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The Big Picture of Biological Stress- Immune and Reproductive Systems
This is a review of biological stress from interviews with UC Berkeley’s Department of Integrative Biology professors, Dr. Michael Shapira and Dr. George Bentley, for Berkeley Scientific Journal’s 18th volume. The information below summarizes what I learned not only from talking with the researchers but also from the pre-interview preparation. Combined, of course, with what…
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Science of Stress – Berkeley Scientific Journal’s Fall 2013 Issue
This post is cross-posted with The PLoS Student Blog Twice each year, Berkeley Scientific publishes undergraduate research, interviews with distinguished Cal faculty, and feature articles spanning diverse scientific disciplines. If you are a student and are in the midst of studying for final exams, stress is not an uncommon feeling. In this semester’s issue, we chose to explore…