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Oceans and Human Health with Neel Aluru

Oceans and Human Health with Neel Aluru

Update: 2021-04-19
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In this episode, Dr Neel Aluru joins us to discuss how toxicants in the ocean affect human health. 

Dr Aluru is an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where his research group investigates epigenetic and RNA mechanisms linking chemicals to human health.

Topics include:
The concept of a 'Developmental Origins of Health and  Disease'
How scientists investigate chemicals in the Ocean
Polychlorinated biphenyls, and their effects on genes in the brain
Model systems
Gene editing tools, and the future directions of the lab's work



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Oceans and Human Health with Neel Aluru

Oceans and Human Health with Neel Aluru