Things happening inside you

On this final day of Nuestro Cuerpo, we delve into an invisible yet decisive territory: genes, bacteria, immunity, and microorganisms that influence our health much more than we imagine. We will talk about asthma as a molecular battle that does not behave the same in men and women, and how genomics allows us to monitor pathogens, track infections, and get ahead of microscopic threats. A night to discover that the body is also a map of conflicts, signals, and silent surveillance.

Featured speakers

• Luis Fabián Lorenzo Díaz (Universidad de La Laguna)
• María del Mar del Pino Yanes (Universidad de La Laguna)
• Diego García Martínez de Artola (Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria)

Main topics

• Asthma: a molecular war between sexes: We will explore how biological differences influence the immune system and the prevalence of asthma, using omics technologies to understand this disparity.
• Monitoring the invisible: We will discover how microbial genomics is key to detecting outbreaks, transmission routes, and resistance mechanisms, with a special focus on genomic surveillance in Canarias.