Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology

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TitleTopic / SubtopicLevelPresenterDate RecordedDuration (Min)Feedback
Cognitive enhancing drugs: neuroethical issuesSynopsis:
Cognitive enhancing drugs are used to treat neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. These drugs improve the quality of life and wellbeing for patients and their families.		Medicine / PhysiologyUndergraduate - ages 18 - 22Sahakian, BarbaraOct 13, 200967Feedback
Electricity, Magnetism and the Body - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
The controlled ways that electricity and magnetism can stimulate the body are demonstrated and how the resulting responses can aid diagnosis discussed.		Medicine / Diagnostic scanningHigh - ages 14-19Barker, Anthony59Feedback
MRI - A window on the human body - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a powerful means of not only distinguishing between different types of tissue but also of identifying whether the tissues are normal or diseased.		Medicine / Diagnostic scanningHigh - ages 14-19Hall, LaurieMar 20, 199859Feedback
Nature and nurture in brain function: clues from synesthesia and phantom limbsSynopsis:
Professor Ramachandran examines problems that lie at the interface between neurology and psychiatry. He explains how phantom limbs may be used as a probe to understand brain functions and will also discuss synesthesia, a condition in which sounds and printed numbers are seen as coloured.		Medicine / NeurologyGraduate - ages 21 - 25Ramachandran, VilayanurNov 28, 200780Feedback
Orthopaedic Surgeon - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
The life of an orthopaedic surgeon		Medicine / SurgeryHigh - ages 14-19Gupte, Chinmay14Feedback
Pathophysiologist - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
In this video interview Gustav Born jokes that all his life he has been the son of a famous scientist (Max Born) and then later he became uncle to a famous film star (Olivia Newton John), he is also directly related to Martin Luther, Ben Elton and numerous other notable people but this programme is dedicated to Gustav Born’s life and work as a Pathophysiologist. Here Gustav talks about his experience as medical student, he explains his work on platelet aggregation and the effect of aspirin, he talks about his relationship with his father, the development of lung machines, his science - past and his present, his present day family, his views on rationality and society and last but not least his love of music.		Medicine / PhysiologyHigh - ages 14-19Born, GustavMar 20, 200457Feedback
Phantom Leg SyndromeSynopsis:
Phantom Limb Syndrome occurs in amputees who describe being able to feel their missing limb, sometimes experiencing painful sensations in their phantom limb. Originally, painkillers or psychotherapy were used to try and combat phantom pain, but with little success, since they didn’t know the pain’s cause. Tim P. Pons and Edward G. Jones first suggested that PLS was caused by rewiring of the parts of the brain responsible for processing of touch after the nerve pathways for the missing limb no longer receive input. Vilayanus S. Ramachandran read this paper in 1994, inspiring him to do his famous “mirror box” experiment to see if visual stimuli would cause neurons for the missing limb’s movement to fire. He was not only able to concretely prove Pons and Jones’ theory, but also found a more effective way to stop PLS pain.		Medicine / NeuroBiologyUndergraduate ages 18-22Lohr, HeidiApr 20, 20108Feedback
Plagues and ParasitesSynopsis:
Contagions, or infectious diseases, which kill both fascinate and frighten us. Far from receding in importance as was expected fifty years ago in the heyday of new antibiotic discovery, infectious diseases remain a major cause of suffering and death in the developing world, and a constant threat to richer countries.		Medicine / AntibioticsUndergraduate - ages 18 - 22White, NicholasMay 11, 200675Feedback
Psychologist - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Dr. Pam Heaton was born into a musical household and became a professional singer with no real academic ambitions. That is until she started to read about psychology as a way of relaxing and as a diversion from singing. After a while she began studying full-time, and she is now known internationally for her research into Autism.		Medicine / PsychologyHigh - ages 14-19Heaton, Pam14Feedback
Restriction Enzymes - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Werner Arber won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1978		Medicine / Cell organisationUndergraduate - ages 18 - 22Arber, WernerMar 20, 200664Feedback
The Development, Use, and Impact of Penicillin.Synopsis:
Lucas Paladino gives a brief overview of the development, use, and impact of penicillin.\n		Medicine / AntibioticsHigh - ages 14-19Paladino, LucasApr 25, 20099Feedback
Torsten Wiesel - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Winner of the The Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 1981 together with Roger W. Sperry ''for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres'' and also David H. Hubel ''for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system''.		Medicine / PhysiologyHigh - ages 14-19Wiesel, TorstenMar 19, 20097Feedback

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