{"id":6121,"date":"2020-05-29T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/?page_id=6121"},"modified":"2020-05-29T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:30:30","slug":"dunlap-recent-alumni-published","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/along-the-walk\/dunlap-recent-alumni-published\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunlap, Recent Alumni Published"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research by Trinity College Professor of Biology Kent Dunlap<\/a> and two of his former students was published recently in one of the world\u2019s oldest scientific journals, the London-based Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Josh Corbo \u201919 and Margarita Vergara \u201919, right, co-authored a paper with Trinity College Professor of Biology Kent Dunlap that was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Pictured in the middle is Kaitlin Klovdahl \u201920, who also participated in the project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The paper\u2014which Dunlap co-authored with Josh Corbo \u201919 and Margarita Vergara \u201919, along with collaborators from the University of Texas at Arlington\u2014reports that killifish in Trinidad that live with predators in their environment grow more brain cells than those that face no predators. The study also was highlighted recently by the science and technology magazine New Scientist<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The researchers examined the brains of fish that are separated into distinct populations by waterfalls along streams. \u201cThe killifish living downstream live among predatory fish, while the fish upstream do not,\u201d said Corbo, who double majored in biology and philosophy at Trinity and now is a Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Fellow at the National Cancer Institute. He noted that the implication of their research reaches much farther than the Northern Mountain Range of Trinidad. \u201cThe topic of how the environment we live in affects our health concerns many disciplines, from public health to sociology,\u201d Corbo said. \u201cOur research draws more attention to our understanding of the relationship we as organisms have with our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vergara, who completed a major in biology and a minor in Italian at Trinity and now is earning a master\u2019s in clinical embryology at the University of Oxford, said that she and Corbo sectioned brain tissues and conducted a procedure called immunohistochemistry to quantify the formation of new brain cells. \u201cProfessor Dunlap also allowed us to revise and provide constructive feedback for the manuscript that was submitted for publication,\u201d Vergara said. Corbo added, \u201cIt was a great experience to see a paper from start to finish as an undergraduate, as such an experience is usually gained while in graduate school.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the full paper co-authored by Dunlap and the Trinity alumni, please visit https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rspb.2019.1485<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Research by Trinity College Professor of Biology Kent Dunlap and two of his former students was published recently in one of the world\u2019s oldest scientific journals, the London-based Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The paper\u2014which Dunlap co-authored with Josh Corbo \u201919 and Margarita Vergara \u201919, along with collaborators from the University of Texas at Arlington\u2014reports that killifish in … <\/p>\n

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