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Distinguished iNANO Lecture: Remodeling of the host-gut microbe symbiosis in hibernation

Prof. Hannah Carey, Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Info about event

Time

Friday 19 August 2016,  at 10:15 - 11:00

Location

iNANO AUD (1593-012), Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C

Prof. Hannah Carey

Remodeling of the host-gut microbe symbiosis in hibernation

Hibernating mammals undergo dramatic physiological changes during seasonal periods when ambient temperatures are low and food resources are scarce. Our work on hibernating ground squirrels has revealed the resilience of the intestine to long periods of fasting. I will provide an overview of those effects, and discuss our recent work that examines the role of host-microbe symbiosis in hibernating species. I will describe how the annual hibernation cycle affects gut microbial communities and speak to the potential for gut symbionts to influence hibernation physiology.

Dr. Hannah V. Carey is Professor in the Department of Comparative Biosciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Her research interests are in the areas of gastrointestinal physiology and hibernation biology. Her research program uses hibernating mammals as models for adaptation to extreme changes in physiology and nutrition, and the translation of hibernation biology to biomedicine.
Carey served on the APS Council and as APS President from 2007-2008, and was the 2014 recipient of the August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship Award from the Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section of the APS.
She is currently on the Board of Directors of FASEB, the North American Editor of the Journal of Comparative Physiology B and is on the editorial advisory boards of Physiology, Annual Review of Physiology, Comprehensive Physiology and APSelect.


Host:
Professor Tobias Wang, PhD Head of Section for Zoophysiology Department of Bioscience Aarhus University