| Description |
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Holiday lectures on science ; December, 2009 423986
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| Note |
for list of lecture chapters, go to www.biointeractive.org/dvd. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Features: Short talks on biodiversity: E.0. Wilson, Ph.D., Eric Chivian, M.D. ; Animations: Prialt blocks motor synapse in fish ; Prialt blocks pain signaling in mice ; The LUX operon controls light production ; Motor cabal toxins block motor neuron synapses ; Lighting-strike cabal acts like a Taser ; The molecular cascade in bacterial quorum sensing ; Lectures: From venoms to drugs ; Shedding light on an invisible world ; Biodiversity at a snail's pace ; Eavesdropping on tiny conspiracies ; Video clips: Demo: Live cone snail ; Conus catus strikes a fish ; Conus textile strikes a snail ; Conus imperialis strikes a worm ; Bobtail squid swimming and burrowing ; Demo: glowing bacteria in a flask ; Conus tulipa hunts fish by net ; Deep nets to havest Turrids ; Demo: Quorum sensing molecules ; Screening chemical libraries with robotics -- Disc 2. Special features, interviews and discussion. |
| Event |
Recorded at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, December 2009. |
| Summary |
Two leading biologists discuss their paths of medical discovery based on a deeper understanding of biodiversity. Bonnie L. Bassler examines the molecular mechanisms that bacteria use to communicate with one another. Baldomero Olivera conducts research using the venomous predatory cone snail which has led to a better understanding of ion channels and identification of several therapeutic drug candidates. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Zoology, Medical. 423987
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Drugs -- Research. 423988
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Pharmacology. 259613
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Biodiversity. 423989
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| Added Author |
Bassler, Bonnie L. 423990
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Olivera, Baldomero M. 423991
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Wilson, Edward O. 423992
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Chivian, Eric. 423993
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 423938
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| Added Title |
Search for new medicines |
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