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CSE Celebration of Diversity
July 03, 2019 21:00 - 3 minutes - 2.03 MBThe CSE Celebration of Diversity is a day-long event aimed at recognizing the wealth of contributions from all the different kinds of people in the CSE community, and act as a forum to discuss how the department can continue to evolve to become a community of inclusive excellence. This event is led by the CSE Department's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) committee. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 34958]
Stem Cells and Curing Blindness - Karl Wahlin
July 02, 2019 21:00 - 6 minutes - 3.82 MBScientist Karl Wahlin is hoping to use the tiny retinas he's developed from stem cells to find a cure for blindness. Wahlin has teamed up with UC San Diego Stem Cell Program Director Alysson Muotri, who is using a similar technique to study the brain. Together, they hope to understand how the brain and the eye influence one another's development. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34273]
CARTA: The Role of Hunting in Anthropogeny: David Watts - Social Explanations for Chimpanzee Hunting
July 02, 2019 21:00 - 18 minutes - 8.58 MBHunting is considered a key human adaptation and is thought to have influenced our anatomy, physiology and behavior over time. This symposium explores the evidence pertaining to the origins of hominin hunting. Variation exists within and among chimpanzee populations in the social importance of hunting and meat eating. David Watts, Yale University. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 33573]
Gene Edited Cells: Next Generation of Cancer Therapeutics
June 30, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 28 MBKhalid Shah, MS, PhD discusses translating biological therapies into clinical care. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 34912]
What is in the Air We Breathe? - Exploring Ethics
June 26, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBThe atmosphere is composed of gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Other gases are present at much lower concentrations and include ozone, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and formaldehyde just to name a few. But there is something else in the air we breathe: microscopic particles called aerosols. Vicki Grassian discusses aerosols, their many sources, and how they impact the Earth’s climate and human health in ways we are just starting to understand. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [He...
In the Mood: Deciphering Complex Brain Signals
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBThe human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons, and 100 trillion connections between those neurons. Despite our inability to image each neuron and determine their exact connective patterns, several approaches for noninvasive imaging of the living brain have been developed and utilized to great benefit. LLNL scientist Alan Kaplan explores the immense landscape of the human brain and quantifies the brain in terms of data flow. Then describes engineering applications of recorded elect...
Ghana's Electric Dreams
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 41 minutes - 19.4 MBEcologist Rudo Sanyanga and filmmakers R. Lane Clark and Stephan Miescher join moderator Janet Walker (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of Clark and Miescher’s documentary film Ghana’s Electric Dreams. The film concerns the history of Ghana’s Akosombo Dam, and its complex legacy as a strategic modernization project launched during the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah. The panel conversation highlights the impetus for the film and its multi-stage development, the import...
Building The Brain With Alysson Muotri
June 22, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MBAlysson Muotri, Director of the UC San Diego Stem Cell program explores the many ways his and other labs are using brain organoids to understand neurodevelopment. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34285]
Giving Your Brain a Voice: Engineering Sensors That Listen to Brain Cells
June 19, 2019 21:00 - 46 minutes - 21.9 MBThe human brain is composed of billions of cells that communicate through chemical and electrical signals. LLNL microelectrodes can interface directly with the brain to allow us to monitor and manipulate the dynamics of these brain signals. LLNL microelectrodes are flexible and microfabricated in dense arrays that allow them to collect large amounts of information over long periods of time in the body. Scientists Anna Belle and Allison Yorita go over how these arrays are microfabricated and t...
Cuando la Ciencia se une a la Ficción: Alysson Muotri Tim Disney y La Película William
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBLa ciencia de las células madre nos permite entender nuestro genoma comparando nuestro propio genoma con el de nuestros primos antiguos, el Neandertal. La película William es una historia sobre un Neandertal que vive entre los humanos modernos. El Director del Programa de Células Madre de la UC San Diego, Alysson Muotri, pudo visitar al creador y director, Tim Disney, para hablar sobre los problemas reales que explora esta fantasía. Series: "El Canal de Células Madre" [Science] [Spanish La...
When Science Meets Fiction - Alysson Muotri Tim Disney and the Movie William
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 22 minutes - 11.4 MBThe science of stem cells allows us to understand our genome by comparing our own genome to that of our ancient cousins – the Neanderthal. The motion picture William is a story about a Neanderthal living among modern humans. The director of the UC San Diego Stem Cell Program Alysson Muotri was able to visit with the creator and director, Tim Disney, to discuss the real issues explored by this fantasy. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 34804]
Quando a Ciência Encontra Ficção – Alysson Muotri Tim Disney e o Filme William
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBA ciência das células-tronco nos permite entender nosso genoma, comparando nosso próprio genoma com o de nossos primos antigos - os neandertais. O filme William é uma história sobre um neandertal vivendo entre os humanos modernos, e o diretor do programa de células-tronco da Universidade de San Diego, Alysson Muotri, pôde conversar com o criador e diretor Tim Disney para discutir os problemas reais explorados por essa fantasia. Series: "O Canal de Células-Tronco" [Science] [Spanish Languag...
Engineering Mosquitos to Fight Malaria with Ethan Bier -- Osher UC San Diego
June 14, 2019 21:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBCan scientists genetically engineer mosquitos to eliminate malaria? Professor Ethan Bier from UC San Diego believes they can. In this talk at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, he discusses various ways in which self-copying—or active—genetic elements can be used to bias inheritance of beneficial characteristics. Such active genetic elements can be used to confer resistance to transmission of pathogens, re-sensitize pesticide-resistant insect pests and disease-vector populations to insect...
CARTA 10th Anniversary: Revisiting the Agenda - Closing Remarks
June 09, 2019 21:00 - 9 minutes - 3.96 MBPascal Gagneux summarizes the CARTA 10th Anniversary symposium. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34714]
CARTA 10th Anniversary: Revisiting the Agenda - Opening Remarks
June 09, 2019 21:00 - 12 minutes - 5.68 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34692]
Neanderthal Among Us? Science Meets Fiction - A Discussion of Tim Disney's Motion Picture William
June 08, 2019 21:00 - 48 minutes - 23.7 MBWhat makes us human is a question that not only science asks, but all disciplines of mind from philosophy to religion to sociology and ethics, and even to storytelling and the arts. Tim Disney's new movie "William", about a Neanderthal living in the modern world forces us to ask that and many other questions. Director of the UC San Diego Stem Cell Program Alysson Muotri brought together a panel of experts from across a spectrum of disciplines to discuss those issues in a lively and engaging f...
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - William Kimbel: Paleoanthropology and Comparative Anatomy
June 07, 2019 21:00 - 14 minutes - 6.41 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34705]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Joe Henrich: Cultural Evolution and Dual Inheritance
June 07, 2019 21:00 - 14 minutes - 6.64 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34711]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Daniel Geschwind: Mental Disease
June 07, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.48 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34704]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Alyssa Crittenden: Parenting and Child Development
June 07, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.65 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34707]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Katerina Semendeferi: Comparative Brain Anatomy
June 07, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.44 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34708]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - David Perlmutter: Language
June 07, 2019 21:00 - 15 minutes - 6.81 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34709]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Kristen Hawkes: Hunter-Gatherers/Life History and Reproduction
June 05, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.25 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34706]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Ajit Varki: Comparative Medicine
June 05, 2019 21:00 - 14 minutes - 6.49 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34703]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Sarah Tishkoff: Human Population Genetics and Origins
June 04, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.53 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34702]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Patricia Churchland: Morality and Cooperation
June 03, 2019 21:00 - 21 minutes - 9.92 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34712]
CARTA 10th Anniversary: Revisiting the Agenda - Margaret Schoeninger: Nutrition and Paleodiet
June 03, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.37 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34713]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - James J. Moore: Behavioral Ecology
June 02, 2019 21:00 - 15 minutes - 7.06 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34699]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Terry Sejnowski: Computational Neuroscience
June 02, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 8.09 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34710]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Evan Eichler: Comparative Genomics
June 01, 2019 21:00 - 18 minutes - 6.59 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34700]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Anne Stone: Ancient DNA of Humans and Their Pathogens
June 01, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.25 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34701]
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Tetsuro Matsuzawa: Comparative Cognition in Primates
June 01, 2019 21:00 - 14 minutes - 6.5 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34698]
Curing Leukemia: From Zebrafish to Alpha Clinics
May 31, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 8.01 MBAlysson Muotri explores how discoveries made using tiny Zebrafish will lead to cures for blood diseases like leukemia using stem cells, and how those cures will reach patients through California's network of Alpha Clinics. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 33178]
Arctic Sea Ice Upper Atmosphere Transport and Trade Winds
May 29, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes - 25.7 MBEarths climate is a complex system with global scale interactions spanning the tropics to the poles. Join emeritus Professor and past Scripps Director Charles Kennel as he reveals the potential of arctic sea ice loss to influence the intensity of climate events such as El Nino, and raises the possibility that more changes in weather patterns and extreme events are to come. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 34571]
CARTA: Tool Use and Technology: Paula Tallal - Writing and Reading: The Evolution of Social Media
May 28, 2019 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.44 MBThis symposium addresses the interactive gene-culture co-evolution of the human brain with tool use and technology - ranging from simple stone tools millions of years ago to computers today. Language co-evolved with the human brain throughout the evolution of Homo sapiens. Writing, on the other hand, is a relatively new technology that was invented by humans to translate spoken language into a visual form for transmitting verbal communication broadly to many people over large distances and ti...
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Daniel Geschwind James J. Moore Joe Henrich William Kimbel
May 26, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34697]
From Zebrafish to Leukemia
May 25, 2019 21:00 - 8 minutes - 4.65 MBDavid Traver explores how discoveries made using tiny Zebrafish will lead to cures for blood diseases like leukemia using stem cells. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 34764]
Is Most of Your DNA Junk?
May 24, 2019 21:00 - 33 minutes - 16.7 MBAlysson Muotri and top geneticists Rusty Gage and Miles Wilkinson explore the fact that ninety-nine percent of human DNA doesn't code for anything used by the human body. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 33492]
California's Alpha Clinics: Bringing Science to the Clinic Creating Cures for You
May 22, 2019 21:00 - 9 minutes - 5.2 MBAlysson Muotri and Catriona Jamieson discuss how cutting-edge stem-cell-based cures will reach patients through California's network of Alpha Clinics. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34763]
High Performance Medicine with Eric Topol MD - The Front Row at Scripps Research
May 20, 2019 21:00 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBA pioneer of individualized medicine and author of the upcoming book Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again, Eric Topol merges genomic and digital technologies with artificial intelligence to advance a new era of High Performance Medicine. In a talk that is bound to keep you at the edge of your seat, Topol gives us a glimpse of the future, helping us understand the promise and expose the pitfalls of artificial intelligence in medicine. Pioneer of individual...
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - David Perlmutter Terry Sejnowski Ajit Varki
May 18, 2019 21:00 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBCARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addressing these questions across multiple disciplines: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34696]
The Piwi-piRNA Pathway: A New Paradigm of Gene Regulation with Haifan Lin
May 17, 2019 21:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBProfessor at Yale University and the founding director of the Yale Stem Cell Center Haifan Lin talks about how the discoveries of small non-coding RNAs, including PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), have significantly expanded the RNA world. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34682]