Young Scientist Seminars
Curator: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP
Apologies for sending the wrong link in a previous email. This email contains the correct link. The Young Scientist Seminars is a new video series featuring talented PhD students and postdocs giving talks about their research and discoveries. From studying the genetic origins of melanoma to tracking leopard shark behavior off the California coast, these young scientists tell compelling research stories using narrative, analogies, and visuals. The five speakers were selected from a large pool of accomplished scientists from around the world in a competition held earlier this year. In preparation for recording their talks, they attended a science communication workshop at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. They incorporated what they learned from the workshop into their video presentations. The 2015 Young Scientist Seminars (corrected link)
Access all of the talks and watch the trailer by visiting http://www.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/young-scientist-seminar-series.html (corrected link)
The Young Scientist Seminars is a collaboration between the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, and iBiology. If you are interested in applying for the 2016 Young Scientist Seminars, visit here for details. The deadline to apply is January 11, 2016.
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Students explore the brain with NIH scientists
http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/students-explore-brain-nih-scientists Middle school students from the Washington, D.C., area will become brain scientists for a day when they visit the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 16 and 17, 2016. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health will be at the museum to lead students through hands-on activities that explore the structure and function of the brain, and how alcohol and drugs can affect brain health. “This is a wonderful opportunity for young people to interact with NIH scientists…” —George F. Koob, Ph.D., Director, NIAAA The NIH activities are part of the museum’s celebration of Brain Awareness Week (March 14-18), an annual global public outreach partnership of government agencies, universities, hospitals, patient advocacy groups, scientific societies, service organizations, and schools. The event was started nearly two decades ago by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, a nonprofit organization of over 300 leading neuroscientists, as a campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. “This is a wonderful opportunity for young people to interact with NIH scientists and gain a better understanding of how the human brain develops and how it functions, and how to keep their own brains healthy,” said George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). “It’s also a great way for students to appreciate neuroscience as a potential career goal.” NIH activities will include
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