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Michelle Borkin:
Can astronomers help doctors?

TEDxBoston 2011 · 9:39 · Filmed Jun 2011
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How do you measure a nebula? With a brain scan. In this talk, TED Fellow Michelle Borkin shows why collaboration between doctors and astronomers can lead to surprising discoveries. (Filmed at TEDxBoston.)

Michelle Borkin
physicist
Michelle Borkin is a PhD candidate in applied physics. She works with the Astronomical Medicine Project and interdisciplinary 3D visualization techniques. Full bio
This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBoston 2011, an independent event. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.
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