Watch how curiosity-driven research can lead to practical global health solutions. Learn about a microbe known as Wolbachia that has invaded hundreds of thousands of insect species and manipulated their behavior, physiology, and reproduction and has caused diseases afflicting millions of people in impoverished regions of the world. In an interesting twist, this same microbe also provides a means of combating devastating insect-borne diseases that afflict over 1 in 6 individuals globally. Professor Will Sullivan will describe the work of his and many other labs in uncovering and harnessing Wolbachia’s fascinating biology and its symbiotic relationship with insect and worm host species.
Laura Chappell demonstrates a Brugia pahangi ovary dissection.
The Sullivan Lab has discovered a DNA tether that cells use to rescue chromosome fragments and pull them into the daughter cells.