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Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Francis Collins (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:20:25

Dr. Francis Collins is the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, which is responsible for coordinating the government-sponsored effort to map and sequence the entire human genome, considered by many as one of the most important scientific undertakings of our time. Dr. Collins is a physician and geneticist whose own work led to the identification of the genes for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, and Huntington's disease. In this Webcast, Dr. Collins explains the different strategies for finding disease genes, the competition between public and private efforts to decode the human genome, and the next steps for the Human Genome Project, now that the first accurate gene maps have been created.

Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All

Date: March 1, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: disease genes, dna sequence variation, completion of the human genome project, dna genome sequence of other animals, comparison of dna genome sequencing, evolution, comparing genomes, conflict of religion and science, moral values, ethical decisions, interent tech

Real: 256K

Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Carol Greider (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:18:34

Dr. Carol Greider is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University. She worked with molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn to discover the role of telomeres—segments of DNA that protect and stabilize the ends of chromosomes. Dr. Greider tells us about her work and shares her thoughts about the importance of mentors for women in science.

Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All

Date: February 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: telomeres, molecular biology, genome research, genetics, role models for women, chromosomes, elizabeth blackburn, basic science research, barbara mcclintock, women scientists, mentoring women in science,

Real: 256K

Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Bruce Stillman (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:26:05

Dr. Bruce Stillman is the Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a position he inherited from James Watson in 1994. He continues his own research at the lab on DNA replication. In this program, Dr. Stillman describes the unique culture of science at CSHL, explores future directions of research, and tells us what he learned as an administrator for Dr. Watson.

Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All

Date: February 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: scientific processes.science research, jim watson,

Real: 256K

Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Walter Gilbert (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:25:57

Dr. Walter Gilbert, a physicist who turned to molecular biology in 1960, won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 1980 for determining the base sequences of DNA. His recent research has concentrated on the structure of genes and the evolution of DNA sequences. In this Webcast, Dr Gilbert tells us how physicists have helped drive discoveries in molecular biology, and the relationship between private and university research efforts.

Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All

Date: February 27, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: sequencing dna, genome project, methods to sequence dna, rapid chemical dna sequencing, putting dna fragments together, reading genes, jim watson, scientific process, molecular biology, applied research, basic research, genetics

Real: 256K

Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Sydney Brenner (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:24:51

Dr. Sydney Brenner won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2002 for his work with the tiny nematode, C. elegans. Dr. Brenner recruited the one-millimeter worm in the early sixties as the ideal model organism to study cell differentiation and organ development. In this program, he describes how new model organisms are established for studying basic physiology, recounts his reaction to seeing Watson and Crick's DNA model for the first time, and offers advice to young scientists just starting out.

Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All

Date: February 27, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: history, discovery of dna helix, dna model, dna helix model, genetics, dna structure, genetic mutations, conducting research, problem solving, scientific approach, scientific process, model organsims, research standards, c. elegans,

Real: 256K

Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Jan Witkowski (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:13:41

Dr. Jan Witkowski, Executive Director of the Banbury Center of Cold Spring Harbor, talks with us about the purpose of scientific meetings, about science as a social endeavor, and about some of the interesting people, events, and science stories that we can look forward to during the Biology of DNA meeting, which he coorganized with Dr. David Stewart, Director of Meetings and Courses at CSHL.

Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All

Date: February 26, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: biology of dna conference at cold spring harbor laboratory description, meeting dynamics, poster sessions, seminars, scientific communication

Real: 256K

Science of Cooking: Sparkling Science: Champagne (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:52:14

Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from! We reveal how to open a bottle without touching the cork, as well as the best way to keep the bubbles in the bubbly. Join our special guests, Stanford chemistry professor Dick Zare, and French enologist Michel Salgues, winemaker at Roederer Estates in California, as we explore the science of tiny bubbles.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All

Date: December 28, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Keywords: dick zare, bubbles, science of champagne, science of sparkling wine, air pressure, opening a champagne bottle, condensation, fog, gases, carbonation, carbonated beverages, gravity, air resistance, drag force, terminal velocity, surface tension, carbon dioxide, equilibriu

Real: 350K

Science of Cooking: Turkey: Getting to the Meat of the Matter (Webcast)

Running Time:
1:00:24

Why does a turkey continue to cook after it is out of the oven? How can you be sure to thoroughly cook the dark meat without drying out the white meat? Is stuffing really a good idea? Join us as we talk turkey with food expert and author Harold McGee. Discover why temperature is critical, and investigate different cooking methods: roasting, deep frying, barbecuing, and smoking.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All

Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown

Links:

Fowl Science: Talking Turkey

Real: 80K

Windows Media: 256K

Origins: Las Cuevas: Welcome to the Jungle: Day 2 (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:29:21

Look behind the scenes into the process of scientific research and the people who do it - in the tropical Central American country of Belize. In this series of Webcasts, we visited a field research station located in the remote Chiquibul forests of the mountains of Belize. See why science in the remote jungle of the Chaquibul forest of Belize can feel like an adventure movie.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: October 27, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: diversity, ecosystems, tropical rainforest, las cuevas research station, biodiversity, field research, ecology, conservation, protecting biodoiversity, evolution, diversity of research, taxonomy,

Real: 256K

Origins: Las Cuevas: Welcome to the Jungle: Day 1 (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:29:42

Look behind the scenes into the process of scientific research and the people who do it - in the tropical Central American country of Belize. In this series of Webcasts, we visited a field research station located in the remote Chiquibul forests of the mountains of Belize. See why science in the remote jungle of the Chaquibul forest of Belize can feel like an adventure movie.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: October 26, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: diversity, ecosystems, tropical rainforest, las cuevas research station, biodiversity, field research, ecology, conservation, protecting biodoiversity, evolution,

Real: 256K


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