Friday, October 10, 2025

Crossing the Species Line: From Hearing Genes to Pig Livers

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Crossing the Species Line: From Hearing Genes to Pig Livers      Hepsin, Hearing, and Cross-Species Medicine Hearing loss is way more common...

Bringing Everyone Into the Fight Against Parkinson’s

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      During the first half of this semester (Fall 2025), we had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Mary Makarious talk about the Global Par...

How Different Manipulations Effect Visual Processing

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  This semester, our seminar class got to hear from Dr. Nick Baker present When are dot arrays perceived as shapes?, which described some ...

Unlocking parkinson's disease through global genetics: Learning about Dr. Mary Makarious's work

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Parkinson's disease is recognized as a progressive neurodegenerative condition that impacts the brain regions responsible for movement. ...

Tackling a Disease on a Global Scale: Applying GP2’s Global Genetics Initiative to Advances in Huntington’s Research

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       Earlier this semester, Dr. Makarious gave a fantastic talk about her research in The Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). Durin...

Rethinking Global Equity in Genetic Studies

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Upon listening to Dr. Makarious as well as reading “Tackling a Disease on a Global Scale: The Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2)” (Bl...

From Genetics to the Outside World: Hearing Dysfunction from Two Perspectives

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  Hearing is not just sound entering your ears and going to your brain. It involves a process called “transduction,” which transforms stim...