Grey Matters is an educational series that seeks to enhance public awareness of recent developments in brain research. Topics include stem cells, brain development, perception, addiction and sleep.

The Lecture Series is designed to appeal to anyone who is curious about the brain, how it develops, how it works and diseases of the brain and nervous system. Each lecture can be viewed in its entirety in streaming video. Additional resource materials, which are ideal for high school students and teachers, include shorter video presentations to demonstrate key concepts, background and supplemental reading materials and lesson ideas.

San Diego is one of the world's leading centers of neuroscience research, with a high concentration of world-renowned scientists at UCSD, The Salk Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, The Burnham Institute, The Neurosciences Institute, plus numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Grey Matters highlights advances in our understanding of the brain and nervous system as well as how new imaging tools and genetic probes make these advances possible.

Support for this project was provided by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, UCSD's Division of Biological Sciences and UCSD-TV.

   

Teachers and Students: Your feedback would be very helpful to us in planning future programs. Let us know how you are using these programs, how we can make them better and what topics you would like to see covered in future programs. Send your comments to Sherry Seethaler, Director of Education Outreach for UCSD's Division of Biological Sciences, at sseethaler@ucsd.edu.

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