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The Ultimate Experiment: A Young Scientist’s View on Pregnancy

Patrycja ThompsonAugust 10, 2013August 11, 2013

After years of conducting experiments in the lab, I decided to embark on perhaps the most exciting and challenging experiment in my scientific career: pregnancy. I was always under the...

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The Role of Vitamins in the Immune System

Patrycja ThompsonApril 30, 2013May 1, 2013

Vitamins are essential to life. These organic compounds, usually acquired as part of a balanced diet, are required for biological and metabolic processes. Vitamins can act as hormones and antioxidants...

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Mismatched MHC and Human Mating Choices

Patrycja ThompsonJanuary 27, 2013January 28, 2013

The immune system and mating behavior of vertebrates appear to be closely linked. In a now classically unpleasant experiment, female students not taking oral contraceptives were asked to rate the...

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Lessons from SciChat: What’s in the Dirt?

Patrycja ThompsonJanuary 27, 2013January 28, 2013

SciChat is an outreach initiative started by the graduate students in the Department of Immunology that focuses on providing comprehensive science education to adults. This recurring segment focuses on answering...

Author: Patrycja Thompson

The Ultimate Experiment: A Young Scientist’s View on Pregnancy

The Role of Vitamins in the Immune System

Mismatched MHC and Human Mating Choices

Lessons from SciChat: What’s in the Dirt?

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