[bioundgrd] Science on Screen series at Coolidge Corner

[Janice Chang]

>From:
>
>Cheryl White
>Coolidge Corner Theatre/Science on Screen
>617/566-0687
><mailto:cheryl at coolidge.org>cheryl at coolidge.org
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>The Coolidge Corner Theatre will kick off a new season of its 
>popular Science on Screen series with Woody Allen's comedy classic 
>SLEEPER and guest speaker Brock Reeve, executive director of the 
>Harvard Stem Cell Institute, on Monday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m.  
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>When cryogenically preserved Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) is awakened 
>200 years after a hospital mishap, he discovers the world is ruled 
>by an evil dictator -- a disembodied nose.  Miles is pursued by the 
>secret police and recruited by anti-government rebels with a plan to 
>kidnap the dictator's proboscis before it can be cloned. 
>As wacky as the concept of resurrecting a dead dictator from his 
>severed nose may be, in 2004 a team of real-world scientists 
>successfully cloned mice using sensory neurons from a mouse's snout. 
>The researchers whimsically credited SLEEPER and Woody Allen for the 
>idea for their experiments.  Their findings negated some of the 
>assumptions about how neurons differentiate to acquire specific 
>functions and provided important new tools for better understanding 
>the brain.  
>There is no doubt scientists are on the cusp of more breakthroughs 
>in the areas of cloning and stem cell research -- hotly debated 
>issues which may hold the key to curing a multitude of debilitating 
>injuries and illnesses.  Before the film, Reeve will talk about some 
>of the realities and possibilities of stem cell research.  Reeve 
>came to the Harvard Stem Cell Institute with extensive management 
>experience in the information technology and life sciences 
>industries and has garnered accolades for his work as executive 
>director.  He is half-brother to the late actor and stem cell 
>advocate Christopher Reeve.
>With Science on Screen, the Coolidge Corner Theatre showcases a 
>feature film or documentary with a basis in science along with 
>introductions by leading scientists and other prominent figures 
>connected to the worlds of science or medicine. This monthly series 
>is co-presented by the Museum of Science, Boston and New Scientist 
>magazine. 
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>All Science on Screen programs are $7.75 for students and Museum of 
>Science members or $9.75 general admission.  Members of the Coolidge 
>Corner Theatre get in free.  Tickets are available in advance at the 
>box office or on-line at 
><http://www.coolidge.org/science>www.coolidge.org/science. 
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>The Coolidge Corner Theatre is located at 290 Harvard Street in 
>Brookline.   Call 617/734-2500 for more information.
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>Previous Science on Screen programs:
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>2007
>THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH with Robert Weller
>PULSE (KAIRO) with Alan  Lightman
>STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KAHN with Jeffery Hoffman
>A CLOCKWORK ORANGE with Marc Hauser
>ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND with Daniel Schacter
>SO MUCH, SO FAST with Jamie Heywood
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>2006
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>LONGTIME COMPANION with Kenneth Mayer, Joe Elia, and Matt Foley
>ALPHAVILLE with Sheila Jasanoff
>DONNIE DARKO with Bruce M. Cohen
>THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN with Alfred DeMaria
>WINGED MIGRATION with David Allen Sibley
>FORBIDDEN PLANET with Rodney Brooks
>2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY with Marvin Minsky
>RICHARD FEYNMAN: NO ORDINARY GENIUS with Stephen Wolfram
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>2005
>PRIMER with John Joannopoulos
>THE ELEPHANT MAN with Virginia Kimonis
>A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME with Alan Guth
>JAWS with Greg Skomal 
>DIAL M FOR MURDER in 3-D with Steven Pinker
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