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SUMMARY:The sex and geometry of inter-organ communication - Professor Iren
 e Miguel-Aliaga\, The Francis Crick Institute
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CONTACT:Lisa Arnold
DESCRIPTION:Our research explores the idiosyncrasies of adult organs: how 
 they differ between the sexes and are remodelled by their environment. Our
  work in Drosophila uncovered a gut-reproductive axis that differs between
  the sexes and impacts food intake\, gamete production and tumour suscepti
 bility. Investigating how the intestine senses and responds to nutrients\,
  we also discovered an intestinal zinc sensor that promotes Tor signalling
  to sustain food intake and developmental growth. More recently\, we have 
 investigated the sex and reproductive plasticity of the mammalian intestin
 e in both mice and humans. We have also become very interested in the idea
  that the shape and position of the intestine constrain or enable its func
 tions\, and we have developed new methods to describe and interrogate thes
 e new dimensions to organ function. I will likely present some of this wor
 k.
LOCATION:MRC MBU\, Level 7 Lecture Theatre\, The Keith Peters Building\, C
 B2 0XY
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