Dr. Jason Somarelli, Assistant Professor in Medicine, conducts research focused on understanding the molecular constraints of living systems in extreme environments, including 1) cancer as a living system under the extreme conditions of therapeutic challenge, 2) the molecular adaptations of oxygen deprivation during diving in whales, and 3) the evolution and bioengineering of plastic-degrading microbes.
Watch his interview, titled “Conversations in Cancer: Plastics” here: https://today.duke.edu/2026/03/plastic-pollution-everywhere-heres-what-know?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Man%20standing%20in%20white%20coat.%20It%20says%20&utm_campaign=Dukedelivered2026_03_31
