What: Join us for a journey into the visual expressions of modern biology through a series of short films. Refreshments included!
When: Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m.
Where: McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute, Nine Cambridge Center (view directions)
Who can attend: Anyone
Cost: Free!

Program will include, in no particular order:

Paula Grisafi will present her original film "Einstein vs. Frankenstein".

"Einstein vs. Frankenstein"
Paula Grisafi (Whitehead lab technician, Fink lab) will present her original film showing Whitehead scientists inside and outside of the lab.

Entosis
Michael Overholtzer (postdoctoral scientist in Joan Brugge’s lab at Harvard) will present a video of a cell dying as it is engulfed by another cell.

Debunking Hollywood
Sudeep Agarwala (research assistant, Fink lab) will debunk portrayals of biology in popular movies, including "The Island" and "Spiderman".

Medley of Computer Animations
Gael McGill (Lecturer on Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School; President & CEO of Digizyme) will show cellular and molecular animations; Janet Iwasa (postdoctoral scientist in Jack Szostak's lab at Harvard) will show images about the origins of life; and Tom Kirchhausen (Professor of Cell Biology, Senior Investigator, Immune Disease Institute at Harvard) will present the cutting-edge imaging techniques he uses to study the complex machinery the cell uses to bring receptors into the cell.

LEGO® animation of mitosis, the separation of DNA between two cells during cell division.

NOVA's The Genetic Gamble (1985)
Fran Lewitter, Director of Bioinformatics & Research Computing (BaRC), will present a segment of NOVA which suggested gene therapy would cure many inherited diseases.

The Whitehead Institute:
A Community of Discovery (1987)
Richard Lewis from Chedd-Angier-Lewis, which designs and produces media installations for museums and visitor centers, will present a short film featuring George Daley as a graduate student working at the Whitehead in 1987.

LEGO® Biology
A representative from the MIT Museum will present three videos showing LEGO® models of DNA transcription, DNA translation and mitosis.

Last updated April 29, 2008.