[Neuropostdocs] Fwd: PBS Brain series
Gene Robinson
generobi@life.uiuc.edu
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:26:51 -0600
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>To: Gene Robinson <generobi@life.uiuc.edu>
>From: Fred Delcomyn <delcomyn@life.uiuc.edu>
>Subject: PBS Brain series
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>Gene,
> Are you aware of the following? I received this message recently:
>
>Channel 13/WNET New York wants the members of FUN-Net and Faculty for
>Undergraduate Neuroscience to be sure and catch The Secret Life of the
>Brain, which will premiere on public television stations on January 22, 2002.
>Here's WNET's message--
>
>*********************
>This new five-part series will explore the startling new map of the
>brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience, a view of
>our most complicated organ that contradicts much of what was previously
>believed and holds out hope for dramatic advances in treating many brain
>disorders.
>THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN begins before birth and ends with old age.
>Each individual program explores a specific stage of human development
>-- infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age -- from
>fundamental neural development and innovative medical treatments to
>behavioral therapies, new brain-based educational techniques, and the
>characteristics of the older brain that may form the basis of wisdom.
>Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells extraordinary stories
>through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge
>animation. Viewers will not only learn incredible new truths about the
>brain, they will voyage inside it.
>Website
>THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN Online, www.pbs.org/brain, will have two
>components: an Online Outreach Center, now available, and a companion
>site to the series. The series companion site, launching in January 2002
>at www.pbs.org/brain, will feature several multimedia, interactive areas
>dealing with general topics of brain science, such as a tour of brain
>anatomy and a visual explanation of brain scanning.
>Outreach
>The Online Outreach Center, www.pbs.org/brain, includes streaming video
>from the series, project updates, activities for adolescents and adults,
>resource lists, career profiles, downloadable logo art, and turn-key
>tools for producing outreach materials such as press releases flyers and
>newsletter articles. These materials will be the building blocks of
>educational activities in communities across the country and will also
>be used as support to science curricula in formal and informal
>educational settings. The outreach will further encourage young people
>to pursue science careers.
>Print
>In early January 2002, The Brain: A User's Guide for Teens and The
>Brain: A User's Guide for Adults will be available, free of charge, in
>print and in an easily downloadable form from www.pbs.org/brain. These
>Guides will make it possible for teens and adults to learn more about
>the lifelong development of the brain and to implement lifestyle choices
>that can help to ensure a healthy brain.
>*********************
>
>****************************************
>Fred Delcomyn, Professor
>Department of Entomology
>320 Morrill Hall
>MC-118
>delcomyn@life.uiuc.edu 333-8793
>****************************************
Gene E. Robinson
Professor, Department of Entomology
Director, Neuroscience Program
University of Illinois
505 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel. 217-265-0309
Fax 217-244-3499
Website: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/
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To: Gene Robinson <generobi@life.uiuc.edu>
From: Fred Delcomyn <delcomyn@life.uiuc.edu>
Subject: PBS Brain series
Gene,
Are you
aware of the following? I received this message recently:
Channel 13/WNET New York wants the members of FUN-Net and Faculty for
Undergraduate Neuroscience to be sure and catch The Secret Life of the
Brain, which will premiere on public television stations on January 22,
2002.
Here's WNET's message--
*********************
This new five-part series will explore the startling new map of the
brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience, a view of
our most complicated organ that contradicts much of what was previously
believed and holds out hope for dramatic advances in treating many brain
disorders.
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN begins before birth and ends with old age.
Each individual program explores a specific stage of human development
-- infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age -- from
fundamental neural development and innovative medical treatments to
behavioral therapies, new brain-based educational techniques, and the
characteristics of the older brain that may form the basis of wisdom.
Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells extraordinary stories
through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge
animation. Viewers will not only learn incredible new truths about the
brain, they will voyage inside it.
Website
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN Online,
www.pbs.org/brain,
will have two
components: an Online Outreach Center, now available, and a companion
site to the series. The series companion site, launching in January 2002
at
www.pbs.org/brain,
will feature several multimedia, interactive areas
dealing with general topics of brain science, such as a tour of brain
anatomy and a visual explanation of brain scanning.
Outreach
The Online Outreach Center,
www.pbs.org/brain,
includes streaming video
from the series, project updates, activities for adolescents and adults,
resource lists, career profiles, downloadable logo art, and turn-key
tools for producing outreach materials such as press releases flyers and
newsletter articles. These materials will be the building blocks of
educational activities in communities across the country and will also
be used as support to science curricula in formal and informal
educational settings. The outreach will further encourage young people
to pursue science careers.
Print
In early January 2002, The Brain: A User's Guide for Teens and The
Brain: A User's Guide for Adults will be available, free of charge, in
print and in an easily downloadable form from
www.pbs.org/brain.
These
Guides will make it possible for teens and adults to learn more about
the lifelong development of the brain and to implement lifestyle choices
that can help to ensure a healthy brain.
*********************
****************************************
Fred Delcomyn, Professor
Department of Entomology
320 Morrill Hall
MC-118
delcomyn@life.uiuc.edu
333-8793
****************************************
Gene E. Robinson
Professor, Department of Entomology
Director, Neuroscience Program
University of Illinois
505 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel. 217-265-0309
Fax 217-244-3499
Website:
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/