Thesis defense: ‘Gene expression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1a), its regulators, and its putative downstream targets in ventricle and telencephalon of the anoxia-tolerant turtle (Trachemys scripta)’ on July 28

Please join M.S. candidate in Biological Sciences, Kenneth Sparks, for a public thesis defense via Zoom beginning at 1 p.m. July 28.

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Description: This thesis assessed the role of HIF-1α in ventricle and telencephalon of one of the vertebrate champions of anoxia survival, the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta). Turtles acclimated to 21°C or 5°C were exposed to either normoxia, anoxia (24 h at 21°C; 24 h or 14 d at 5°C) or anoxia + reoxygenation and the effects of oxygenation state, as well as cold acclimation in normoxia, on HIF-1α and HIF-2α gene expression, some HIF regulators and eleven putative downstream targets of HIF were quantified by qPCR.