taste of science: The STEMinists

Women and their microbes

Just like our guts, vaginas have their own microbiome too. In this presentation, I will talk about which microbes live "down there", how they are associated with a woman's reproductive and general health, and how mothers transfer their microbes to their babies.

Speaker: Dr. Elisabeth Bik, uBiome

A blind spot in the center -- biological sex in basic research

Sex may seem like one of the most obvious biological variables there is, yet in a biology lab it is sometimes ignored completely... Usually one sex in particular. I'll explain the reasons for this common omission, the potential consequences, and the possibilities that open up when the variable of biological sex is carefully investigated in cells, animals and humans.

Speaker: Dr. Amy Braun, Stanford