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--Boundary_(ID_V3UVwDxgETFKx7IiZVA7GQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Begin forwarded message: > From: Wanda Langley <wanda.langley@acadiau.ca> > Date: March 31, 2008 6:36:28 AM ADT > > Subject: FW: Biology Seminar > > Good morning, > > > > Please note the following message re the Biology Seminar for this =20 > week. > > > > Have a good day. > > > > Wanda > > > > > > The LAST Acadia Biology seminar of the year is taking place on =20 > Thursday, April 3rd, and will be given by Dr. Shelley Adamo from =20 > the Marine Biology department at Dalhousie University. > > Her presentation is titled, =93Stress, stress hormones and =20 > immunosuppression: an ecological perspective=94 > > > > Abstract: In species from three widely divergent phyla =20 > (Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata) acute stress (e.g. flight-or-=20 > fight behaviour) results in a transient decrease in resistance to =20 > pathogens. In all 3 phyla, tyrosine derivatives (norepinephrine or =20 > octopamine) play a role in inducing this immunosuppression. =20 > Decreasing resistance to bacterial infection during flight-or-fight =20= > when the risk of being wounded is high appears maladaptive. =20 > However, if the connections between norepinephrine/octopamine and =20 > immune function were maladaptive, they should have been selected =20 > against. I review the four commonly proposed adaptive explanations =20 > for acute stress-induced changes in immune function and determine =20 > how well they fit the data for each of the phyla. > > > > Take a break from studying and come check it out! > > > > ** Seminars take place Thursdays from 11:30 to 12:30 in PAT 308 =20 > (Patterson Hall room 308). Refreshments are provided, and everyone =20 > is welcome. Feel free to bring your own mug! ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Boundary_(ID_V3UVwDxgETFKx7IiZVA7GQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin = forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: = </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Wanda Langley <<A = href=3D"mailto:wanda.langley@acadiau.ca">wanda.langley@acadiau.ca</A>><= /FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 31, 2008 6:36:28 AM = ADT</FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000"><B><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></B></FONT></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><B>FW: Biology Seminar=A0</B></FONT></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"place"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"PlaceType"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"PlaceName"> <DIV class=3D"Section1"><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT = size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Good = morning,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT = size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Please note the = following message re the Biology Seminar for this = week.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" = color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Have a good = day.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" = color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Wanda<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> = <DIV> <DIV class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"center" = style=3D"text-align:center"><FONT size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New = Roman"><SPAN style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"> <HR size=3D"2" width=3D"100%" = align=3D"center" tabindex=3D"-1"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> </DIV><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><B><FONT size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt; = font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold">T</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=3D"4"= face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">he <B><FONT = color=3D"navy"><SPAN = style=3D"color:navy;font-weight:bold">LAST</SPAN></FONT></B> Acadia = Biology seminar of the year is taking place on <B><FONT = color=3D"navy"><SPAN style=3D"color:navy;font-weight:bold">Thursday, = April 3<SUP>rd</SUP></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT>, and<B><SUP><FONT = size=3D"4" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt; = font-family:Garamond;color:navy;font-weight:bold"> = </SPAN></FONT></SUP></B><FONT size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">will be given by = <B><FONT color=3D"navy"><SPAN style=3D"color:navy;font-weight:bold">Dr. = Shelley Adamo</SPAN></FONT></B> from the Marine Biology department at = <ST1:PLACE w:st=3D"on"><ST1:PLACENAME = w:st=3D"on">Dalhousie</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE = w:st=3D"on">University</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FON= T></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Garamond">Her presentation is = titled<FONT color=3D"navy"><SPAN style=3D"color:navy">, <B><U><SPAN = style=3D"font-weight:bold">=93</SPAN></U></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><= B><U><FONT size=3D"4" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:14.0pt; = font-family:Garamond;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Stress, stress = hormones and immunosuppression: an ecological = perspective</SPAN></FONT></U></B><B><U><FONT size=3D"4" color=3D"navy" = face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond; = color:navy;font-weight:bold">=94</SPAN></FONT></U></B><B><FONT size=3D"4" = color=3D"navy" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond; = color:navy;font-weight:bold"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><B><FONT size=3D"4" color=3D"green" = face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:green;font-weight:bol= d"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><B><FONT = size=3D"4" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:navy;font-weight:bold= ">Abstract:=A0 </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">In = species from three widely divergent phyla (Arthropoda, Mollusca and = Chordata) acute stress (e.g. flight-or-fight behaviour) results in a = transient decrease in resistance to pathogens. In all 3 phyla, tyrosine = derivatives (norepinephrine or octopamine) play a role in inducing this = immunosuppression. Decreasing resistance to bacterial infection during = flight-or-fight when the risk of being wounded is high appears = maladaptive. However, if the connections between = norepinephrine/octopamine and immune function were maladaptive, they = should have been selected against. I review the four commonly proposed = adaptive explanations for acute stress-induced changes in immune = function and determine how well they fit the data for each of the = phyla.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"4"= face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN lang=3D"EN-CA" = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FON= T></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Take a = break from studying and come check it = out!<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"4" = face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN style=3D"font-size:14.0pt; = font-family:Garamond">=A0<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><B><FONT size=3D"4" color=3D"green" = face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:green;font-weight:bol= d">** Seminars take place Thursdays from 11:30 to 12:30 in PAT 308 = (Patterson Hall room 308).=A0Refreshments are provided, and everyone is = welcome. Feel free to bring your own mug! = **<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><B><FONT = size=3D"3" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size:12.0pt; = font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P= class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P = class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"><O:P>=A0</O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> = </O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>= </BODY></HTML>= --Boundary_(ID_V3UVwDxgETFKx7IiZVA7GQ)--
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