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Stephen Larson, M.S. is currently a Ph.D candidate in UC San Diego's Neurosciences program. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in computer science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Please view his additional information and other projects at http://slars0n.com.

Stephen will be talking about The Whole Brain Catalog: An open source, downloadable, multi-scale, virtual catalog of the mouse brain and its cellular constituents. http://wholebraincatalog.org/

This next generation open environment has been developed by a team of researchers from the UC San Diego to connect members of the worldwide neuroscience community to facilitate solutions for today's intractable challenges in brain research. We welcome you to read more about it, participate in the Catalog's forums, keep abreast of recent developments, and subscribe to our mailing list. Enjoy your journey into the brain!

Stephen will also show and discuss the animation developed with Drew Berry, which is also available on the website: http://wholebraincatalog.org/

The meeting will be held on the first floor conference room (down the hallway to the right of the security desk) in building 49 at 2:00 PM on Tuesday August 17th, 2010. Please check it out, and share this message with others. Please notify Jeremy Swan directly at swanjere@mail.nih.gov if you're planning to attend.

Please join us for our one year anniversary on Monday, May 3rd, at 11:30 in the NIH Library! Gael McGill returns to present, in the flesh!

Molecular Movies: Biological Visualization using Hollywood's Tools

Gael McGill, Ph.D.

Director of Molecular Visualization, Harvard Medical School
President & CEO, Digizyme Inc.

1) Introduction

• Why use Hollywood tools?
• The 3D production pipeline

2) Examples & Case Studies

3) Community resources

• The molecularmovies.org portal
• The Molecular Maya toolkit

5) Biovisualization for education & outreach

• Design principles to maximize pedagogical impact
• E.O Wilson digital biology textbook

6) Conclusion: biovisualization as a platform for integrating knowledge

Biosketch:

Dr. Gaël McGill is Director of Molecular Visualization at the Center for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics at Harvard Medical School where he also teaches scientific visualization. He is the founder & CEO of Digizyme, Inc. a firm dedicated to the visualization and communication of science through advanced technology applications.

Dr. McGill is the creator of the online portal molecularmovies.org and the Molecular Maya software toolkit. He is also a technical editor for Wiley/SYBEX Publishing where he has contributed to leading Maya and ZBrush textbooks. Dr. McGill is also currently the Digital Media Director for E.O. Wilson's 'Life on Earth' next-generation digital biology textbook. He has served as a scientific and communications consultant for the Boston Scientific Corporation and is also a scientific advisory board member of Vast Scientific, Sage Science and a board member of the Vesalius Trust. After working at Dupont-Merck Pharmaceuticals and INSERM/Cochin Hospital in Paris, he completed his PhD at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Medical Sciences (Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology) and postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. His research on the mechanisms of tumor cell death/apoptosis was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals fellowships. He received his B.A. summa cum laude in Biology, Music, and Art History from Swarthmore College.

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