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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
GLOBAL
WARMING
GENERAL INFORMATION
ARCHIVE
CONTACT INFORMATION
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GLOBAL
WARMING
The GLOBAL
WARMING Science in the Cinema is part of the Scientific
Library environmental program titled, WHAT CAN I DO? - AN
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, which continues throughout
2008.
PART ONE: MOVIE
AN INCONVENIENT
TRUTH - This documentary offers a passionate and
inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly
progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround
it. It focuses on former United States Vice President Al Gore and his travels
in support of his efforts to educate the public about the severity of the
climate crisis.
This 2006 documentary,
which is rated PG and runs 1 hour and 40 minutes, will be shown in its entirety
on two days: Tuesday, May 6, and Monday, May 12, beginning each day at 12:00
p.m. in the Auditorium of the Conference Center in Building 549.
PART TWO - INVITED SPEAKER
Dr. John
Beutler, Staff Scientist in the Molecular Targets Development
Program, will be our Invited Speaker. Dr.
Beutler will discuss the impact of global warming on the research at
NCI-Frederick, as it relates to the testing of organisms from around the world
to find viable treatments for disease.
Dr. Beutler will speak on
Wednesday, May 14, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the
Conference Center in Building 549.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions, or need more
information on this program, please call x5840 or email the
Public Services Librarian.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Science in the Cinema, a program
sponsored by the staff of the Scientific Library, is held at different times
throughout the year. The program combines a movie with audience discussion,
both involving a scientific or medical theme. During the program a
feature-length movie is shown to the audience. Following the movie, a guest
speaker with interest or expertise in the film's subject gives an informal talk
about the movie's theme. This 15-20 minute talk usually focuses on the science
that is in the movie, whether or not it is realistic, how the science may have
changed since the movie was made, and other interesting facts or opinions that
the speaker wishes to convey. After the speaker's short presentation, the
audience is encouraged to ask questions and offer comments.
Attending Science in the Cinema
programs will allow audience members to gain a deeper understanding of how
relevant and important science is in our lives. Attendees can learn how science
affects so many different facets of our lives, and have fun at the same
time!
ARCHIVE
We videotape the Science in the
Cinema speakers, purchase videotapes or DVDs of the movies, package them
together, and add them to the Scientific Library's circulating audiovisual
collection, so that Library barcode holders may check them out to view at home.
Here is an alphabetic list of previous
Science in the Cinema programs available from the Library.
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ALEX: THE LIFE OF A
CHILD - cystic fibrosis
This inspiring, 1986
made-for-TV movie starring Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia, is based on
Frank Deford's book.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: ALEX: THE LIFE OF A CHILD
by Frank Deford; Call Number: WI 8920 .D315 (10 copies)
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Mike Dean, Chief, and Dr. Bert Gold, senior staff scientist
and licensed genetic counselor, both in the Human Genetics Section, Laboratory
of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
-
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
- AIDS
This 1993 movie offers a historical look at the history of
AIDS, from the early days in 1978 when gay men in San Francisco began dying
from a mysterious illness, to the identification of the HIV virus. The
multi-star cast includes Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, Richard Gere,
Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin, Ian McKellen, and Charles Martin Smith. The
movie is based on the 1987 book AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: POLITICS,
PEOPLE, AND THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, written by Randy Shilts.
SPEAKER: Dr. Larry
Arthur, Head of the Retroviral Vaccine Section, Associate Director of
the AIDS Vaccine Program of NCI-Frederick, and Principal Investigator of
Operations and Technical Support of SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Bibliography
SLIDES (NCIF only)
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A BEAUTIFUL MIND -
schizophrenia
Russell Crowe plays John Nash, the brilliant
mathematician who suffered from schizophrenia but eventually overcame it and
won a Nobel Prize. Jennifer Connelly plays Mrs. Nash in this Academy
Award-winning film.
SPEAKER: Dr. Amar
Klar, Section Head, Gene Regulation & Chromosome Biology
Laboratory, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
-
THE CARTOON MEDICINE SHOW: ANIMATED
CARTOONS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
- medical cartoons
This unique DVD features a rich
sampling of rarely screened animated medical cartoons from the 1940s to the
1960s. From the silent era to the present, physicians, health professionals,
governmental agencies, like the U.S. Public Health Service, and voluntary
associations, such as the American Cancer Society, have sought to use motion
pictures to advance medical science, train doctors and nurses, and educate the
public. The DVD presents a variety of medical themes and genres, including
dental hygiene, physical fitness, physiology, venereal disease, tuberculosis,
cancer, and radiation safety, in 10 to 15 short animated medical cartoons.
SPEAKERS: Dr.
Michael Sappol and
Dr. David
Cantor, historians at the National Library of Medicine
Bibliography
- CHARLIE AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY - "The Science of Chocolate"
This
1971 movie stars Gene Wilder as a very unusual candy maker, who gives a poor
boy the prize of a lifetime: a tour of the most wonderful candy factory in the
world.
SPEAKERS: Dr. David A. Stuart, Director, Nutrition & Natural
Products, The Hershey Company and Dr. Debra L. Miller, Senior Nutrition
Scientist, Nutrition & Natural Products, The Hershey
Company
COMPANION DOCUMENTARY: AMERICAN
EATS: CHOCOLATE
ADDITIONAL MOVIE: WILLIE WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Bibliography
- CHILDREN OF A LESSER
GOD - deafness
William Hurt plays a newly-hired
teacher at a school for deaf children, where he meets the deaf janitor, played
by Marlee Matlin. While trying to teach deaf students how to speak, Hurt also
reaches out to the withdrawn, antisocial Matlin.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: IN THIS SIGN by Joanne
Greenberg; CALL NUMBER: PS 3557.R3784 .G795 1984 (10 copies)
SPEAKERS:
Ms. Lisa Houck and Ms. Louise Hansch, Itinerant Teachers for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing, Frederick County Public Schools
NOTE: No speaker video
is available for this topic.
Bibliography
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THE CURE - children
with AIDS
An 11-year-old boy with AIDS is befriended by a neighbor boy.
Together the two boys plan to build a raft and float down the Mississippi River
to get to Mexico, where they have heard there is a cure for AIDS.
SPEAKER:
Dr. Katherine
Luzuriaga, Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Medicine and
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and
Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)
Bibliography
- THE DAY LINCOLN WAS
SHOT- Civil War Medicine
This 1998 made-for-TV movie,
starring Rob Morrow and Lance Henriksen, is based on the book by Jim Bishop.
The movie is a thrilling and detailed chronicle of the plot, murder, and
manhunt that changed America forever.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: MANHUNT: The 12-DAY Chase For
Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson; CALL NUMBER: E 457.5 .S972 2006
(10 copies)
SPEAKER: Mr. Jason Grabill, a Civil War Surgeon
re-enactor and historian, and a docent with the
National Museum of Civil War
Medicine, Frederick, MD
Bibliography
- DESK SET - libraries &
librarians
Katharine Hepburn, head of the research department, or
library, of a TV network, clashes with Spencer Tracey, a systems engineer who
is hired to computerize the entire company, including Hepburn's library.
SPEAKER: Ms. M. J. Tooey, Deputy Director, Health Sciences and Human
Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
Bibliography
- THE
DOCTOR - physician/patient relationships
Successful
surgeon Jack McKee (William Hurt), businesslike and aloof with his patients,
finds his entire life changing when he is diagnosed with throat cancer.
Christine Lahti plays his supporting and understanding wife.
SPEAKER:
Ms. Kathleen Higinbotham, Technology Development Administrative Specialist,
Technology Transfer Branch, NCI, NIH
Bibliography
- DOOR TO
DOOR - cerebral palsy
This inspirational movie tells
the true story of Bill Porter (William H. Macy), a man who suffers from
cerebral palsy. In spite of his physical limitations, Mr. Porter became a very
successful door-to-door salesman, while also making a difference in the lives
of his customers. Helen Mirren and Kyra Sedgwick also star.
SPEAKER: Mr.
Michael Aronin, comedian, motivational speaker, advocate for cerebral palsy
patients. More information about Mr. Aronin may be found on his web site
RISING ABOVE.
Bibliography
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GATTACA -
genetics
Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is an "In-Valid," a genetically
imperfect person, who assumes the identity of a member of the genetically elite
(Jude Law) to pursue his goal of traveling in space. Uma Thurman plays
Vincent's love interest.
This program was also offered as a PUBLIC
Science in the Cinema, and was held at Hood College. PUBLIC Science in
the Cinema programs are collaborations between the
Scientific Library, the
National Cancer Institute at
Frederick, and Hood
College.
SPEAKER: Dr. Michael
Dean, Chief, Human Genetics Section, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity,
NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
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HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S
STONE - "The Science of Harry Potter"
In this movie
we are introduced to the boy wizard and his amazing and magical life.
This
program was offered as a PUBLIC Science in the Cinema, and was held at
Hood College. PUBLIC Science in the Cinema programs are collaborations
between the Scientific
Library, the National Cancer
Institute at Frederick, and Hood College.
SPEAKER:
Dr. George
Plitnik, Professor of Physics at Frostburg University, where he
teaches a class "The Science of Harry Potter."
Bibliography
- IQ -
Albert Einstein
In this romantic comedy, a young auto mechanic (Tim
Robbins) is in love with an intelligent and beautiful scientist (Meg Ryan) who
is engaged to another scientist. The mechanic seeks the assistance of the young
woman's uncle (Walter Matthau), who just happens to be Albert
Einstein!
COMPANION DOCUMENTARIES: EINSTEIN
REVEALED, EINSTEIN'S
WIFE, EINSTEIN'S BIG
IDEA
Bibliography
- IRIS -
Alzheimer's disease
The movie is a tender, emotional depiction of
novelist Iris Murdoch (Judy Dench and Kate Winslet) as she struggles with
Alzheimer's Disease. It covers the period from just before her marriage to
intellectual John Bayley (Jim Broadbent and Hugh Bonneville) until her
death.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: The Notebook by Nicholas
Sparks; CALL NUMBER: PS 3569 .P363 .S736 2004 (10 copies)
SPEAKER: Dr.
Edward Feher, Frederick physician
ADDITIONAL MOVIE: THE NOTEBOOK
Bibliography
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A LIGHT IN THE JUNGLE: THE ALBERT
SCHWEITZER STORY - medical outreach to Africa
Malcolm
McDowell portrays the humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner who established
a hospital in Africa. Susan Strasberg plays Mrs. Schweitzer.
SPEAKER: Mr.
Philip G. Roessler, former Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern, NCI-Frederick,
and co-founder of Outreach
Kenya Development Volunteers (OKDV)
Bibliography
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LORENZO'S OIL -
adrenoleukodystrophy
Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon play the parents
of 5-year-old Lorenzo, who is diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They
spend their lives searching for a cure to this usually fatal
disease.
SPEAKER: Dr. Michael
Dean, Chief, Human Genetics Section, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity,
NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
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MADAME CURIE - women
in medicine
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon play Marie and Pierre Curie,
partners in life and in their efforts to isolate the radioactive element
radium.
SPEAKER: Dr. Sally Spence, Staff Scientist, Mouse Cancer
Genetics Program, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
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MEDICINE MAN -
medicinal plants as a cancer cure
Sean Connery plays a brilliant but
eccentric researcher seeking a cure for cancer among the plants of the Amazon
rain forest. Lorraine Bracco plays a scientist who has come to the rain forest
to be his assistant.
SPEAKERS: Dr. Gordon Cragg and Dr.
David Newman, Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics
Program, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography -
UPDATED 05/10/04
SLIDES (NCIF only)
- MRS.
DOUBTFIRE - "Laugh For the Health of It!"
This 1993
comedy stars Robin Williams, Sally Field, and Pierce Brosnan. After a bitter
divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper so he can spend
time with his three children.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: Saturday Mornings by Mark
Butt; CALL NUMBER: WM 90 .B988 2006 (2 copies)
SPEAKER: Dr. Mark Butt, Frederick
scientist/columnist/humorist
COMPANION DOCUMENTARIES: HOW SERIOUS IS THIS?, HUMOR YOUR STRESS, THE JOY OF STRESS,
LIFE IS NOT A STRESS REHEARSAL
ADDITIONAL MOVIE: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Bibliography of
Jokes
- NATIONAL
TREASURE - Benjamin Franklin
In this comedy adventure
movie that includes many references to Ben Franklin, Nicolas Cage plays
Benjamin Franklin Gates, a modern-day adventurer who follows cryptic clues in
the search for a treasure hidden long ago by the Founding Fathers.
COMPANION DVD: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, AN ELECTRIC
MIND
Bibliography
- NEVER CRY
WOLF - wolves and the environment
Charles Martin Smith
plays a young, inexperienced biologist who is sent to the Arctic to study
wolves to determine why they are killing caribou. Brian Dennehy plays a wolf
hunter who interferes with the research.
SPEAKER: Mr. Mike Nickerson,
Biologist, Laboratory of Immunobiology, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
- THE
NOTEBOOK - Alzheimer's disease
Based on the Nicholas
Sparks book, the story unfolds as an older gentleman reads a story to an older
woman in a nursing home. Through flashbacks we see the development of a love
story as it is being told. The connection between the old and the young becomes
clear as the older woman exhibits signs of Alzheimer's Disease.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: The Notebook by Nicholas
Sparks; CALL NUMBER: PS 3569 .P363 .S736 2004 (10 copies)
SPEAKER: Dr.
Edward Feher, Frederick physician
ADDITIONAL MOVIE: IRIS
Bibliography
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OUTBREAK -
viruses
Dustin Hoffman is an Army virologist trying to stave off a
killer virus that is loose in California. Kevin Spacey, Rene Russo, Morgan
Freeman, and Cuba Gooding Jr. also star.
SPEAKER: Dr. David Franz,
Colonel, U.S. Army Retired, Fort Detrick
Bibliography
- PHILADELPHIA - AIDS
Tom Hanks, a
lawyer wrongfully terminated because he has AIDS, hires lawyer Denzel
Washington to represent him in a lawsuit against the prestigious law firm that
fired him.
SPEAKER: Dr. John Coffin,
Director, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
- THE
PRESTIGE - Nikola Tesla
In this fascinating movie,
scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla, played by David Bowie, appears in a small
but pivotal role. Two accomplished magicians, played by Hugh Jackman and
Christian Bale, are long-time friends and partners who parted ways over a
failed, and deadly, magic trick. Now, as enemies, they will stop at nothing to
learn each other's secrets. Watch carefully, as nothing is as it seems! The
movie also stars Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson.
COMPANION DVDs:
NIKOLA TESLA: THE GENIUS WHO LIT THE WORLD, THE SECRET OF
NIKOLA TESLA: THE MOVIE
Bibliography
- RACE FOR THE DOUBLE
HELIX - DNA structure
This exciting movie depicts the
story of James Watson and Francis Crick, the discoverers of the structure of
DNA. Other scientists who were searching for the structure at the same time
also appear in the movie.
SPEAKER: Dr. Mary
Carrington, Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity,
NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
SLIDES (NCI-F only)
- REGARDING
HENRY - brain injuries
Harrison Ford plays a ruthless
lawyer whose life changes completely when he is shot in the head during a
robbery. Annette Bening plays the wife who helps him recover from amnesia and
physical disabilities.
SPEAKER: Mr. Selden Cooper,
Employee Assistance Coordinator, Occupational Health Services,
NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
- SILENT
FALL - autism
Richard Dreyfuss plays a psychiatrist
who attempts to treat an autistic boy who witnessed his parents' murders. The
child only communicates by imitating others.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time by Mark Haddon; CALL NUMBER: WM 203.5 .H116 2003 (10
copies)
SPEAKERS:
1) Dr. Ralph McBee, Psy.D.,Co-Director of
Services, Monocacy
Neurodevelopmental Center, Frederick, MD
2) Ms. Paula Mathis,
Parent and Registered Nurse, Occupational Health Services,
NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
- SOMETHING'S GOTTA
GIVE - heart disorders
An older man (Jack Nicholson)
suffers a heart attack at the home of his younger girlfriend's mother (Diane
Keaton). Keanu Reeves plays the cardiac doctor caring for Nicholson.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: Taking on Heart Disease by
Larry King; CALL NUMBER: WG 200 .K5356 2004 (10 copies)
SPEAKER: Dr. John
Vitarello, Frederick cardiologist
Bibliography
- STEEL
MAGNOLIAS - diabetes
This 1989 movie stars Julia
Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, and
Daryl Hannah as a close-knit group of friends who share their lives in a small
town in Louisiana. One member of the group has Type 1 diabetes, a situation
that affects everyone in different ways.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: Going To The Sun by James
McManus; CALL NUMBER: PZ 4 .M167 1996 (10 copies)
SPEAKER: Ms. Linda
Hicks, Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator with the
FMH Diabetes Center
Bibliography
- THE STORY OF LOUIS
PASTEUR - "Fight the Flu...and Other Germs, Too!"
This 1936 black & white videotape biography stars Paul Muni as the French
chemist Louis Pasteur. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Pasteur helped prove
the germ theory of disease and its role in the spread of infection. Dr. Pasteur
also discovered the vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
COMPANION VIDEOTAPE:
INFLUENZA 1918
Bibliography
- WARM
SPRINGS - "Polio: A Scientific Success Story"
Following a promising early political career, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
stricken with polio in 1921 at the age of 39. This film follows his struggle
with paralysis, the refuge he took in an obscure and run-down Georgia health
spa, and the family pressure to return to public life and politics. The movie
stars Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, and Kathy Bates.
COMPANION DVDs:
IN SEARCH OF THE POLIO VACCINE, A PARALYZING FEAR: THE
STORY OF POLIO IN AMERICA
Bibliography
- WILLIE WONKA AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY - "The Science of Chocolate"
In
this 2005 "reinterpretation," Johnny Depp stars as Willie Wonka, and Freddie
Highmore as Charlie Bucket, the finder of that very special Golden Ticket.
SPEAKERS: Dr. David A. Stuart, Director, Nutrition & Natural
Products, The Hershey Company and Dr. Debra L. Miller, Senior Nutrition
Scientist, Nutrition & Natural Products, The Hershey Company
COMPANION DOCUMENTARY: AMERICAN EATS:
CHOCOLATE
ADDITIONAL MOVIE: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Bibliography
- WIT -
ovarian cancer
Emma Thompson plays a professor of English Literature
who is diagnosed and treated for ovarian cancer. The movie is almost completely
filmed in the hospital where the professor fights for her
life.
SPEAKER:Ms.
Kathleen Nalewaik, N.P., Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Health
Services, NCI-Frederick
Bibliography
- YOUNG
FRANKENSTEIN - "Laugh For the Health of It!"
This 1974
Mel Brooks comedy stars Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, and Marty Feldman. Dr.
Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation,
inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments.
REWARDS: a Multi-Part Learning Program is co-sponsored
by Occupational Health Services (OHS), the Frederick Employee Diversity Team,
and the Scientific Library.
BOOK: Saturday Mornings by Mark
Butt; CALL NUMBER: WM 90 .B988 2006 (2 copies)
SPEAKER: Dr. Mark Butt, Frederick
scientist/columnist/humorist
COMPANION DOCUMENTARIES: HOW SERIOUS IS THIS?, HUMOR YOUR STRESS, THE JOY OF STRESS,
LIFE IS NOT A STRESS REHEARSAL
ADDITIONAL MOVIE: MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Bibliography of
Jokes
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CONTACT INFORMATION
The staff of the Scientific Library
encourages suggestions for movies and speakers for our Science in the
Cinema programs. Movies should be feature-length films with a science or
health theme. We prefer our speakers to be personnel from NCI-Frederick, NIH,
or Fort Detrick. If you have a suggestion for a movie or a speaker, or if you
would like to volunteer to be a speaker for your favorite science-themed movie,
please contact the Public Services
Librarian.
