Pregnancy, vision and ageing: latest Trust films online

24 August 2010

Should pregnant women eat for two? Why do we age? How do we see things? These are just some of the questions posed by the latest films from the Wellcome Trust and Wellcome Collection.

The phrase 'eating for two' is often used when talking about the diet of pregnant women. But how does the mother’s diet determine her child’s future health? In these two new films, the Trust’s own Jennifer Trent Staves investigates the nutritional science aiming to help mothers build healthy babies.

In 'Blue Death' (left), David Gems from University College London’s Institute of Healthy Ageing and his student Cassandra Coburn take us on a journey exploring the nature of ageing and explain how they are using the nematode worm to unravel its mysteries.

Watch these at www.youtube.com/wellcometrust. How do we actually see things? What our brains bring to perception matters as well as what meets the eye, making our learning an essential part of making sense of the world.

At 'Seeing Myself See', an event held at Wellcome Collection in May 2010, the audience were able to experience the visual world in a completely new way - in sound.

At www.youtube.com/wellcomecollection, join event creator and neuroscientist Beau Lotto as he talks us through the activities of this fascinating evening

Image: Dining pregnant woman. Credit: Anthea Sieveking, Wellcome Images.