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Talking Real Science with Chris Perry
This episode of Share Science features Christopher Perry, PhD, an associate professor at York University’s School of Kinesiology & Health Science, who shares his career path, but also his ideas and goals of creating a contract research organization (CRO) to further help those with muscle disease and to provide more opportunities for his trainees.
The Cancer-Immunity Cycle: Research Solutions for Preclinical Immuno-Oncology
Cancer immunotherapy has undoubtedly expanded the cancer treatment landscape and improved patient outlook, which can in part be attributed to the recognition of the importance of the cancer-immunity cycle as a whole. In this blog, we provide an overview of the cancer-immunity cycle and highlight some preclinical models that can facilitate cancer immunotherapy research.
Passive Avoidance Response in Rats: Effects of Handling and Novel Object Recognition
Storing aversive memories is important to survival, but learned avoidance responses decrease over time without reinforcement. Since little is known about the mechanisms behind this process, Bengoetxea de Tena et al. evaluated how naive rats respond to a learning and memory task under fear conditions in a recently published study, which we review in this blog post.
Video Game Therapy: A “Game Changer” for Post-COVID Brain Fog
Originally posted on Scientist.com, this article takes a look at post-COVID brain fog, its causes, and video game therapy as a potential treatment.
Talking Real Science with Tim Hacker
This episode of Share Science features Tim Hacker, PhD, director of the Cardiovascular Physiology and Surgery core facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tim shares his career path and insights for young scientists on what it's like to run a core lab at an academic institution.
