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Las Células Madre y Curar la Ceguera – Karl Wahlin
July 01, 2019 21:00 - 6 minutes - 73.4 MB VideoEl científico Karl Wahlin espera poder usar las minúsculas retinas que ha desarrollado a partir de células madre para encontrar una cura para la ceguera. Wahlin hizo equipo con el director del Programa de Células Madre de la UC San Diego, Alysson Muotri, quien está usando una técnica similar para estudiar el cerebro. Juntos, esperan entender cómo el cerebro influye en el desarrollo del ojo y a la inversa. Series: "El Canal de Células Madre" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Spanish Language] [...
New Waves: Hiroshima Mon Amour
July 01, 2019 21:00 - 39 minutes - 462 MB VideoLucy Fischer (English and Film Studies, University of Pittsburgh) joins Carsey-Wolf Center Director Patrice Petro for a post-screening discussion of Alain Resnais’ 1959 film Hiroshima Mon Amour. Fischer places the film, which features a screenplay by the French novelist Marguerite Duras, in the context of other French New Wave cinema; drawing attention in particular to the juxtaposition of images that are simultaneously fictional and documentary, and to the ways in which Duras’s influence is ...
Wolfe's Fuel - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
July 01, 2019 21:00 - 20 minutes - 355 MB VideoPulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe has taken particular pleasure in writing music for film, and we hear her "Fuel" with a film by Bill Morrison. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 34887]
Células-tronco e a Cura da Cegueira – Karl Wahlin
July 01, 2019 21:00 - 6 minutes - 107 MB VideoO cientista Karl Wahlin espera usar as minúsculas retinas que desenvolveu a partir de células-tronco para encontrar uma cura para a cegueira. Wahlin montou uma equipe com o diretor Alysson Muotri do Programa de Células-Tronco da UC San Diego, que está usando uma técnica semelhante para estudar o cérebro. Juntos, esperam entender como o cérebro e o olho influenciam o desenvolvimento um do outro. Series: "O Canal de Células-Tronco" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 3...
Gene Edited Cells: Next Generation of Cancer Therapeutics
June 30, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 488 MB VideoKhalid 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]
A Cura da Leucemia: Do Peixe-zebra às Clínicas Alpha
June 28, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 296 MB VideoAlysson Muotri explora como as descobertas feitas com o minúsculo peixe-zebra conduzirão à cura de doenças do sangue, como a leucemia, usando células-tronco, e como essas curas chegarão aos pacientes por meio da rede de clínicas Alpha da Califórnia. Series: "O Canal de Células-Tronco" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 34175]
Curando la Leucemia: De los Peces Cebra Hasta las Clínicas Alpha
June 28, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 296 MB VideoAlysson Muotri explora como ciertos descubrimientos usando pequeños peces cebra podrían llevar a encontrar curas para enfermedades de la sangre como la leucemia, usando células madre, y cómo dichas curas llegarán a los pacientes a través de la red de Clínicas Alpha de California. Series: "El Canal de Células Madre" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 34176]
Madeleine K. Albright at UC San Diego Commencement 2019
June 27, 2019 21:00 - 25 minutes - 292 MB VideoIn her keynote address at UC San Diego's All Campus Commencement 2019, former US. Secretary of State and diplomatic icon Madeleine Albright exhorts students to concentrate their energies and talents on creating sustainable communities both at home and abroad. Speaking from her perspective as an immigrant who rose to become the first female Secretary of State, Albright emphasizes the need for appreciation of diversity and innovation in a rapdily-changing social landscape. Series: "Immigration"...
What is in the Air We Breathe? - Exploring Ethics
June 26, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 654 MB VideoThe 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...
Fragility Fractures
June 26, 2019 21:00 - 59 minutes - 540 MB VideoFragility fractures occur in structurally weak bones due to aging and bone loss - osteoporosis. Dr. Anthony Ding explains what “fragility fractures” are, where they occur, what they mean to you, and how they are treated. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34795]
Shoah: Four Sisters
June 25, 2019 21:00 - 43 minutes - 521 MB VideoArchivist Regina Longo (Brown University) joins UCSB’s Harold Marcuse (Department of History) for a discussion of Claude Lanzmann’s final film Shoah: Four Sisters (2018), a four-part miniseries that was screened over two days at the Pollock Theater. Longo’s work includes extensive restoration of Claude Lanzmann’s landmark documentary footage of testimonials from the Holocaust, and in conversation with Marcuse she offers deeper insight into the history of the film and the women it concerns. Lo...
Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 24 minutes - 425 MB VideoYoung Artist Winner Anne Liu performs Camille Saint-Saens’ witty "Second Piano Concerto," which has been described as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 34888]
Ghana's Electric Dreams
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 41 minutes - 486 MB VideoEcologist 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...
One of The First African American Millionaires and Her Impact On Los Angeles
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 700 MB VideoBridget “Biddy” Mason, born a slave in Mississippi in 1818, achieved financial success that enabled her to support her extended family for generations, despite the fact that she was illiterate. In a landmark case, she sued her master for their freedom, saved her earnings, invested in real estate, and became a well-known philanthropist in Los Angeles, California. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34785]
In the Mood: Deciphering Complex Brain Signals
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 45 minutes - 457 MB VideoThe 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...
Short Films from Viet Film Festival
June 23, 2019 21:00 - 48 minutes - 570 MB VideoFilmmakers Kady Le, Lan Nguyen, and Quyên Nguyen-Le join moderator erin Khuê Ninh (Asian American Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of their short films “Like Mother, Like Daughter,” “Bị Kẹt,” and “Nước (Water/Homeland).” The directors each speak to their creative process and how they each worked to articulate subtle and often complex themes with their differing narrative, documentary, and experimental approaches. They explain how personal questions of family, home, community, h...
Building The Brain With Alysson Muotri
June 22, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 84.5 MB VideoAlysson 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]
UC San Diego All Campus Commencement 2019 with Madeleine Albright
June 20, 2019 21:00 - 46 minutes - 538 MB VideoChancellor Pradeep K. Khosla welcomes Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and student speaker Michaela Juels to address UC San Diegos all campus commencement ceremony. Secretary Albright shattered the glass ceiling to become the first woman to serve as Secretary of State and is an icon of American diplomacy. She shares her insight as a strong leader and dedicated public servant who inspires making a positive impact on the globe, a theme echoed by Michaela Juels. [Public Affairs] [...
Giving Your Brain a Voice: Engineering Sensors That Listen to Brain Cells
June 19, 2019 21:00 - 46 minutes - 456 MB VideoThe 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...
Hip Preservation in the Active Adult
June 19, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 635 MB VideoDr. Alan Zhang is an orthopedic surgeon at UCSF specializing in sports medicine and minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder. He explores conservative (non-surgical) treatment of the hip and also looks at hip arthroscopy surgery. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34794]
Looking to the Future - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
June 17, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 1.3 GB VideoSteven Schick leads a sharply varied program. Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe has taken particular pleasure in writing music with film, and we hear her "Fuel," with a film by Bill Morrison. Young Artist Winner Anne Liu performs Camille Saint-Saens’ witty "Second Piano Concerto," which has been described as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.” The concert concludes with Jean Sibelius’ mighty "Symphony No. 5," which drives to its triumphant conclusion on six shattering chords for ...
Construyendo el Cerebro con Alysson Muotri
June 17, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 84.6 MB VideoAlysson Muotri, director del Programa de Células Madre de la UC San Diego explora las muchas maneras en que su laboratorio y otros laboratorios están usando organoides cerebrales para entender el neurodesarrollo. Series: "Stem Cell Science with Alysson Muotri" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 34264]
Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes - 676 MB VideoHear from the ten finalists in the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer Competition. Each presents a bold idea on prevention research that will help catalyze an entirely new direction in research — focused on prevention. The program is introduced by Marion Kavanaugh-Lynch, the director of the California Breast Cancer Research Program. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34876]
In Utero and Pre-Conception Determinants of Breast Cancer Risk - Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 8 minutes - 104 MB VideoHannah Lui Park is in the Department of Epidemiology at UC Irvine. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Multi-generational epigenetics studies are needed to understand how we can prevent breast cancer not only in ourselves but also in future generations by modifying our lifestyle factors and environmental exposures. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34872]
Cuando la Ciencia se une a la Ficción: Alysson Muotri Tim Disney y La Película William
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 22 minutes - 268 MB VideoLa 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...
Quando a Ciência Encontra Ficção – Alysson Muotri Tim Disney e o Filme William
June 15, 2019 21:00 - 22 minutes - 268 MB VideoA 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...