[Mitworld] Robert Desimone on McGovern Institute 10th Anniversary, Charles C-Y Zhang on SOHU

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 17 |  December 1, 2010

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McGovern Institute: Ten Years of Understanding the Brain in Health and Disease
October 14, 2010

Thanks to major advances in genomics, systems neuroscience, and human brain imaging, says Robert Desimone, 
scientists are unlocking key secrets in how the human brain functions, work that may herald new and 
more effective therapies for neural disorders.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/842

Speaker:
Robert Desimone
Director, McGovern Institute

Doris and Don Berkey Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT


Event Host:
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

"In the next decade, we will be able to put together all kinds of technology for understanding neural circuits, for understanding and manipulating molecular biology, and linking that up with technology that will give us readouts of comparable measures in human subjects.  This will lay down the foundation for what will be therapeutics of the future."
-Robert Desimone

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>From Experimental Physics to Internet Entrepreneurship: One Scientist’s Journey
October 7, 2010

Few better personify the vitality and ambition fueling China’s economic surge than Charles C-Y Zhang. 
In this energetic and revelatory talk, Zhang relates his personal evolution from MIT physicist to 
leading Chinese entrepreneur.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/840

Speaker:
Charles Zhang PhD '94
Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer, SOHU.com


Event Host:
MIT School of Science

"We either become an internet giant…or we will shrink into history. There is no middle position -- winner 
takes all."
-Charles C-Y Zhang

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In The Pipeline:

Rebuilding Haiti after “Natural” Disaster

Presented By:
Program in Science, Technology and Society
Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics

Speaker:
Paul Farmer
Founder
Partners in Health

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