Science (Video)

Alysson 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]

Alysson 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]

The 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" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 33719]

The 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 electrophysiological data and explores methods for analyzing such data to determine the pattern of signals that arise during various activities and mood states. Series: "Field Trip at the Lab: Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34465]

Ecologist 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 importance of the availability of archival footage and the filmmakers’ personal familiarity with this region of Ghana, and the far-reaching human and ecological impacts of large hydroelectric infrastructure projects. This event was hosted by the Carsey-Wolf Center in collaboration with the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar for Energy Justice in Global Perspective. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 34883]

Alysson 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]

The 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 their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Series: "Field Trip at the Lab: Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34464]

Alysson 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]

Alysson Muotri, diretor do programa de células-tronco da UC San Diego, explora as muitas maneiras pelas quais ele e outros laboratórios estão usando organoides do cérebro para entender o neurodesenvolvimento.

Series: "O Canal de Células-Tronco" [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 34265]

The 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]