Three (Formerly) Blind Mice: Reprogramming Tissues to Be Young Again
Speaker David A. Sinclair, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Insitute, and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Harvard Medical School. He is best known for his work on understanding why we age and how to slow its effects. He obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, in 1995 and did his postdoctoral research at M.I.T. with Dr. Leonard Guarente where he co discovered a cause of aging for yeast as well as the role of Sir2 in epigenetic changes driven by genome instability and aging. In 1999 he moved to Harvard Medical S...
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Fueling the Next Genomic Revolution: Maximizing the Impact of Bacterial, Human, and Human Metagenome Genomic Knowledge and Technology
NIH Director ’ s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
WALS will host a lecture and panel discussion in commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the first complete bacterial genome, the 20th year anniversary of the publication of the human genome, and the 15th year anniversary of the first human metagenome.
This lecture and panel discussion will be led by NIH Director Francis Collins and will feature Dr. Eric Lander, President and Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Dr. Claire Fraser, Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland; and Dr. Charles Rotimi, Chief of t...
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Seminar Series: Obesity and Food Insecurity
In this one-hour webinar, two NHBLI-funded extramural investigators will present their important research on Obesity and Food Insecurity. Dr. Sara Bleich is a Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She is also the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Her research provides evidence to support policies to prevent obesity, food insecurity, and diet-related diseases, particularly among populations at higher risk. Dr. Caitlin Ca...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 29, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
A chemist who is zooming in on microbes in the human body to understand their influence on human...
A chemist who is zooming in on microbes in the human body to understand their influence on human lives and an engineer who looks to animals to build better wind turbines and other technology have earned this year’s prestigious NSF Alan T. Waterman award. Emily Balskus, a Harvard University chemist, ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 15, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
Researchers have developed a way for deep learning neural networks to crunch data.
Increasingly, artificial intelligence systems known as deep learning neural networks are used to inform decisions vital to human health and safety. With support from NSF, researchers at MIT and Harvard have developed a quick way for a neural network to crunch data and output not just a prediction ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 7, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
NIMHD/NINR Joint Director ’ s Seminar: The Science of Structural Racism
NIMHD/NINR Joint Director ’ s Seminar
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) are pleased to host the Joint Directors ’ Seminar featuring David R. Williams, Ph.D. The title of his talk is “ The Science of Structural Racism. ”
Dr. David R. Williams is the Florence and Laura Norman professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at Harvard ’ s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is an internationally r...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The contagion next time: Underlying socioeconomic and racial divides and our risk from COVID and future pandemics
Sandro Galea is a physician, epidemiologist, and author, is dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. He previously held academic and leadership positions at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and the New York Academy of Medicine. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, and is a regular contributor to a range of public media, about the social causes of health, mental health, and the consequences of trauma. He has been listed as one of the most widely cited scholars in the social sciences. He is chair of the board of the Association of Schools and Pro...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 24, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIMHD/NINR Joint Director ’ s Seminar
David R. Williams, Ph.D., is a professor of public health and African American studies at Harvard University. He is an internationally recognized authority on social influences on health with more than 475 authored scientific papers. His research has enhanced our understanding of the ways in which race, socioeconomic status, stress, racism, health behavior and religious involvement can affect health.Air date: 12/4/2020 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Bioinspired architecture could pave the way for stronger, lighter structures.
The glassy skeletons of marine sponges are inspring the next generation of stronger and taller buildings, longer bridges, and lighter spacecraft. With funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, engineers at Harvard have found a tiny sea sponge shows a pattern of strength and stability ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 16, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
NCCIH Hot Topic Webinar: Implementation Science and Complementary Health Interventions
Discussion: Using Common Definitions
Dave Clark, Dr.P.H., NCCIH
1:25-1:50 p.m. | Mind-Body-Movement Interventions: Overview of the State of the Science
Peter Wayne, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital
1:50-2:15 p.m. | Challenges and Opportunities to Integrate Evidence-based Complementary Interventions into Traditional Healthcare Settings
Amanda Midboe, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2:15-2:35 p.m. | Successful Implementation Science Portfolios Across the NIH: Perspectives and Priorities from 4 Institutes/CentersGila Neta, Ph.D., National Cancer InstituteDenise Pintello, Ph.D...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
America's response to COVID-19:'A tale of two countries '
Disinformation and diverging containment strategies have contributed to the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., says Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - August 10, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: video
3D reconstruction of the collision dynamics of two vortices
A 3D reconstruction of the collision dynamics of two vortices.
[Research supported by National Science Foundation grants DMR 1420570, DMS 1411694 and DMS 1715477.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 18, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
Vortex cannons fired in a 75-gallon aquarium produce vortices
Vortex cannons are fired in a 75-gallon aquarium to produce vortices. Each vortex was dyed a different color so researchers could observe how they interact.
[Research supported by National Science Foundation grants DMR 1420570, DMS 1411694 and DMS 1715477.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 18, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
A new multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions.
A new multifunctional nanofiber could protect soldiers, firefighters, astronauts and others against explosions. Protective against both extreme temperatures and ballistic threats, the lightweight material was developed by NSF-funded researchers at Harvard University in collaboration with the U.S. ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 11, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
Widely tunable terahertz laser setup
An experimental setup showing the different components of a compact, room temperature, widely tunable terahertz laser developed by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in collaboration with MIT and the U.S. Army.
[Research supported by National ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 18, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
