Biology; Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US – yet progress is being made in understanding this disease and developing cures. We will discuss our understanding of the types, causes and drivers of cancer, with a focus on metastatic disease. We will then turn to some recent breakthroughs, including immunotherapy. Finally, we will discuss those cancers for which therapies do not work, and discuss new research underway that is designed to understand the causes of cancer resistance and relapse.
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Come Fly With Us - A Fruit Fly to Human Approach
Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM
Presenter: Daniela Zarnescu, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurobiology and Neurology, University of Arizona
Fruit flies can be annoying, buzzing around your kitchen table when you leave those bananas out! What you may not know is that the tiny fruit fly has been a workhorse for over 100 years in better understanding fundamental facts about human biology and disease. Like humans, fruit flies have a brain, can learn, sleep, drink and get addicted, and are providing a great model for studying age and age-related neurodegenerative disorders. They have even helped discover drug therapies for cancer! We will cover the history of major genetic discoveries that led to several Nobel prizes and discuss some of the ways in which flies can help us understand disease and develop therapies for humans.
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Seeing the Light
Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:30 PM
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Presenter: Carol Dieckmann, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona
We work with a single-celled green algae similar to pond scum, called Chlamydomonas. Like plants, Chlamydomonas cells make energy from sunlight. The highly organized structure inside the cell called the eyespot contains molecules that sense light. We study the eyespot as a model for understanding how cells establish up, down, left, right, and the 3D location of unique internal compartments. Assembling and placing structures accurately is important for the health of all cells/organisms. Understanding the fundamentals of cell biology is vital to understanding human biology.
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The Spring 2020 schedule will be sent out later this fall! Check your inbox, or check back at the UA Science Cafe link here.
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