Friday, April 8, 2022

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Zoom
Lauren Aleksunes

Placental Barrier and Fetal Exposure to Mycoestrogens

Lauren Aleksunes, Pharm.D, Ph.D

Professor

Rutgers University

Exposure of babies to chemicals can increase the risk of disease later in life. This presentation will discuss factors that regulate the extent to which chemicals reach the baby through the placenta. Our research team is particularly interested in fungal-derived estrogenic toxins, known as mycoestrogens, that are present in the food supply and implicated in reproductive and developmental toxicities.