Biological Connections to the Living World | Ryan Henderson
What if our greatest connection—to all life on Earth—is being quietly eroded by pollution? In this talk, Ryan Henderson explores how the structure and function of life are deeply intertwined, and how unregulated sewage and waterway pollution threaten both ecosystems and human health. It’s a powerful call to recognize and restore the connections that sustain us all.
Ryan Henderson is a father, husband, soccer coach, and classically trained immunologist whose graduate research focused on understanding immune system exhaustion during chronic viral infection. This virology and immunology expertise gave way to fourteen-year research career focusing on vaccine discovery, non-pathogenic human diseases, and efforts in developing drugs to combat rare cancers. Ryan's lifelong passion has always been teaching and he has been a faculty member with MSJC since 2011. He currently teaches Microbiology and other biology courses at the Temecula Valley Campus.