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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Harvard Biophysicist-Turned Filmmaker
Makes Biotech Accessible Through Humor In Film, "Losing
Control"</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dr. Valerie Weiss, Harvard
biophysicist-turned-filmmaker wanted to make science and scientists
accessible and real to the public in her original, award-winning
romantic comedy film, LOSING CONTROL- filmed in Cambridge, Boston and
the campus of Harvard Medical School. The film is based on Dr. Weiss'
own experiences getting her Ph. D. in Biophysics at Harvard Medical
School. The lead character is a female scientist who obsessively wants
proof that her boyfriend is "the one." This parallels the
scientific proof she also seeks from her lab experiments for her PhD
dissertation: a cure for sex-linked diseases, specifically those on
the Y chromosome. She takes her lab skills and applies them to her
love life.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>LOSING CONTROL is the first film to come
out of a U.S. Department of Defense funded program to train
screenwriters, the Catalyst Workshop. She shows aspects of scientific
research that most have never seen. The trailer will give you a look
at this funny, smart and award-winning romantic comedy. <a
href="http://www.losingcontrolmovie.com/"
>http://www.losingcontrolmovie.com</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dr. Valerie Weiss can be heard<b> on NPR
Science Friday from March 23, 2012</b> <a
href="http://sciencefriday.com/">http://sciencefriday.com/</a></blockquote
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Dr Weiss has a scheduled speaking
event on Saturday April 7, 2012 at 3:30pm on the MIT campus( MIT Room
32-144)</b> and this will be followed by a viewing of the film LOSING
CONTROL at 4:30pm at the nearby Kendall Square Cinema a Q/A with Dr.
Weiss follows the film. For ticket information <a
href=
"http://boston.alumclub.mit.edu/s/1314/clubs-classes-interior.aspx?sid=1314&gid=10&pgid=6890&content_id=10806"><span
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>http://boston.alumclub.mit.edu/s/1314/clubs-classes-interior.aspx?si<span
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>ABOUT VALERIE WEISS</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Valerie Weiss, a critically acclaimed,
award-winning writer-director-producer, is the</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>founder of PhD Productions. She began her
directing career while an undergraduate at</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Princeton University. In 1999, founded
Harvard University's renowned Dudley Film</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Program and served as its
Filmmaker-in-Residence while earning her Ph.D. in
Biophysics</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>at Harvard Medical School. She also
completed the American Film Institute (AFI)</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Directing Workshop for Women. Valerie's
comedic sci-fi short,<i> Transgressions</i>, has</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>played in over 30 film festivals
internationally and has won several awards, including a</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>BAFTA. She recently studied under Michael
Lehmann, director on HBO's hit series<i> True</i></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><i>Blood</i>. LOSING CONTROL has won Best
Director at the Feel Good Film Festival, Top Female Filmmaker of 2011
at Chicago Film Festival, and First Honorable Mention for the
Christopher Wetzel Independent Film Comedy Awards.</blockquote>
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