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Infectious disease
New Insights into Host Recognition and Control of Viral Infection @ harvard. The latest in a series of talks hosted by the Harvard Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Biotech Tuesday:
This week’s meeting is on Tuesday At 700 p.m.in the Down Ultra Lounge (Located in downstairs area of Howl At The Moon) 184 High Street in Boston. Avoid the $20 cover charge by registering here. Biotech Tuesday is Boston’s premier biotech networking group having been around since 2002. It currently caters to over 4,000 individuals in the biotech space by hosting monthly events that have an average turnout of 150-200 people
Nukes
On Tuesday afternoon, a panel at Harvards Kennedy School talks about how the press is covering the promises and risk of nuclear power.
Panelists: Matthew L. Wald, New York Times energy reporter covering Japan nuclear energy crisis; Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent; Matthew Bunn, Belfer Center Project on Managing the Atom
Nascar
Materials scientists at BU discuss: Materials at 200 MPH: Making NASCAR Faster and Safer
The $1,000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine. Kevin Davies talks about his book
Orgasm Inc: Screening and Discussion
A company searching for the “female Viagra” asked Vermont filmmaker Liz Canner was asked to put together a package of porn for women participating in their clinical trials. So, Canner asked if she could document the search for the drug. The result is a film that asks — if a women is having trouble achieveing orgasm, does she have a disease? The film opens at Coolidge Corner Theatre on Friday, with a special screening on Thursday.
A post-film discussion with filmmaker Liz Canner, Paula Doress-Worters, one of the original co-authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century and The New Ourselves, Growing Older, Harvard Medical School professor Susan Bennett, MD, and Kim Airs, sex educator and founder of Grand Opening! sexuality boutique. Bennett and Airs both appear in the film.
More from NNB on this film later in the week. Click here for a preview.