Description
This unique DVD takes us on a journey through the basic unit of life: the cell. Using both early drawings and exciting imagery taken with the latest microscopes, renowned biologists and young scientists explain their discoveries. Learn how cells were discovered, how they function, how they impact health and disease, and what the future holds.
Reviews
"This lively film…contains some of the best graphics of cell dynamics I have seen….The historical section will be richly educational for almost all practicing cell biologists….The graphics section is terrific for everyone, including children….These endeavours of institutional advancement, in which we teach laypersons about our glorious profession, are where this attractive DVD may have its greatest ultimate value."
-Nature Cell Biology (June 2006) vol. 8, no. 6
Author Bio
Christian Sardet
- scientific director of Exploring the Living Cell, received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1973 and has been research director at CNRS since 1983 and presided at SFBC. An established embryologist, he presently heads the BioMarCell group in Villefranche-sur-Mer, at the Marine Center of the University of Paris 6 (UPMC). He is a co-author of numerous movies, notably "Fertilization, the story of sperm and egg" and "Voyage Inside the Cell", which is included in the DVD in a shorter version. He also organizes the annual festival BioClips, Cinema of the Cell and contributes to www.bioclips.com. Dr. Sardet is one of the recipients of the 2007 EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences. He was honored for, "…presenting science in a unique format that is both enlightening and entertaining, a key requirement in winning the award. Using different media, they have produced resources for researchers, as well as for teaching and communicating science to the broader community.
For more information on Dr. Sardet, please visit http://biodev.obs-vlfr.fr/recherche/biomarcell/staff/sardet/ChristianS.htm.
Veronique Kleiner
- holds degrees in Art History and Film Studies from Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis Lumiere. Since 1983 she has been focusing on scientific media. She was formerly trained to work with scientific images (microscopes, etc.) and worked for SFRS, I'inserm, la Cite des Sciences et de I'Industrie, then switched to production work. She contributed to TV shows and also produces documentaries for various museums, CNRS, TV channels, etc. She met Christian Sardet at Villefrance sur mer, while filming Origine Ocean.
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