In each new season, the bioscience team at azcentral.com examines a new element of scientific research to show you what it means for how we live today.
Season one is all about “weird science.” You’ll find fish that swim in the desert, tiny insects in cage matches and robots that talk to plants. It all sounds pretty strange.
But behind some of their weirdest scientific experiments, researchers are learning some things that are life-and-death serious. The changing climate, the future of degenerative neurological diseases, the future of human life itself ... some of it might someday depend on these weird cases.
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In each new season, the bioscience team at azcentral.com examines a new element of scientific research to show you what it means for how we live today.
Season one is all about “weird science.” You’ll find fish that swim in the desert, tiny insects in cage matches and robots that talk to plants. It all sounds pretty strange.
But behind some of their weirdest scientific experiments, researchers are learning some things that are life-and-death serious. The changing climate, the future of degenerative neurological diseases, the future of human life itself ... some of it might someday depend on these weird cases.
Grace Hala’ufia spends hours watching videos of fruit flies. Specifically, mutant fruit flies that are a bit more aggressive than your average winged trash can resident.
Then, she keeps score, carefully tallying every second of every fight.
Why? Listen to the Lab at azcentral to find out.
Along the way, you’ll travel from Phoenix to Tucson. You’ll zoom in through a microscope at the inner workings of the brain. And you’ll get a wide-angle view of how researchers, communities and caregivers intersect, all in service of improving human health.
Learn more about Grace Hala’ufia’s work in the lab and on the University of Arizona track and field team here: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2021/12/2/track-and-field-who-we-are-grace-hala-ufia.aspx.
Dig in deeper on Daniela Zarnescu’s latest scientific paper on Drosophila models of ALS here: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/12/2/101. And find out more about her work on her lab website, http://mcb2.arizona.edu/zarnescu/.
You can attend future “Real Talk” dementia and Alzheimer’s conversations through the following link: https://easthillmedia.com/FIBCO-Real-Talk/.
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The Lab at azcentral
In each new season, the bioscience team at azcentral.com examines a new element of scientific research to show you what it means for how we live today.
Season one is all about “weird science.” You’ll find fish that swim in the desert, tiny insects in cage matches and robots that talk to plants. It all sounds pretty strange.
But behind some of their weirdest scientific experiments, researchers are learning some things that are life-and-death serious. The changing climate, the future of degenerative neurological diseases, the future of human life itself ... some of it might someday depend on these weird cases.
