Gesuita Lorenzo, Karayannis Theofanis
Laboratory of Neural Circuit Assembly, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
FEBS Lett. 2023 Apr;597(7):911-916. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.14604. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
The Beautiful Brain is a documentary web series that breaks down borders between science and art. Five episodes retrace in a simple, but visually effective, way five key steps of brain development, using awe-inspiring masterpieces of art as analogies. This unconventional series focuses on fundamental research in neuroscience, the communication of which is not always easy and straightforward. In this article, we share our experience of how we tried to overcome the difficulties of communicating fundamental science to the lay audience. Moreover, we give insights into the path we followed to create The Beautiful Brain, with the hope that our experience may be an inspiration to other basic scientists who wish to communicate their own research.
《美丽大脑》是一部打破科学与艺术界限的纪录片网络系列片。五集内容以一种简单却视觉效果显著的方式追溯了大脑发育的五个关键步骤，将令人惊叹的艺术杰作用作类比。这部非传统的系列片聚焦于神经科学的基础研究，而此类研究成果的传播并非总是轻松直接。在本文中，我们分享了我们在尝试克服向普通观众传播基础科学的困难方面的经验。此外，我们深入介绍了创作《美丽大脑》所遵循的路径，希望我们的经验能激励其他希望传播自己研究成果的基础科学家。
