CBC PodCasts

Hello All.

I have been listening to a great series of podcasts hosted online through the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio. I thought you may be interested as well. They are available here:

Ideas: How to Think About Science
http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/pastpodcasts.html?45#ref45

Have a good weekend. :)

Jennifer.

Lab History - the Wellcome Collection

Hi All,

I just got back from a short trip to London. On my last day I went to the Wellcome Trust, which holds a collection of curiosities related to medicine. As well as a collection of objects and art works in the same field. Here´s some pictures I´d like to share with you

1. A Floating laboratory, ca 1911

2. Mobile field bacteriological laboratory interior, Khartoum 1918

3. Charles Darwin´s walking stick, whalebone and ivory, 19th century

This is their website: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/

cheers,

InsideOut: Laboratory Ecologies

Hello all.

That was a great class last week. Thank you to Dr. Alia for her lecture and tour of the SSNMR Research group at The University of Leiden. For more information you are welcome to go to their website: http://www.ssnmr.leidenuniv.nl/

Last week we also discussed committees for the final class project. There is a lits of committees below, please sign up for at least one.

Jennifer.

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Location scouting

Tent(s) Purchase and redesign committee

Props, scientific equipment, and TOYS (find online/or at science stores) digital microscope, dna extraction kit, sea monkeys, DNA Wizard) (Picnic blankets, baskets, a pig's head, anatomical
models, etc…)

FOOD committee (BBQ?)

Animal committee, including living enclosure for birds

Costumes! (everyone is responsible for their own costumes. Please confirm with me in advance.)

sonja's blog about this course

Hello everyone.

I've made a posting on my blog about this course and will keep adding links as I find stuff to this.  Here's a photo Kaisu took of Amalia and myself on April 11th.

Oron Catts lecture

Hi all,
I reserved one seat for Oron Catts lecture tomorrow but I cannot go anymore cause I have a thesis meeting. So, if one of you wants to go, he can in my place.
Another thing, can someone who is attending the lecture film it?
Tx
laura

Tissue Art

I've edited some of the video I shot last friday in the lab. I decided to give it a very chaotic look because of the bloodiness of the shots (and partly because most of the footage was shot badly).

I'm uploading it right now, it will take a while. When it's done you can find it at http://www.vimeo.com/, and search for Tissue Art.

Done uploading, here is the link: http://www.vimeo.com/911399

Enjoy!

For Friday April 25, 2008 (next week)

It has been suggested that I upload the readings a few days earlier - so that you have time to read them over the weekend. So, as requested the readings for next week are:

Critical Art Ensemble, "Introduction Contestational Biology" from The Molecular Invasion. Autonomedia: Brooklyn, NY 2002. pp 3-12
Available Online: http://www.critical-art.net/books/molecular/index.html

Critical Art Ensemble, "Transgenic Production and Cultural Resistance: A Seven-Point Plan" from The Molecular Invasion. Autonomedia: Brooklyn, NY 2002. pp 59-75
Available Online: http://www.critical-art.net/books/molecular/index.html

Drs. Danielle Hofmans PhD-project
Faculty of Humanities, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Lecture, De Brakke Grond, 10 April 2008
avaliable at: www.jenniferwillet.com/readings