Filming mosquitoes and lasers with the talented Yoni Brook!

We had a really fun shoot today at Columbia University with the Marka Group. Finally got the chance to film the lasers themselves thanks to special glasses. And, the cineslider is incredible!

Rockstar Scientists

Imre Bartos, Szabolcs and ZsuZsann Marka

The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

Just read the Harper's review of Sonia Shah's newest book. Lots of great info. Interested in reaching out to her about the film project...

http://soniashah.com/

“Human history marches to the beat of what? A big brass band? A choir singing hymns? The lub-dub of the human heart? Sonia Shah’s tour-de-force history of malaria will convince you that the real soundtrack to our collective fate is none of these: it is the syncopated whine-slap, whine-slap of man and mosquito duking it out over the eons.”
-- The New York Times

Topnaman Malaria Blog

Named after Top Raman noodles, check out this blog with some great info on Malaria:

http://topnaman.com/

The Marka Group in the news...

Sci-Tech Today -- Gates Foundation Funds Wacky, Promising Innovations

The Seattle Times -- Gates experimental grants start to show promise

The Tri-City Herald -- Gates experimental grants

Imre examines the inner workings of large laser cutter on a recent trip.

THE MARKA GROUP included in Gates Foundation Grant!

Foundation Expands Investments in Innovative Global Health Science

Grand Challenges Explorations projects winning new grants include using gold to combat drug resistance and barriers of light to prevent malaria.

SEATTLE--The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the next stage of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative that encourages bold and unconventional ideas for global health. Nine outstanding Grand Challenges Explorations grantees have received new funding of up to $1 million each to support continued research on their innovative work. Grants include projects that aim to create new cellular profiling techniques to improve vaccine effectiveness, use gold nanocrystals to combat drug resistance, and confuse mosquitoes with infrared light to reduce malaria transmission....

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