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SUMMARY:Taste of Science: Fungus Among Us
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a night of science and storytelling inspired by HBO’s The Last of Us\, where a fungal outbreak drives the plot—and the panic. \nOur first speaker will explore the real-world microbes that can infect humans\, and the growing risks they pose. Our second speaker will uncover the bizarre world of slime molds—single-celled organisms that move\, solve puzzles\, and defy expectations. \nFrom terrifying spores to brainless brilliance\, come explore the strange\, spore-filled side of science that might just be stranger than fiction. \nDoors open at 7:00PM. Event is 21+. Limited capacity – reserve your spot here! $5 \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiving in a world of fungi. \n\n\n\n\nTobias Hohl\, MD\, PhD\nhe/him\nwww.mskcc.org/research-areas/labs/tobias-hohl\nBlueSky: @fungalspore \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHumans inhale and ingest fungi every day on Earth. For the vast majority of us\, these daily encounters are silent and innocuous. A small subset of fungi can cause life-threatening diseases in vulnerable populations\, typically when the immune system sustains an injury. This talk focuses on the resilience of humans and their immune defenses against ubiquitous fungi. Tobias will explore how our immune defenses recognize and eliminate fungi when they pose an invasive threat. \nTobias Hohl is Chief of Infectious Disease Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a physician-scientist and who studies how fungi on Earth can cause life-threatening diseases in humans. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMyxomycetes: Slime-tastic fun-guys of the microbial world! \n\n\n\n\nElan Trybuch\nhe/him\nelan.trybuch.com\nInstagram: @elaniobro / @nyc.slime.patrol\nBlueSky: @trybuch.com / @newyorkmyc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElan Trybuch will explore slimemold lifecycle\, classification\, and their biodiversity in the five boroughs. \nElan is the current acting Secretary of the New York Mycological Society and a Myxomycete specialist\, helping to identify species and document the biodiversity of Fungi and Myxomycetes in NYC. He currently lives in Redhook\, Brooklyn with his partner and works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as an Integration Engineering Manager.
URL:https://www.newyorkmyc.org/event/taste-of-science-fungus-among-us/
LOCATION:KGB Bar\, 85 E 4th St United States\, New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Benton Taylor - Mycorrhizal Fungi Supporting Forests of the Future
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 24th\, 7:30 EDT \nAs human activity continues to pour CO2 into the atmosphere\, terrestrial ecosystems are becoming increasingly important natural carbon sinks that help mitigate this atmospheric carbon accumulation. Currently\, terrestrial ecosystems take up and sequester 1/3 of humans’ annual carbon emissions\, but how long this so-called “CO2 Fertilization” effect will persist is highly uncertain. Plants’ continued ability to take up nutrients from the soil is critical for CO2 fertilization to occur\, and their primary means of doing so in most ecosystems is through partnerships with mycorrhizal fungi. This talk will explore experimental evidence from both temperate and tropical forests on the increased role that belowground mycorrhizal partnerships will play in supporting nutrient acquisition\, tree growth\, and terrestrial carbon sequestration in a future CO2-enriched world. \nDr. Ben Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses broadly on how terrestrial ecosystems respond to various aspects of global change and what those responses will mean for the future of terrestrial ecosystems to capture and store carbon. Specifically\, work in the Taylor lab addresses how key partnerships between plant roots and soil microbes\, such as mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria\, will impact how plants respond to increases in atmospheric CO2\, temperature\, drought\, human land use\, and other anthropogenically driven changes.\nThe event details are only viewable to active members who are logged into the website. To view details of the event\, please use the login form in the left sidebar.
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