Fall Research Expo 2021

Overlap in Penk & Y1R Genes Involved in Pain & Hunger

Project investigating the overlap between penk and y1r genes encoding
for pain reduction/coping and how the overlap between these genes
express hunger and pain.

PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
College of Arts & Sciences 2024
Advised By
John Nicholas Betley
Assistant Professor
Join Yaelee for a virtual discussion
PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
College of Arts & Sciences 2024
Advised By
John Nicholas Betley
Assistant Professor

Comments

Your video does a great job explaining some really complex ideas (especially for me as a historian!) and explaining their implications (which I would also like to hear more about)! I was mainly wondering if you could explain the implications of your results for the hunger-pain pathway. Is it that the two different types of pain relate differently to expression of hunger?

Are there any current hypotheses as to why hunger and pain are linked via a pathway to one another? Does one support or suppress the other? Really fascinating findings, Yaelee!