PLUG YOUR PEER REVIEWED PAPER is a new blog series where we recognize new members and donors by uploading their peer reviewed paper to our website. Read here about a Magnetic Resonance Imaging research paper written by Robert A. Kleps et al., titled: A Sex-Specific Metabolite Identified in a Marine Invertebrate Utilizing Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
Watch a screening of the film “A Beautiful Mind” starring Russell Crowe and join University of Chicago experts in a discussion of the impact of John F. Nash Jr.’s work as well as the challenges he faced. Nash was the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics for his landmark work on the mathematics of game theory.
By Stephanie Novak and Brooke Workneh
Harvard-trained neuroscientist Lisa Genova broke into fiction after watching the progression of her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s disease. In a talk at Northwestern University Tuesday, Genova discussed Alzheimer’s and aging and the inspiration behind her bestselling novel, “Still Alice.” Before the program, we spoke with the author about the book she based on her grandmother’s illness. Genova continues to merge neuroscience and fiction in her novels, she said. Her lecture, followed by a panel discussion, was sponored by the Chicago Council on Science and Technology. Genova lives in Cape Cod with her husband and three children.
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The Chicago Council on Science and Technology and the Children’s Hospital of Chicago Research Center Present:
It is hard to escape the grasp of Alzheimer’s disease—according to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in eight older Americans has the disease. Fifteen million more Americans provide unpaid care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s. And Alzheimer’s disease is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
By Steve Koppes, UChicago News
The University of Chicago’s new Science on the Screen series will begin with a showing of the Academy Award-winning movie, A Beautiful Mind, starring Russell Crowe, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 in Screening Room 201 of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.
Science on the Screen is sponsored by the UChicago Arts | Science Initiative, the Office of the Vice President for Research and for National Laboratories, and the Chicago Council on Science and Technology. This new series will focus on the cinematic portrayal of science, technology, engineering and mathematics through screenings and discussions with leading UChicago experts.
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