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Lisa Genova
Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist and author. She self-published her debut novel ''Still Alice'' (2007), about a Harvard University professor who suffers early onset Alzheimer's disease. The book gained popularity and was acquired by Simon & Schuster; it was published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books). There are over 2.6 million copies in print, and it has been translated into 37 languages. It was chosen as one of the thirty titles for World Book Night 2013. The book was adapted into a film in 2014 and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore's highly acclaimed performance as Alice Howland. Genova has written fiction about characters dealing with neurological disorders. Gallery Books published her next three novels, ''Left Neglected'', ''Love Anthony'', and ''Inside the O'Briens'', all ''New York Times'' bestsellers. Life and science career Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates College
Bates College () is a Private college, private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the Campus of Bates College, campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature preserve known as the "Bates-Morse Mountain" near Campbell Island (Maine), Campbell Island and a coastal center on Atkins Bay. With an annual enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, it is the smallest college in its athletic conference. As a result of its small student body, Bates maintains selective admit rates and little to no transfer percentages. The college was founded on March 16, 1855, by abolitionist statesman Oren Burbank Cheney and textile tycoon Benjamin Bates IV, Benjamin Bates. Established as the Maine State Seminary, the college became the List of coeducational colleges and universities in the United States, first coeducational college in New England and went on to confer the first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the science, scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a Multidisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, psychology, physics, computer science, chemistry, medicine, statistics, and Mathematical Modeling, mathematical modeling to understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons, glia and neural circuits. The understanding of the biological basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness has been described by Eric Kandel as the "epic challenge" of the Biology, biological sciences. The scope of neuroscience has broadened over time to include different approaches used to study the nervous system at different scales. The techniques used by neuroscientists have expanded enormously, from molecular biology, molecular and cell biology, cellular studies of indivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Bosworth
Catherine Anne Bosworth (born January 2, 1983) is an American actress. Following minor roles in the films '' The Horse Whisperer'' (1998) and ''Remember the Titans'' (2000), she rose to prominence with her role as a young surfer in the box-office hit '' Blue Crush'' (2002). She also had roles in independent films, playing Dawn Schiller in the true crime film ''Wonderland'' (2003) and Sandra Dee in the Bobby Darin biographical drama '' Beyond the Sea'' (2004). She portrayed Lois Lane in ''Superman Returns'' (2006), and had roles in '' 21'' (2008), '' Straw Dogs'' (2011), '' And While We Were Here'' (2012), and ''Still Alice'' (2014). She starred in the horror films '' Before I Wake'' (2016) and '' The Domestics'' (2018). Recently, she starred as KC in the Netflix science fiction miniseries '' The I-Land'' (2019). Early life Bosworth was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in San Francisco, California, the only child of Patricia (''née'' Potter), a homemaker, and Haro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. The world's highest-paid actress in 2012, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a César Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Born and raised in Los Angeles to parents who both worked in the entertainment industry, Stewart first gained notice at age 12 for her role as the daughter of Jodie Foster's character in David Fincher's thriller ''Panic Room'' (2002), which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination. She subsequently starred in '' Speak'' (2004), '' Catch That Kid'' (2004), '' Zathura: A Space Adventure'' (2005), and '' Into the Wild'' (2007). She went on to achieve global stardom for her role as Bella Swan in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series (2008–2012), which ranks among the highest-grossing film franchises; for the role, she was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2010. After starring in the fantasy film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as Tim Burton's '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), Mike Nichols' '' Working Girl'' (1988), Jonathan Demme's '' Married to the Mob'' (1988), and Oliver Stone's ''Talk Radio'' (1988). He gained attention for his performances as Jack Ryan in '' The Hunt for Red October'' (1990) and in '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992). Since then he has worked with directors such as Woody Allen in ''Alice'' (1990), '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) and '' Blue Jasmine'' (2013), and Martin Scorsese in '' The Aviator'' (2004) and ''The Departed'' (2006). His performance in the drama '' The Cooler'' (2003) garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has done voice work for ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' (2004), '' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' (2008), '' Rise of the Guardians'' (2012) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Films
Killer Films is a New York City-based independent film production company founded by movie producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler in 1995. The company has produced a number of the most acclaimed American independent films over the past two decades including '' Far From Heaven'' (nominated for four Academy Awards), '' Boys Don't Cry'' (Academy Award winner), '' One Hour Photo'', '' Kids'', ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', '' Happiness'', '' Velvet Goldmine'', ''Safe'', '' I Shot Andy Warhol'', ''Swoon'', '' I'm Not There'' (Academy Award nominated), '' Kill Your Darlings'', ''Still Alice'' (Academy Award winner) and '' Carol'' (nominated for six Academy Awards). Killer Films executive produced Todd Haynes' five episode HBO miniseries '' Mildred Pierce'' featuring Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce, which went on to win five Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2014, Killer Films merged with Glass Elevator Media to form Killer Content, Inc. Awards and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Lookingglass Theatre Company is a non-profit theater company in Chicago, Illinois. History Lookingglass was founded in 1988 by David Schwimmer, David Catlin, Eva Barr, Thom Cox, Lawrence DiStasi, Joy Gregory, David Kersnar, and Andy White. The company's first production, ''Through the Lookingglass'', was directed by David Kersnar and was produced at the Great Room in Jones Residential College on the Northwestern University campus. The company has since produced more than 60 world-premiere plays, including Mary Zimmerman's ''Metamorphoses,'' as well as her adaptations of ''The Arabian Nights'' and ''The Odyssey''. The company also premiered and toured creator David Catlin's circus-driven re-imaginings of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland in ''Lookingglass Alice'' and Herman Melville's ''Moby Dick.'' Other productions have included David Schwimmer's adaptations of Upton Sinclair's ''The Jungle'' and Studs Terkel's ''Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IUniverse
iUniverse, founded in October 1999, is an American self-publishing company based in Bloomington, Indiana.Kevin Abourezk"iUniverse to move to Indiana" incoln Journal Star, January 22, 2008 History iUniverse focuses on print-on-demand self-publishing and a service the company refers to as "assisted self-publishing" which critics say is indicative of vanity press since authors are asked to pay from to $15,000 for additional services. Soon after they were founded, Barnes & Noble purchased a 49% stake in the company. As part of the agreement, Barnes & Noble offered select iUniverse titles both in their online bookstore and at their physical stores. In 2004, Amy Fisher's memoir, ''If I Knew Then'', about serving seven years in prison on first-degree aggravated assault charges for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, became the best-selling book in iUniverse's history, selling more than 32,000 copies up to 2004. According to a 2005 ''Publishers Weekly'' article, out of the more than 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviorism, which held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside the realm of empirical science. This break came as researchers in linguistics and cybernetics, as well as applied psychology, used models of mental processing to explain human behavior. Work derived from cognitive psychology was integrated into other branches of psychology and various other modern disciplines like cognitive science, linguistics, and economics. The domain of cognitive psychology overlaps with that of cognitive science, which takes a more interdisciplinary approach and includes studies of non-human subjects and artificial intelligence. History Philosophically, ruminations on the human mind and its processes have been around since the times of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consistently ranked first for research among medical schools by ''U.S. News & World Report''. Unlike most other leading medical schools, HMS does not operate in conjunction with a single hospital but is directly affiliated with several teaching hospitals in the Boston area. Affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes include Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, McLean Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, The Baker Center for Children and Families, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. History Harvard Medical School was founded on September 19, 1782, after President Joseph Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuroanatomy
Neuroanatomy is the study of the structure and organization of the nervous system. In contrast to animals with radial symmetry, whose nervous system consists of a distributed network of cells, animals with bilateral symmetry have segregated, defined nervous systems. Their neuroanatomy is therefore better understood. In vertebrates, the nervous system is segregated into the internal structure of the brain and spinal cord (together called the central nervous system, or CNS) and the routes of the nerves that connect to the rest of the body (known as the peripheral nervous system, or PNS). The delineation of distinct structures and regions of the nervous system has been critical in investigating how it works. For example, much of what neuroscientists have learned comes from observing how damage or "lesions" to specific brain areas affects behavior or other neural functions. For information about the composition of non-human animal nervous systems, see nervous system. For information ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institutes Of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a fede ... responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late 1880s and is now part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The majority of NIH facilities are located in Bethesda, Maryland, and other nearby suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area, with other primary facilities in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and smaller satellite facilities located around the United States. The NIH conducts its own scientific research through the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) and provides major biomedical research fundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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