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Dr. Kelly Weinersmith (Rice University). Zombieland: Real Tales of Parasites Manipulating Host Behavior
Apr 8, 2022
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Biology Building East, 101 Kollros Auditorium
210 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240
Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is an author and adjunct assistant professor at Rice University who studies behavioral manipulation of animal hosts by their parasites. She has worked on systems that infect the brains of fish, and wasps that control the behavior of other wasps before eating them. Dr. Weinersmith and her partner, the cartoonist Zach Weinersmith, are coauthors of the New York Times bestselling book Soonish.
This talk is part of the 2022 Iowa City Darwin Day Science Fest. All events are free and open to the public.
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