A new duet exploring the interconnections between queer life and dance music.
A new evening-length performance that utilizes Drag, music, dance and theater to tell a story of trans identity and Chinese-American heritage.
A performance experiment in social contracts, audience expectation and theatrical framing where the performers are replaced by audience members.
A new multi-disciplinary dance performance investigating the history of nuclear radiation and its effects through Butoh and contemporary dance, poetry, animation and immersive video installation.
An evening length contemporary dance work exploring the complexities of food, health and identity within Latinx heritage, simultaneously honoring cultural roots and envisioning a healthier future.
The etiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is unknown. Epidemiological and experimental studies report an association between early life events and the susceptibility to develop IBD later in life. Indeed, reduced contact with gut microbiota early in life can program the immune system toward increased susceptibility to develop gut inflammation later in life, an immune […]
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that is not absorbed very well in our bodies. It is usually broken down in the gut by a type of bacteria called Clostridia. When these bacteria are not there, sorbitol accumulates and that leads to increased osmotic stress for the cell lining our intestines. Our cells have many defense […]
Our skin and gut house multitudes of bacteria that influence our health via interactions with key immune sentinel cells that engulf these microbes and respond dynamically to their signals. Previously we have had to rely heavily on animal models to try to decode this language between our immune sentials and the bacteria they sense, because […]
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects the colon. There are multiple types of cells that drive inflammation and injury to the lining of the colon. Vedolizumab (VDZ) is a medication that blocks circulating immune cells from gaining access to the colon, but there are conflicting data about the primary cell types […]
T cells are major drivers of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) but the full set of factors promoting inflammatory intestinal T cell accumulation in affected individuals is not understood. We have found that deficiency in a signaling molecule (G-protein) in mouse hematopoietic cells leads to a reduction in inflammatory intestinal T cells. Here we will define […]
