October Monthly Meeting: Dr. Laura Thompson, Mystic Aquarium
Schedule
Tue Oct 08 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Uncasville Diner | Uncasville, CT
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Why don’t marine mammals get the bends? Our guest speaker, Dr. Laura Thompson, will tell us why!Laura Thompson is a research scientist at Mystic Aquarium, where she is involved with multiple aspects of aquatic animal health research. Dr. Thompson holds a first-class BSc with honors in Marine and Freshwater Biology from the University of London and obtained her PhD in Oceanography through a partnership between Mystic Aquarium and UConn’s Marine Science Department at Avery Point. During her graduate studies, Dr. Thompson developed a unique research focus on the relationship between the immune system, diving, and dive-related injury in marine mammals; investigating the hypothesis that a less-sensitive immune response helps marine mammals avoid the bends; and trying to understand the conditions that may lead to dive-related injury and disease. She will talk about marine mammal diving, adaptations, and drivers of renewed interest in studying marine mammal dive physiology including conservation and medical implications.
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Where is it happening?
Uncasville Diner, 884 Norwich New London Tpke,Uncasville, Connecticut, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
