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CCMI Reef Lecture: Contributions of thermoregulation to immune protection in fish

with Dr. Daniel Barreda, University of Alberta

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

5:45-7pm

National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Dart Auditorium

Join us for this FREE Reef Lecture with visiting scientist, Dr Daniel Barreda. (Register in advance: https://donate.reefresearch.org/DrBarreda)

The interactions between host and microbes over millions of years of evolution have shaped how animals respond to infection. Despite continued updates to these defense strategies there are remarkable similarities across animal species. This talk will focus on recent developments in fish research, which give us additional insights into the importance of the aquatic environment and how we manage our own health.

About the speaker:
Dr. Barreda earned a B.Sc. in Microbiology/Biochemistry from the University of Victoria and a Ph.D. in Physiology and Cell Biology from the University of Alberta, Canada. It is here where he became interested in comparative model systems and fish health. He went on to a PDF in Medical Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2003 and was recruited back to the University of Alberta in 2006 as the first cross-appointment between the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2016.