Evening with Brian: "Censoring the Cell - How the Microscope is = Abused by=20 the Media"
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Inter/Micro 2010: 7 p.m., Monday,
July 12
=E2=80=9CCensoring the Cell =E2=80=93 How the Microscope is =
Abused by the=20
Media=E2=80=9D
In his annual Inter/Micro evening =
presentation, Professor=20
Brian J. Ford discusses why television ignores the microscope. Programs =
cover=20
all the varied life forms, from wildebeests in Africa and sloths in the =
Amazon=20
to penguins and walruses at the poles =E2=80=93 with one exception. =
Microorganisms are=20
hardly ever seen. Documentary producers won=E2=80=99t screen programs on =
the astonishing=20
world of the microscope, and television commentators seem convinced that =
the=20
subject will not work on TV. Brian will show us what the viewer is =
missing. This=20
event is free to all Inter/Micro attendees.
Prior to this event, there will be a Southern-style barbecue dinner = held in=20 the McCrone Research Institute gardens. All are welcome to mingle, but = those=20 dining must register and pay for the meal in advance; the price is $18 = per=20 person. Contact Therese Newman = for more=20 details.
Brian J. Ford is a leading authority on the = microscope=20 and a best-selling author who has presented his work on television and = radio.=20 Ford=E2=80=99s research is widely quoted in journals and encyclopedias, = and he is a=20 popular keynote speaker around the world. He has served as a fellow of = the Open=20 University, fellow and president of past students at Cardiff University, = visiting professor at Leicester University and an associate of Caius = College,=20 University of Cambridge. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Biology = and=20 president of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research. Ford = has=20 given his =E2=80=9CEvening with Brian=E2=80=9D presentations at = Inter/Micro for more than 20=20 years.