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Here's a mix of films including some of my early experiments and films that delves into the life and work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. The program includes scientific footage documentary highlighting his groundbreaking contributions to neuroscience and neuronal sketching / imaging techniques. There is also a 9-part series of a 1980s biopic "Ramón y Cajal" produced by by Spanish television that dramatizes key aspects of his life, exploring his childhood and challenges and triumphs he faced in his pursuit of understanding the complexities of the brain.
The Ramón y Cajal family moved to Zaragoza in 1872, Santiago studied medicine, his father being an interim professor of Dissection at the Faculty of Medicine, so he could not avoid problems with some classmates and professors. The young Ramón y Cajal fully experienced the student envir
Biography of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish scientist, whose research and discoveries in the field of Histology earned numerous awards, including the Moscow Prize (1900) and the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1906). Ramón y Cajal, an elderly octogenarian, remembers his life from his house o
The father of neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal wakes up one day with magnified vision. Based on the short story "The Corrected Pessimist" by Santiago Ramon y Cajal Voice over : Carlos Bardem / Brain Images by Jeffrey Lichtman / Animation by Shiv Kachiwala
Last stage of the doctor's life. These are the first years of the 20th century: Ramón y Cajal is the most prestigious Spanish scholar inside and outside our borders. Despite everything, he leads a modest life, intensely dedicated to his scientific work and his hobby, astrological observation,
In his old age, Cajal corrected one of his works and remembered: upon his return from Berlin in 1889 he was received with great joy by his family. His writings began to be read, especially those referring to biology and neurogenesis, and he came up with the theory of polarization. Cajal en su vejez
Cajal se instala en Barcelona como nuevo Catedrático de Anatomía. Se dedica plenamente a sus estudios histológicos y se costea su viaje al Congreso de Berlín, donde presentará sus descubrimientos.
In his old age, Cajal comments on his latest book on the theory of the neuron. In 1883 he joined the University of Valencia as Professor of Anatomy (images of his scientific, family and social life). A cholera epidemic occurs in the city (Alfonxo XII visits the sick). Ferrán, an authority on
Cajal has finished his memoirs and receives a letter from Birchoski telling him about events that occurred with the arrival of Hitler and asking him to apply for political asylum. He remembers when he met Silveria in 1879: after several days of observing her he decided to follow her and they formali
In old age, Cajal talks in his office with his assistant, asks him for the book he is writing and they review: Cajal obtains a total discharge from the army, returns to Zaragoza, where he visits his parents and his girlfriend Marina, with whom he breaks up. He went to Madrid to do his doctorate and
Cajal in his old age and in his office wrote his memoirs: in 1874 his transfer to the expeditionary army in Cuba and his stay in this land, where he fell seriously ill. His father tries to dissuade him but fails. With letters of introduction that his father gave him and that Cajal did not use, he di
Nobody would have guessed that Santiago, curious and creative born born in a small village near Navarra en Aragon would become the father of neuroscience and the first Nobel laureate in Spain in 1906. This journey through brings us into the life of this scientist who was also an artist, philosopher,
The story of doctor Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who adapting Golgi's silver staining method enabled the visualization of the real structure of the central nervous system, based on individual cells, the neurons. For which both were bestowed the Nobel prize in 1906.
The father of neuroscience Santiago Ramon y Cajal shares a story about the Solar Eclipse on July 18, 1860. "The third event that also had an important moral effect on me was the eclipse of the Sun in the year 60. It had been announced in the newspapers and was awaited with great impatience in the to
"Nombres del 98" (Names of '98) was a Spanish television series that focused on the prominent figures of the Generation of '98, a group of writers, essayists, and poets who were active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Spain. The Generation of '98 is notable for its critical and liter
"Un Mundo Feliz" is a television series from Spain that aired in 1981. It focused on the life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a renowned Spanish neuroscientist and Nobel Prize winner. Cajal is celebrated for his foundational work in neuroscience, particularly for his discoveries about the structur
A slideshow of Cajal's travels to New York in July 1899 and his time travels to July 2024. Images from Viajes fotográficos de Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Photographic trips of Santiago Ramón y Cajal) Special thanks to José Antonio Hernández Latas, researcher & curator
In an extraordinary turn of events, the forgotten father of neuroscience, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, awakens from his slumber in a coffin as a dessicated spore, finding himself transported to the year 2024. In this strange new era, he is welcomed into a conversation with Jeffrey Lichtman, a dist
The Corrected Pessimist is a story written by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, originally published in 1905. In this work, Ramón y Cajal explores philosophical and existential themes through the story of its protagonist, Juan Fernández, a young doctor who, after becoming an orphan, havin
Vacation Stories is an adaptation of Santiago Ramón y Cajal's anthology of speculative science fiction tales that reveal the lesser-known, wildly imaginative side of the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist. Written during his summer breaks as a form of intellectual escape, these stories explor