SCI Café

Organ-on-a-Chip: Microplastics in the Placenta?

The University of Texas Medical Branch’s Institute for Translational Sciences and the Sealy Center for Environmental Health & Medicine, in collaboration with the Health Museum, invite you to participate in a conversation on Placenta-illy Polluted? World to Womb.

The discussion will feature insights from Enrico Barrozo, PhD, and Lauren Richardson, PhD, as they explore the potential effects of environmental exposures, such as microplastics, on the placenta and maternal health.

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Free Event RSVP

This event is FREE and open to all. Light refreshments will be served. Paid parking is available in the museum parking lot.  Additional free parking is available across from the museum. To RSVP or inquire for more information about this event, please contact Claire Hallmark at cchallma@utmb.edu. 

About SCI Café

Where Science & Communities Interact

 SCI Café is a community dialogue about science, health, and possibilities among community members, researchers, and scientists. It aims to foster engagement and connect community members with scientific discoveries. The topics for SCI Cafés are shaped by community interests in learning and research insights.