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From Diatoms to Electric Eels

Michael Sussman peers into the ways organisms work.

Aired 09/25/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place

From Diatoms to Electric Eels

Special | 46m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

Michael Sussman peers into the ways organisms work.

Michael Sussman, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UW-Madison, uses examples from his research of diatoms and on sequencing the genome of the electric eel, to probe ways scientists and engineers can tap into the ingenuity of nature in building networks, in making exquisite materials and in harvesting energy.

Aired 09/25/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

From Diatoms to Electric Eels

Special | 46m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

Michael Sussman, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UW-Madison, uses examples from his research of diatoms and on sequencing the genome of the electric eel, to probe ways scientists and engineers can tap into the ingenuity of nature in building networks, in making exquisite materials and in harvesting energy.

Aired 09/25/2012 | Rating TV-G

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