John McGhee will take a Learn@Lunch audience on an amazing journey through his animations of the landscapes of the inner body.
Imagine you’re walking inside a human artery. To your right is a sharp drop into sticky red substance, while to your left is a living, breathing wall. You dodge fast-moving blood cells as well as ominous black cancer cells twice your size and wriggle your way through mucus-like tumours. Gross? Maybe. Fascinating? You bet.
Today, this kind of cellular-level exploration has become a possibility – well, sort of. While science fiction writers have long theorised the exploration of the human body by use of a shrink ray, all we actually needed was virtual reality.
At the next Alumni & Engagement Learn@Lunch event on 12 September, Associate Professor John McGhee will discuss his fascinating work at UNSW’s 3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, which has led him to be named one of UNSW’s ‘Rising Stars’. Through visual examples, he will demonstrate how he animates the body’s complex inner landscapes and share how his research into the artistic visualisation of scientific and biomedical data can help increase our understanding of human disease.
Learn@Lunch with Associate Professor John McGhee
Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Venue: Customs House, Level 1
31 Alfred Street
Barnet Long Room
Sydney, NSW 2000
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