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Beyond the Scale: How Multiomics and Biological BMI Can Help Achieve Optimal Health

ISB researchers have constructed a biological BMI that provides a more accurate representation of metabolic health and is more varied, informative and actionable than the long-used classical BMI. ISB Senior Research Scientist Dr. Noa Rappaport discussed biological BMI in a Research Roundtable presentation. 

Beyond the Scale: How Multiomics and Biological BMI Can Help Achieve Optimal Health
Beyond the Scale: How Multiomics and Biological BMI Can Help Achieve Optimal Health
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How Bacteria Build Communities That Can Impact Your Health

Bacteria are much more than single-celled organisms swimming around. Bacteria also form communities called biofilm, and work together to maintain the microbial community. Biofilm is just one research area of ISB’s Kuchina Lab. In this Research Roundtable presentation, ISB Assistant Professor Dr. Anna Kuchina details her work studying biofilms.

How Bacteria Build Communities That Can Impact Your Health
How Bacteria Build Communities That Can Impact Your Health
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Ginny Ruffner and Dr. Jim Heath Explore the Intersection of Art and Science

Renowned artist Ginny Ruffner and ISB President Dr. Jim Heath delivered a lecture at Town Hall Seattle about the intersection of art and science. They spoke about how creation stories tie scientists and artists together, and how their approaches are both similar and different from that point on.

Ginny Ruffner and Dr. Jim Heath Explore the Intersection of Art and Science
Ginny Ruffner and Dr. Jim Heath Explore the Intersection of Art and Science
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COCOA Trial Results Show Diet, Exercise Help Some with Dementia

The recently completed, ISB-led Coaching for Cognition in Alzheimer’s (COCOA) trial shows that diet and exercise can help people suffering from dementia. Senior Research Scientist Dr. Jared Roach discussed the findings in a Research Roundtable presentation.

COCOA Trial Results Show Diet, Exercise Help Some with Dementia
COCOA Trial Results Show Diet, Exercise Help Some with Dementia
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Reimagining Chronic Illness: A Conversation With Meghan O’Rourke

Author Meghan O’Rourke recently joined ISB President Dr. Jim Heath for a virtual fireside chat focused on reimagining chronic illness – also the topic of O’Rourke’s New York Times bestselling book. This event was the latest in the ISB-Town Hall Seattle Science Series.

Reimagining Chronic Illness: A Conversation With Meghan O’Rourke
Reimagining Chronic Illness: A Conversation With Meghan O’Rourke
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