At the April Davis Science Café, environmental toxicologist Andrew Whitehead explored not only how our actions as a species affect ourselves, but also how they impact the innumerable species we share the Earth with.
At the March 2026 Davis Science Café, protein biochemist Sascha Nicklisch discussed how some toxicants, like DDT, sneak past the body's molecular bouncers. Nicklisch's functional research is elucidating exactly how these harmful chemicals bypass our cell’s defense system.