“The word mucus usually makes us think of stuffy noses during a cold, but it’s a whole lot more. Since evolving hundreds of millions of years ago, mucus has been an exceptional defence mechanism deciding what comes in and what stays out.
Dr Erin Pallott recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, researching mucus responses to parasitic infections – a specialist in biology that ruins dinner table conversations. This talk will introduce you to the wonderful niche world of mucus research, from ancient medicine to the cutting-edge.”