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How to avoid boring peoplewith Nobel Laureate James D. WatsonSeptember 24, 2007Topics: Speakers: James D. Watson Run Time: 1 hours 10 minutes James D. Watson is a molecular biologist celebrated for his discovery of the structure of DNA with Francis Crick for which he received the Nobel... |
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Follow the the scent of successwith Nobel Laureate Richard AxelTopics: Speakers: Richard Axel Run Time: 37 minutes Richard Axel is a neuroscientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004 with Linda Buck for his work on the olfactory system. He... |
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Liars, Lovers & Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Arewith Terry SejnowskiSeptember 14, 2006Topics: Speakers: Terrence Sejnowski Run Time: 56 minutes Liars, Lovers, and Heroes combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of... |
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Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Codewith science writer Matt RidleyJune 16, 2006Topics: Speakers: Matt Ridley Run Time: 54 minutes Matt Ridley's biography traces Francis Crick's life from his childhood, through his famed scientific discovery of the genetic code, up to his last... |
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Brains R Us: The Science of Educating 2008: BrainsMarch 3, 2008Topics: Speakers: Roger Bingham, Gary Cottrell, Fred Gage, Terrence Sejnowski, Andrea Chiba, Jay Giedd, Terry Jernigan, Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Mike Merzenich, Urs Ribary Run Time: 1 hours 42 minutes Books by Terrence Sejnowski: Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are,... |
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Hunting for and Using Pancreatic Cancer GenesAugust 4, 2007Topics: Speakers: Ralph Hruban, David Tuveson Run Time: 2 hours 42 minutes
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Ralph GreenspanInfluences on Sleep BehaviorFebruary 9, 2007Topics: Speakers: Ralph Greenspan Run Time: 14 minutes Sleep genes- how do our genes affect our behavior? |
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Inder VermaSalk Institute for Biological StudiesNovember 7, 2008Topics: Speakers: Inder Verma Run Time: 18 minutes Glioblastoma: The terminator |
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Much Ado About Nothing: Systems Biology and Inverse ProblemsJanuary 28, 2009Topics: Speakers: Sydney Brenner Much Ado About Nothing: Systems Biology and Inverse Problems |
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Measure for Measure: The GC Shift and the Problem of IsochoresJanuary 29, 2009Topics: Speakers: Sydney Brenner Measure for Measure: The GC Shift and the Problem of Isochores |
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All's Well That Ends Well: The History of the RetinaJanuary 30, 2009Topics: Speakers: Sydney Brenner All's Well That Ends Well: The History of the Retina |
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Richard DawkinsPublic SymposiumApril 6, 2009Topics: Speakers: Richard Dawkins, Paul Davies Run Time: 51 minutes
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Panel 2: Origin and Evolution of Sociality; Panel 3: What is the Origin of Human UniquenessSession 3: Origin of Species, Evolution, Human OriginsApril 4, 2009Topics: Speakers: Jürgen Gadau, Richard Dawkins, Bert Hölldobler, Joan Strassman, David Queller, William Kimbel, Alan Rodgers, John Fleagle, Ian Tattersall, Donald Johansen, Curtis Marean Run Time: 1 hours 40 minutes
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Panel 1: Consciousness, Complex Cognition, and LanguageSession 4: Consciousness, Complex Cognition, and Language to Culture, Cooperation, Morality and InstitutionsApril 5, 2009Topics: Speakers: Roger Bingham, Steven Pinker, Patricia Churchland, Robert Seyfarth, Jerrold Seigel, Terrence Sejnowski Run Time: 1 hours 36 minutes Books by Terrence Sejnowski: Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are,... |
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Craig VenterPublic SymposiumApril 6, 2009Topics: Speakers: Craig Venter Run Time: 12 minutes
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Nobel Panel; World Champion of MagicPublic SymposiumApril 6, 2009Topics: Speakers: Ira Flatlow, Baruch Blumberg, David Gross, Walter Gilbert, Sheldon Glashow, John Mather, Frank Wilczek Run Time: 54 minutes
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Selectivity and Symmetry in the Function of the Cerebral CortexHorace BarlowMay 15, 2009Topics: Speakers: Horace Barlow Run Time: 1 hours 11 minutes Horace Barlow is a British visual neuroscientist who has done much work towards understanding human vision and consciousness, beginning with his... |
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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsRoel NusseNovember 11, 2009Topics: Speakers: Roel Nusse Run Time: 18 minutes
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Tom RothTopics: Speakers: Tom Roth Tom Roth is the Director of the Sleep Disorders and Research Center at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at... |
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Luis de LeceaTopics: Speakers: Luis de Lecea Run Time: 26 minutes Luis de Lecea is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford School of Medicine. His research is focused... |
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Allan PackTopics: Speakers: Allan Pack Run Time: 37 minutes Allan Pack is the John Miclot Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology at the... |
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Trading futures and extending livesA conversation with Paul F. GlennTopics: Speakers: Paul F. Glenn Run Time: 50 minutes Paul F. Glenn is a philanthropist and founder of The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, which began The Glenn Consortium for Research in Aging,... |
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The ant queen and epigeneticsA conversation with Shelley BergerTopics: Speakers: Shelley Berger Run Time: 1 hours 14 minutes Shelley Berger is the Daniel S. Och University Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School... |
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As the worm turnsA conversation with Cynthia KenyonSeptember 23, 2009Topics: Speakers: Cynthia Kenyon Run Time: 1 hours 13 minutes Cynthia Kenyon is an American Cancer Society Professor and Director of the Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging at the University of California,... |
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Haplotypes, Lassa fever, and a little rock 'n rollA conversation with Pardis SabetiTopics: Speakers: Pardis Sabeti Run Time: 1 hours 00 minutes Pardis Sabeti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at the FAS Center for Systems Biology at Harvard... |
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The Greatest Show on EarthA conversation with Richard DawkinsTopics: Speakers: Richard Dawkins Run Time: 1 hours 02 minutes *Apologies for the technical difficulties. The camera was kinder to the Scripps Pier (which is rather lovely) than it was to Bingham or... |
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Tom KirkwoodNewcastle UniversityDecember 15, 2009Topics: Speakers: Tom Kirkwood Tom Kirkwood is the Director of the Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University. His research is focused on evolution and genetics of... |
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Harold MorowitzSanta Fe InstituteTopics: Speakers: Harold Morowitz Run Time: 42 minutes Harold Morowitz was a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards from 1951 to 1953, on the staff of the National Heart Institute from 1953 to... |
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Gary RuvkunHarvard Medical SchoolSeptember 10, 2009Topics: Speakers: Gary Ruvkun Run Time: 1 hours 20 minutes Gary Ruvkun is Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and his lab uses molecular genetics, genomics and C. elegans to study and understand... |
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Daniel PromislowUniversity of GeorgiaTopics: Speakers: Daniel Promislow Run Time: 42 minutes Daniel Promislow is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia and a Fellow of the American Association for the... |
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Michael RoseNERE, University of California, IrvineTopics: Speakers: Michael Rose Run Time: 51 minutes Michael Rose is the Director of NERE and a Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology in the School of Biological Sciences at the Unversity of... |
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Leonard GuarenteMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyTopics: Speakers: Leonard Guarente Run Time: 1 hours 07 minutes Leonard Guarente is the Novartis Professor of Biology and Director of the Glenn Laboratory for the Science of Aging at the Massachusetts Institute of... |
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Aviv BergmanAlbert Einstein College of MedicineTopics: Speakers: Aviv Bergman Run Time: 44 minutes Aviv Bergman is is the founding Professor and University Chairman of the Department of Systems and Computational Biology at Albert Einstein College... |
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Monica DriscollMuscle AgingFebruary 3, 2010Topics: Speakers: Monica Driscoll Monica Driscoll is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University. Her research is focused on... |
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Dan FeldmanUniversity of California, BerkeleyTopics: Speakers: Dan Feldman Dan Feldman is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. His... |
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Gordon LithgowThe Buck InstituteJune 7, 2010Topics: Speakers: Gordon Lithgow Gordon Lithgow is a Professor and the head of the Lithgow Lab at the Buck Institute for Age Research. His research is focused on the relationship... |
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Yousin SuhAlbert Einstein College of MedicineJune 7, 2010Topics: Speakers: Yousin Suh Yousin Suh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Genetics at the Albert Einstien College of Medicine. Her... |
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Gary RuvkunHarvard Medical SchoolJune 8, 2010Topics: Speakers: Gary Ruvkun Gary Ruvkun is Professor of Genetics, Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical School. His lab uses molecular genetics, genomics and C.... |
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The Glenn Foundation Symposium PanelBruce Yankner, Monica Driscoll, Brian Kennedy, Heidi TissenbaumJune 9, 2010Topics: Speakers: Bruce Yankner, Monica Driscoll, Brian Kennedy, Heidi Tissenbaum Bruce Yankner is a Professor of Pathology and Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on investigating the systems biology of... |
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Tom JohnsonUniversity of ColoradoJune 9, 2010Topics: Speakers: Tom Johnson Tom Johnson is a Professor of Behavioral Genetics and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado at... |
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SYMPOSIUM 3: The Genetic RevolutionH. Robert Horvitz, Eric Lander, Christopher A. Walsh, Pamela Sklar, Catherine DulacMay 23, 2011Topics: Speakers: H. Robert Horvitz, Eric Lander, Christopher A. Walsh, Pamela Sklar, Catherine Dulac Run Time: 1 hours 30 minutes Introduction from Chair - H. Robert Horvitz, PhDGenes provide the blueprint for how the brain develops and define the components the brain uses to... |
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