The Spring 2018 Biology Seminar Series concludes with Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati鈥檚 talk, "Oxidative stress and life history: Ecological and evolutionary lessons from nuclear accidents."
BIOLOGY SEMINARS | SPRING 2018
Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati
Cal Poly Pomona
Oxidative stress and life history: Ecological and evolutionary lessons from nuclear accidents
Exposure to ionizing radiation can imbalance the antioxidant system, inducing oxidative stress. The oxidative status of an organism is increasingly regarded as the currency underlying life history trade-offs, such as the one between survival and reproduction. Landscape-level radioactive contamination can thus function as a natural laboratory where to investigate the nexus between life-history and physiology. The talk will review recent findings from research in Chernobyl and Fukushima, and highlight how oxidative stress can be seen as a thread underlying many of the effects of radioactive contamination, from the organismal level to communities.
Tuesday, April 24th
BioScience 113
11:45 a.m.
Email oasin@oxy.edu to sign up for lunch with the speaker after the seminar!