Our bodies—and the bodies of
all animals—are fascinating and complex. The human body is made of over 35 trillion
cells, and there are hundreds of different types: Brain cells, Blood cells. Muscle
cells. The list goes on. All are essential to our living, breathing,
functioning selves. But among those cells, there is only one kind that is considered
“immortal:” the germ cells. Formed in the embryo, these all-powerful cells produce
the eggs and sperm that carry our DNA, and allow us to keep on grooving,
generation after generation.
At the next Secret Science
Club, biologist Ruth Lehmann explores the mysterious lives of cells and their
role in reproduction. She asks: What’s
up in the embryo? How and when do germ cells form? In what ways are these “immortal”
cells radically different from other cells in the body? How do germ cells get romanced into making
eggs and sperm? Is there a matchmaking molecule?
Ruth Lehmann
is a developmental biologist at the NYU School of Medicine, where she is Director
of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Chair of the Department of
Cell Biology, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology, an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and
Director of the Lehmann Lab. The author of over 150 scientific papers, Dr. Lehmann
is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences.
BEFORE & AFTER
--Sample our cocktail of the
night, the Germ of an Idea
--Shimmy to everlasting
tunes
--Stick around for the scintillating Q&A
The Secret Science Club featuring Ruth Lehmann meets Monday, November 19, 8 pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd
and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway:
F or G to 4th Ave,
R to 9th St.
Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+. No cover.
Just bring your smart self.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
