On December 6th, 2012, UNC School of Medicine research scientist Rodrigo Gonzalez spoke to Research Triangle High School students about his research into the bubonic plague. He shared some real inside scoops on plague with a description of Yersinia pestis and the biology of plague, epidemiology, life cycle, disease progression, and plague research - from archeology to public health. A graduate of Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, who did his post-baccalaureate work at the National Institutes of Health, Rodrigo is an engaging and fascinating speaker for RTHS's Lunch with a Scientist series!
