March 26, 2024 7:00pm
$10 General Admission
As part of the National Evening of Science on Screen, this one night only screening of Werner Herzog’s newest film, Theatre of Thought, will be accompanied by a preshow neuroscience presentation by Dr. Jeffrey M. Burns, MD, MS, Co-Director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
DETAILS
Tuesday, March 26 | 7 pm
30 minute presentation followed by 1 hour 47 minute film
Liberty Hall
$10 General Admission
ABOUT THE FILM
Herzog casts his gaze on the human brain, looking for clues as to why a piece of tissue can produce deep thoughts and feelings, while also considering the philosophical, ethical and social implications. Professor Yuste, Chief Scientific Advisor of the movie, goes on a road trip with Herzog to meet a collection of people whose cutting-edge research sounds like science fiction. They meet Jamie Daves, Entrepreneur and Treasurer of the foundation, and Jared Genser, an award-winning human rights lawyer and the foundation’s General Counsel, who warns that the international community is unprepared for the ethical implications of neurotechnology. The film is multifaceted, illuminating the technological advances that are helping people overcome brain-related illnesses, confronting conspiracy theories over implanted chips, and questioning the politics of mind control.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jeffrey M. Burns, MD, MS is the Edward H. Hashinger Professor of Medicine and the Co-Director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (KU ADRC) ), one of 33 nationally designated centers in the country. Dr. Burns also directs the Department of Neurology’s Neurocognitive Division, the Clinical and Translational Science Unit – Fairway, and the KU ADRC’s Clinical Core, which is a site for national clinical trial networks.
Dr. Burns started the Alzheimer’s clinical research program at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2004. His education includes a BA (English and Japanese) from the University of Notre Dame, medical school at the University of Kansas Medical Center, neurology residency at the University of Virginia, and a post-doctoral fellowship in Alzheimer’s at Washington University in St. Louis. He then returned to his hometown of Kansas City to start the Alzheimer’s clinical program to stimulate and support AD and aging research locally while pursuing research investigating how various lifestyle factors influence brain aging and AD. The program has grown into a vibrant research and training environment for AD and brain aging research. Dr. Burns has been continuously funded as a PI by the NIH since 2005 for work focused on how various lifestyle factors influence brain aging and AD progression.
This event is supported by Science on Screen®️, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Neurorights Foundation.
DETAILS
Tuesday, March 26 | 7 pm
30 minute presentation followed by 1 hour 47 minute film
Liberty Hall
$10 General Admission
