The Pulitzer Prize-winning cancer physician and cell biologist will explore what it means to be human
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SUMMARY
- Wednesday, March 8 | 7:30 p.m. | The Granada Theatre
- Mukherjee will discuss the radical new ways that medicine can manipulate the cell
- $31–$46 General Public / $11 UCSB Students (Current student ID required) (Includes facility fee)
- Tickets & Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu, (805) 893-3535; or the Granada Theater, www.granadasb.org, (805) 899-2222
“If you are not already in awe of biology, The Song of the Cell might get you there. It is a masterclass.” The Guardian
SANTA BARBARA – UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) and the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara present Siddhartha Mukherjee, Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. at The Granada Theatre. From cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee comes The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, which examines medicine’s radical new ability to manipulate cells. Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Emperor of All Maladiesand the No. 1 New York Times bestseller The Gene, Mukherjee continues his exploration of what it means to be human in this story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them and are now using that knowledge to create new humans.
Watch a CBS Sunday Morning segment with Dr. Mukherjee explaining how cell therapy is being used to fight cancer
ABOUT SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE
Pioneering oncologist, researcher and award-winning science writer Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee is one of the world’s premiere cancer researchers. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, a groundbreaking work that charts the history of cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective and a biographer’s passion. It was named one of the 100 most influential books of the last 100 years by Time magazine and was adapted into a PBS documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.
He is also the author of The Laws of Medicine and the New York Times bestseller The Gene: An Intimate History, which brings to life the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates and choices. His latest book, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. With writing that is vivid, lucid and suspenseful, Mukherjee’s third book is an extraordinary exploration of what it means for humans.
In both his writing and his keynote talks, Mukherjee weaves science, social history and personal narrative to illustrate the many medical breakthroughs that have shaped our society and offers a glimpse of what the future might hold for us as well.
Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. A Rhodes Scholar, Mukherjee graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School. He has published articles in The New Yorker, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, Nature and others.
About UCSB Arts & Lectures
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
Siddhartha Mukherjee is presented by the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara and UCSB Arts & Lectures. Tickets are $31–$46 General Public / $11 UCSB Students (Current student ID required) (Includes facility fee)
Presented in association with UCSB Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Special thanks to the Santa Barbara Independent, KCRW and MichaelKate.
For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu; or the Granada Theatre, (805) 899-2222, www.granadasb.org
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2022-2023 season.