The Ruth Pauley Speakers series will welcome Dr. Diego Bohórquez, Ph.D., on Jan. 20 for a compelling exploration into one of the fastest-growing fields in modern science: the gut-brain axis. Dr. Bohórquez, an Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurobiology at Duke University, is internationally recognized for identifying neuropods, the gut’s sensory cells that directly communicate with the brain. His lecture, The Gut-Brain Connection and Neuropods, will offer the public a rare opportunity to hear how this emerging science is reshaping our understanding of digestion, cravings, behavior, and disease.
Dr. Bohórquez describes his work plainly and powerfully. “I am a gut-brain neuroscientist,” he says. “My focus is to unveil how the brain perceives what the gut feels, how food in the intestine is sensed by our body, and how a sensory signal from a nutrient is transformed into an electrical signal that alters behavior.”
His research, published widely in journals including Nature and featured on major science platforms like The Transmitter and the Huberman Lab podcast, has placed him at the forefront of this scientific frontier…