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March Madness! Union Hall's "Secret Science Club" Presents TWO Extraordinary Events

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Nobel Prize-Winning Biologist Paul Nurse lectures on Wednesday, March 5 @ 8 pm. British biochemist Paul Nurse has it ALL going on. --Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to humanity --Co-host of the science series on PBS’s Charlie Rose Show -- Winner of the Nobel Prize for illuminating the process by which cells copy themselves—and furthering our understanding of growth, development, and cancer. -- And to top everything off, Sir Paul is now officially a New Yorker! (He’s president of NYC’s prestigious Rockefeller University.) Break out your test tubes and get ready to bust out of the winter doldrums, as Paul Nurse takes us on a whirlwind tour of life’s most basic unit: the cell. Before and After --Screen the special bio-video by scientist/film-maker Alexis Gambis: A Fruit Fly in New York --Groove to science-inspired tunes --Stick around for the Q&A --Sample the cocktail of the night— the Night Nurse . It will fluff your pillow! The “Secret Science Club” meets @ Union Ha