Name: Constanza ‘Connie’ Cortes Hometown: Santiago, Chile Hobbies: Latin dancing What do you study? I am interested in how the different organs in the body talk to each other. Did you know that your muscles talk to your liver? And to your brain? Why is it important? We currently know very little about how these conversations take place. But […]
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Scientist Profile: Emily Manoogian
Name: Emily Manoogian Hometown: Sanger (Fresno Area), California Hobbies: Traveling, tap dance, painting/drawing, being in nature (Yosemite, beaches, etc.) What do you study? I am a chronobiologist, which means I study how organisms control the timing of various biological events and how they coordinate that timing with the environment. Specifically, I study how the timing of our […]