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Richard Axel and Sarah Sze: Neuroscience, Art and the Construction of Reality
Season
Spring 2019Upcoming Events
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 6:30PM
Venue
The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W. 129 St.
New York, NY 10027
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A pheromone circuit in the brain of Drosophila (the fruit fly). These circuits help the brain process scents coming from the outside world (Credit: Axel Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman institute)
Richard Axel, Neuroscience, and Sarah Sze, Visual Arts / Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence at the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Institute, discuss the construction of reality in the first of a new series of conversations between artists and neuroscientists on the Manhattanville campus.
Moderated by Carol Becker, School of the Arts, and Rui Costa, Neuroscience.
Co-presented by the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Check-in will begin one hour prior to start time. Seating is limited and first come, first served. Advance registration does not guarantee seating; early arrival is suggested. Overflow seating will be available in the Lantern.