Marissa Brassfield
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It’s always amusing when cross-specialty contests arise, and this year’s ‘Dance Your PhD’ scientist dance video contest is no exception. The Gonzo Scientist asked PhDs around the world to create and film an interpretive dance of their research. The video above is one of the winners of the ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest in the Graduate Student category, Sue Lynn Lau of the Garvan Institute of Research in Sydney, Australia. Lau’s thesis is entitled “The role of vitamin D in beta-cell function.” Go figure. The other three video categories are Postdocs, Professors and Popular Choice, the latter of which is determined by YouTube views during the contest’s duration.  So what does everyone win? Each will be paired with a professional choreographer this week, and together they will attempt to translate a scientific paper the researcher has authored into a dance. Then the four choreographers--all of whom are based in Chicago--will create a single four-part performance based on the papers. [...] On 13 February, they will have front-row seats to the world debut of THIS IS SCIENCE, a professional dance interpretation of their published research.
(sciencenow.sciencemag.org)References: gonzolabs.org, sciencenow.sciencemag.org Filed In: |
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