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October 28, 2022
Julie Cascio gives presentations and hands-on classes in food preservation, food safety, healthy eating, life skills, family economics and healthy homes. She is based at Extension’s Mat-Su/Copper River Valley District office in Palmer.
October 28, 2022
Neuroscience focusing on fundamental neurobiology as studied in neural cell cultures. Establishing an in vitro model of myelinating brain tissue to study effects of proteins such as found in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
November 03, 2023
Adelheid Herrmann is a postdoctoral fellow working on a project with the goal of building the capacity of rural communities to respond and adapt to climate change.