EMBL Insight Lecture 2015: available as video-on-demand

Did you miss the EMBL Insight Lecture 2015 by Dr. Jan Ellenberg on “Cell division in focus – imaging an essential step of life”?

We are pleased to announce that the video of Jan’s talk is also available on EMBLog, where it can be viewed on demand. The media player provides the option to choose between a “slide-plus-speaker view” and “slide-only view”, and allows to jump to specific parts of the lecture.

Dr. Jan Ellenberg is Unit Head and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg and leads a research group on cell division and nuclear organisation. In the EMBL Insight Lecture 2015, Jan Ellenberg provides an introduction to mammalian cell biology. He discusses how individual molecular building blocks create a functional cell and what we know about cell division. In the main part of his talk, Jan shares his insights into cutting-edge cell division research. He demonstrates how his team uses genetic approaches combined with high-throughput light microscopy and computational modeling and analysis to uncover the molecular mechanisms behind the most essential step of life.

The lecture on the 20th November 2015 at EMBL Heidelberg, Germany was attended by 200 students from five local schools and followed online by over 300 students from schools all over Europe as well as Africa. During the two question sessions, participants on-site as well as via the web engaged in lively discussion and quizzed Jan about his research work.