ATTACK OF THE PARASITES:

ATTACK OF THE PARASITES:
What They Are and How We Combat Them
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Wednesday, March 7: We’ll Always Have Parasites: A Brief Exploration of Our Interactions with Disease-Causing Organisms. Parasites grow, feed, and are sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of the host. We will discuss elimination or control of these organisms.

Presenter: Naomi Morrissette, Ph.D.,
UCI Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Wednesday, March 14: Applying Precision Medicine in Parasitic Infectious Diseases.
Tropical infectious diseases can happen in our own neighborhood. We will discuss diagnostics and treatment, with special emphasis on brain parasites.

Presenter: Rosa M. Andrade, M.D.,
UCI Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Developers: Irwin Spirn and Marj Besemer

Wednesdays, March 7 and 14
2:00 – 4:00 PM


Facilitators:
Carolyn Brothers 714-731-3652
cbdancer@aol.com

Joanne Yeager 949-679-8712
casajoby@gmail.com