Every species has one common ancestor, while having varying resilience types and levels in dealing with changes. This was tackled by Cecilia Conaco, PhD, at her lecture Stress and Sensitivity: What 鈥淪imple鈥 Animals Can Teach Us 黑料专区 Coping With Change on Feb. 19 at the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute (MSI) Audiovisual Room.
Conaco is a professor and molecular biologist at the MSI.
She discussed the biological components and comparisons between organisms and pointed out that, 鈥渟ome animals are more susceptible to stress.鈥
Conaco also shared what she called 鈥渓ife lessons鈥 that she obtained while studying sponges and corals. She advised that people must 鈥淟et go of extra baggage;鈥 鈥淔ocus on what鈥檚 important;鈥 鈥淲alk your own path;鈥 鈥淜eep your friends close;鈥 and remember that 鈥淥pportunity favors those who are ready.鈥
The lecture ended with an open forum. The event was also held via Zoom and Facebook livestream.
The Conaco lecture was part of the MSI@50 Lecture Series. According to the MSI Facebook page accessed on Feb. 20, 鈥淭he MSI@50 Lecture Series is an official UNESCO Ocean Decade activity that features the various topics and disciplines in marine science our faculty members specialize in. As one of the institute鈥檚 major events leading up to our 50th anniversary, the hybrid lecture series webinars celebrate the many ways the MSI has gone beyond borders to forward marine science for the people.鈥
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