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The latest installation talks available on video

Petri Ala-Laurila and Guy Julier tell why the retina offers a pathway to the secrets of the brain and why design should be done with publics.

As part of the university's tenure track career system, the newly appointed tenured professors delivered their installation lectures on their own research 25 April. The videos of the lectures are available on Aalto University's YouTube channel. The lectures are in English.

Petri Ala-Laurila, School of Science, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
"From photons to behavior: neural circuit function at quantal resolution"

Guy Julier, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Design
"Doing Design Research in Public"

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