Dr Jenny Regan will continue the 2020-21 BLS seminar series on Wednesday the 24th February at 13:00. "Sex, Drugs & Death: dimorphism in lifespan and the response to anti-ageing treatments in Drosophila".

Jenny is interested in how sex differences in immune tissue function can result in sex differences in survival: both to acute infections, and over a lifetime to determine longevity. Jenny would like to find ways to target the immune system to promote healthy ageing in both sexes. Her group uses genetics and microscopy in Drosophila to ask about the cellular and signalling mechanisms underpinning male-female variation in immunity and ageing.