HHMI Presents Neurobiology Lectures Live via Satellite & Webcast

Posted on November 19, 1997

Howard Hughes Medical Institute(HHMI), the nation's largest philanthropic organization, announced the fifth annual Holiday Lectures on Science to be broadcast live via satellite and for the first time, via Webcast from the HHMI Holiday Lectures website.

High school teachers and students are invited to participate in this stimulating multimedia event, presented live on December 8 and 9. This year's lecture series focuses on neurobiology and is entitled "Senses and Sensitivity: Neuronal Alliances for Sight and Sound." Presented by Dr. A. James Hudspeth of The Rockefeller University and Dr. Jeremy H. Nathans of The Johns Hopkins University, the four lectures can be viewed free of charge live via satellite anywhere in the United States or Canada, or from anywhere in the world via Webcast.

The Holiday Lectures on Science Web site helps high school teachers and students prepare for this annual science lecture series by providing free curricular materials and virtual laboratory experiments. The site also features a place where lecture-related questions can be submitted to a panel of scientists and be answered via e-mail within two weeks. In addition, an exhibit exploring themes in neuroscience and emphasizing seeing and hearing has been developed in conjunction with the lectures and for presentation on the Holiday Lectures on Science Web site. The exhibit will include a variety of displays, such as real brain sections, images produced from the latest electronic imaging technology, a history of our understanding of these two senses, and devices used over the years to diagnose and address problems in seeing and hearing.