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Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Eric Lander (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:22:30

Dr. Eric Lander, a leading figure in the Human Genome Project and director of the Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research, tells us about the recently completed mouse genome and how the study of other genomes gives key information about human genetics and evolution.

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

Date: March 2, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: phenotypes, genetics, mathematical neurobiology, definition of gene, genomics, genome meeting, junk dna, repeating dna, regulatory sequences, parasitic dna, sense of smell in ancestors, smell receptor genes, degenrations of genes, mouse genome project, mutations, mouse

Real: 256K

Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. James Watson (Webcast)

Running Time:
12:28:42

Dr. James Watson is the President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the co-discoverer of the double helix, for which he won a Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1962. Dr. Watson was also the first director of the Human Genome Project. He talks with us about early discoveries in molecular biology, the Human Genome Project, and what makes Cold Spring Harbor a unique scientific institution.

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

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

Keywords: max delbrück, dna discovery, discoverer of dna, discovery of the dna double helix, genetics, phage group, bacteriophage, molecular biology, model organisms, microbial genetics, genetics code, dna fingerprinting for criminal justice

Real: 225K

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: James Watson (Webcast)

Running Time:
0:28:42

Dr. James Watson is the President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the codiscoverer of the double helix, for which he won a Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1962. Dr. Watson was also the first director of the Human Genome Project. He talks with us about early discoveries in molecular biology, the Human Genome Project, and what makes Cold Spring Harbor a unique scientific institution.

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

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

Keywords: dna, james watson, cold spring harbor laboratory, medicine, double helix, human genome project, molecular biology

Real: 225K 1M

Windows Media: 659K

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.

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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

More about the Exploratorium website: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
	Viewed as the "home" of DNA, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in Long Island, New York, is considered by scientists to be one of the most important places for cutting-edge genetics research. In this series of videos, scientists discuss DNA research and the unique scientific culture at CSHL.


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