An Alchemy of DNA: Exploring the Chemistry of Biology Through BioArt

Leonardo ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Anna Dumitriu ◽  
Robert K. Neely
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Nature ◽  
Bacterial Genome ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Laser Imaging ◽  
Imaging Technologies ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University ◽  
Fluorescent Molecules

This article is a reflection by artist Anna Dumitriu on her residency biochemist Robert K Neely at the University of Birmingham which led to the creation of “The Chemistry of Biology: An Alchemy of DNA”, a sculptural and bio-digital installation which premiered at BOM (Birmingham Open Media) in October 2017. Their project ex-plored the chemical nature of DNA, the enigmatic ‘instruction book of life’, through new super-resolution laser imaging technologies us-ing fluorescent molecules enabling them to physically observe a re-gion of DNA containing a scarless CRISPR edit to a bacterial genome, building on an earlier project “Make Do and Mend”.

Native Americans and the Third World Strike at UC Berkeley

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
LaNada War Jack
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Third World ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The University

The author reflects on her personal experience as a Native American at UC Berkeley in the 1960s as well as on her activism and important leadership roles in the 1969 Third World Liberation Front student strike, which had as its goal the creation of an interdisciplinary Third World College at the university.

scholarly journals Citizen advisory groups for the creation and improvement of decision aids: experience from two Swiss centers for primary care

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Selby ◽  
Regula Cardinaux ◽  
Beatrice Metry ◽  
Simone de Rougemont ◽  
Janine Chabloz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Decision Aids ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Lung Cancer Screening ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Patient Decision ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Meeting Transcripts ◽  
The University

Abstract Background Guidelines for patient decision aids (DA) recommend target population involvement throughout the development process, but developers may struggle because of limited resources. We sought to develop a feasible means of getting repeated feedback from users. Methods Between 2017 and 2020, two Swiss centers for primary care (Lausanne and Bern) created citizen advisory groups to contribute to multiple improvement cycles for colorectal, prostate and lung cancer screening DAs. Following Community Based Participatory Research principles, we collaborated with local organizations to recruit citizens aged 50 to 75 without previous cancer diagnoses. We remunerated incidental costs and participant time. One center supplemented in-person meetings by mailed paper questionnaires, while the other supplemented meetings using small-group workshops and analyses of meeting transcripts. Results In Lausanne, we received input from 49 participants for three DAs between 2017 and 2020. For each topic, participants gave feedback on the initial draft and 2 subsequent versions during in-person meetings with ~ 8 participants and one round of mailed questionnaires. In Bern, 10 participants were recruited among standardized patients from the university, all of whom attended in-person meetings every three months between 2017 and 2020. At both sites, numerous changes were made to the content, appearance, language, and tone of DAs and outreach materials. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the participative process. Conclusions Citizen advisory groups are a feasible means of repeatedly incorporating end-user feedback during the creation of multiple DAs. Methodological differences between the two centers underline the need for a flexible model adapted to local needs.

scholarly journals Embodying the Site: the Here and Now in Site-Specific Dance Performance

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Dance Performance ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Spirit Of Place ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, Victoria Hunter explores the concept of the ‘here and now’ in the creation of site-specific dance performance, in response to Doreen Massey's questioning of the fixity of the concept of the ‘here and now’ during the recent RESCEN seminar on ‘Making Space’, in which she challenged the concept of a singular fixed ‘present’, suggesting instead that we exist in a constant production of ‘here and nows’ akin to ‘being in the moment’. Here the concept is applied to an analysis of the author's recent performance work created as part of a PhD investigation into the relationship between the site and the creative process in site-specific dance performance. In this context the notion of the ‘here and now’ is discussed in relation to the concept of dance embodiment informed by the site and the genius loci, or ‘spirit of place’. Victoria Hunter is a Lecturer in Dance at the University of Leeds, who is currently researching a PhD in site-specific dance performance.

Andrzej Jaczewski, Profesor Wydziału Pedagogicznego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego – jakim Go pamiętam...

2021 ◽  
pp. 226-234
Author(s):  
Janina Kamińska
Keyword(s):  
Educational Programme ◽  
Teaching Activity ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The University

This article is devoted to an outline of the research and teaching activity of Professor Andrzej Jaczewski (1929–2020) at the Faculty of Education of the University of Warsaw. The author describes his commitment to lectures on school hygiene and extending the educational programme of educators to include sexology issues, as well as the creation of the Department of Biomedical Foundations of Development and Sexology at the Faculty of Education of the University of Warsaw. The author of the article presents Prof. Jaczewski’s publication achievements and his activity as vice-dean of the Faculty of Education, as well as his contribution to the organisation of cooperation with the University of Cologne. The text is enhanced with the author’s memories of Prof. Jaczewski from the 1980s, when the author was a student.

scholarly journals The Beginnings of Communication Studies in Canada: Concluding Comments: and the LaMarsh Commission

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene D. Tate
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Seminal Work ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University

Abstract: Narratives from four Canadian communication scholars describe the development of communication studies and journalism in Canada. The development of a discipline is best understood through the stories told about its growth. The story of the discipline of communication in Canada is traced with the narrative of the creation of programs at York University, the University of Calgary, the University of Saskatchewan, this journal, and the Journalism programs at the University of Western Ontario and Carleton University. A tribute to the seminal work of Earle Beattie in the creation of the Canadian Journal of Communication is provided. Résumé: Quatre chercheurs canadiens en communication racontent le développement des études en communication et en journalisme au Canada. La meilleure façon de comprendre le développement d'une discipline, c'est de raconter des histoires sur sa croissance. Cet article retrace donc l'histoire des communications en tant que discipline au Canada au moyen de narrations sur la création des programmes à York University, au University of Calgary et au University of Saskatchewan, celle de ce périodique-même, et celle de programmes en journalisme au University of Western Ontario et à Carleton University. En outre, l'article rend hommage au travail indispensable d'Earle Beattie dans la création du Journal canadien de la communication.

scholarly journals The Meteorological Observations in Coimbra and the Portuguese Participation in Weather Forecasting in Europe

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
António Leonardo ◽  
Décio Martins ◽  
Carlos Fiolhais
Keyword(s):  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Meteorological Station ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Magnetic Observatory ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Meteorological Observatory ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Meteorological Observations ◽  
The University

In the early nineteenth century, regular meteorological observations started at the Faculty of Natural Philosophy of the University of Coimbra (FPUC). From 1854 to 1856 these observations were published in O Instituto, a journal of an academic society of the same name, founded in Coimbra in 1852. This new area of science aroused great interest, offering itself as unexplored territory waiting for scientific investigation. In reaction to the pioneering work at the Polytechnic School of Lisbon of Guilherme Pegado, who founded the first meteorological observatory in Portugal in 1854, the FPUC established a Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory in Coimbra. The main actor was, from 1863, the physicist Jacinto António de Sousa. In the twentieth century, the increasing need for weather forecasting, especially at sea, led to the creation of the Meteorological Services of the Navy in which Carvalho Brandão played a pivotal role. It was the beginning of an international cooperation that brought Jacob Bjerknes to Portugal. He addressed a conference at Coimbra recommending the creation of a meteorological station in the Azores, to relay observational data from vessels travelling in the Atlantic. The Portuguese meteorological services were scattered in various institutions until 1946, when the National Meteorological Services (NMS) were created. Based on articles published in O Instituto and on the activities of the academy with the same name, we provide an overview of the evolution of meteorology in Portugal until the establishment of the NMS, with particular emphasis on the work of the Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory at the University of Coimbra.

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