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Fermentation Seminar: Navigating A Feast and Famine Ecology: Nutrition, Energetics, And Health in Wild Bornean Orangutans
| Synopsis:
| Please join us for a seminar by Dr. Erin R. Vogel, Department of Anthropology and Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| Start Time:
| Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1:00 PM |
| End Time:
|
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
2:00 PM
|
| Location:
| Marine Sciences Building |
| Address:
| 71 Dudley Road |
| Campus:
| George H. Cook |
| Room:
| Almapi |
| City, State, Country:
| New Brunswick,
NJ US
|
| Fee:
| N/A |
| Speaker:
| Dr. Erin R. Vogel |
| Sponsor:
| Department Biochemistry and Microbiology |
| Category:
| Talk, Lecture, Seminar |
| Web Site:
| http://PostIt.rutgers.edu/uploads/EV%5F11%5F20%5F19%5FFerm%5FSem.pdf |
| Contact Name:
| Lindsay Robinson |
| Contact Email:
| lindsay.robinson@rutgers.edu |
| Contact Phone:
| (848) 932-5642 |
| Additional Information:
| Summary:
The extreme and unpredictable fruiting pattern of Southeast Asian rainforests has led to a num-ber of energy-conserving strategies in Bornean orangutans. Recent studies have demonstrated that during episodes of fruit scarcity, orangutans decrease caloric intake and travel distance and enter negative energy balance, as evidenced by ketosis. Yet, we lack a basic understanding of how negative energy balance impacts overall health in wild primates. Studies on several model organisms have shown that nutritional intake, energetic stress, inflammation, and protective host immunity are inextricably linked, and when an animal is malnourished, the immune
response is significantly impaired. Here, I summarize current research from the Tuanan
orangutan research station on the relationships
between macronutrient balancing and urinary indicators of health. Specifically, I examine the link between nutrient balancing and
energy balance, inflammation, and oxidative stress in orangutans. Our findings suggest that orangutans are adapted to a feast and famine ecology and that episodes of caloric reduction may actually be beneficial. Our
results add to the growing literature on the
nutrition-behavior-health link to the current global obesity epidemic in humans populations around the world. |
