Bioluminescent Squid: Symbiosis Under the Sea

Join Dr. Spencer Nyholm from UConn’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and learn about the unusual relationship between the bobtail squid and bioluminescent bacteria. Discover what their relationship may tell us about how the immune system functions to distinguish beneficial bacteria from harmful bacteria, and how this symbiotic relationship may enhance our understanding of how the human immune system alerts our bodies to the presence of dangerous pathogens among the helpful microbes.