WEBVTT 00:03.904 --> 00:11.345 align:left >> THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION WAS PRODUCED IN HIGH DEFINITION BY WEDU -- TAMPA, ST. PETERSBURG, SARASOTA. 00:11.345 --> 00:19.186 align:left >> THIS PROGRAM IS UNDERWRITTEN IN PART BY THE HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, A PROUD SUPPORTER OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON WEDU, 00:19.186 --> 00:27.227 align:left INCLUDING "WEDU QUEST." TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, 00:27.227 --> 00:35.302 align:left VISIT HELIOS.ORG. A GRANT FROM THE S.L. GIMBEL FOUNDATION ADVISED FUND AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INLAND 00:35.302 --> 00:41.275 align:left SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, LEWIS B. AND LOUISE 00:41.275 --> 00:49.383 align:left HIRSCHFELD CULLMAN, SUE AND EDGAR WACHENHEIM III, SHAILAJA AND UMESH NAGARKATTE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 00:49.383 --> 00:51.451 align:left PARTICIPATING STATIONS. 00:53.854 --> 01:00.193 align:left >> ON THIS EPISODE OF "WEDU QUEST," STUDENTS COMPETE IN A MEMORY TOURNAMENT. >> THE MEMORY TOURNAMENT IS AN 01:00.193 --> 01:06.800 align:left ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN SHOW THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN REMEMBER. >> PROTECTING OUR ECOSYSTEMS 01:06.800 --> 01:12.906 align:left FROM INVASIVE SPECIES. >> THE THINGS THAT MAKE FLORIDA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL BE ERASED. 01:12.906 --> 01:19.613 align:left >> A POTENTIAL CURE FOR COLOR BLINDNESS. >> A VITREORETINAL SURGEON SLIPS THE NEEDLE UNDERNEATH THE RETINA 01:19.613 --> 01:25.352 align:left IN ORDER TO TREAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE BACK OF THE EYE. >> AND A COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN TAMPA SUPPORTS THE WHOLE FAMILY. 01:25.352 --> 01:30.090 align:left >> THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT HINDER STUDENT SUCCESS THAT AREN'T IN THE CLASSROOM. 01:31.124 --> 01:43.770 align:left [ MUSIC ] >>> WELCOME TO "WEDU QUEST." I'M DR. SHANNON McQUAIG. DO YOU STRUGGLE REMEMBERING 01:43.770 --> 01:49.943 align:left NAMES, SIMPLE GROCERY LISTS, OR SHORT NUMBER SEQUENCES? ARE YOU A STUDENT STRUGGLING TO MEMORIZE LARGE AMOUNTS OF 01:49.943 --> 01:54.881 align:left MATERIAL? THERE IS HOPE. STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TAMPA BAY MEMORY 01:54.881 --> 01:56.416 align:left TOURNAMENT. 02:00.487 --> 02:07.728 align:left >> THIS IS DR. DEXTER FREDERICK, THE CEO OF THE BRAIN EXPANSION AND SCHOLASTIC PROGRAM, OR B.E.S.T., A MEDICAL-BASED 02:07.728 --> 02:15.068 align:left EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. >> THE MISSION OF OUR PROGRAM REALLY IS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS 02:15.068 --> 02:20.707 align:left GAIN ACCESS AND GAIN INFORMATION, BE NURTURED IN THE PURSUIT OF BECOMING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 02:20.707 --> 02:26.980 align:left >> TODAY, DR. FREDERICK IS TEACHING HIS STUDENTS MEMORY TECHNIQUES TO HELP THEM IN THEIR STUDIES AND FOR AN UPCOMING 02:26.980 --> 02:35.889 align:left MEMORY TOURNAMENT. >> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE A SESSION WHERE STUDENTS CAN BE OPEN AND 02:35.889 --> 02:44.131 align:left UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR BRAIN WORKS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN FASTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND LEARN AT A PACE WHERE IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS, 02:44.131 --> 02:49.703 align:left WHERE THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS AT A HIGH LEVEL. >> 16? >> COFFEE. 02:49.703 --> 02:53.140 align:left >> 17? >> TABLE. >> 18? >> CHILD. 02:53.140 --> 02:58.178 align:left >> 19? >> PHONE. >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO USE AS MANY OF THEIR MENTAL 02:58.178 --> 03:06.620 align:left FACULTIES TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED. SO WHETHER OR NOT WE USE MUSIC, WHETHER OR NOT YOU USE ACTING, WHETHER OR NOT YOU USE THE 03:06.620 --> 03:15.462 align:left MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS, THAT IS AMAZINGLY AN IMPORTANT TOOL AND WHERE LEARNING CAN OCCUR. SO WHEN I ASK A STUDENT TO COME 03:15.462 --> 03:22.302 align:left FORWARD, THAT IMMEDIATELY KEEPS THE ADRENALINE, PUSHES THE ADRENALINE A LITTLE HIGHER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NERVE FIBERS 03:22.302 --> 03:27.541 align:left ARE EXCITED AND LEARNING CAN OCCUR FASTER. >> OH, EYES. >> APPLE. 03:27.541 --> 03:29.943 align:left >> VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT! 03:31.011 --> 03:37.684 align:left [ MUSIC ] >> AFTER ALL THE TRAINING, THE STUDENTS ARE READY FOR TOURNAMENT DAY. 03:37.684 --> 03:43.490 align:left THEY GATHER TO COMPETE AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN TAMPA. >> THE MEMORY TOURNAMENT IS AN 03:43.490 --> 03:50.497 align:left ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN SHOW THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN REMEMBER. >> THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS WITH 03:50.497 --> 03:57.170 align:left MUCH ANTICIPATION AND EXCITEMENT. >> AND WE HAVE DIVIDED IT INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES WHERE THEY 03:57.170 --> 04:04.678 align:left HAVE TO REMEMBER WORDS. THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN A LIST OF NUMBERS, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN SOME MEDICAL TRIVIA. 04:08.682 --> 04:14.588 align:left YOU'LL HAVE TWO STUDENTS FACING EACH OTHER, OR NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND THERE WILL BE A JUDGE. 04:14.588 --> 04:22.162 align:left THEY WILL BE SHOWN A LIST OF WORDS, AND THEY WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO LOOK AT THOSE WORDS, AND USING THE MEMORY 04:22.162 --> 04:29.369 align:left TECHNIQUES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED WITH TO USE, THEY WILL THEN TRY TO RETAIN THAT INFORMATION. 04:29.369 --> 04:34.875 align:left PLAYER NUMBER ONE WILL SAY WHAT THE FIRST WORD IS. PLAYER NUMBER TWO WILL THEN SAY WHAT THE SECOND WORD IS. 04:34.875 --> 04:41.181 align:left PLAYER NUMBER ONE WILL SAY WHAT THE THIRD WORD IS, ALTERNATING BACK AND FORTH UNTIL ONE ACTUALLY MISSES ONE OF THE 04:41.181 --> 04:47.354 align:left WORDS. THEN WE DO THAT WITH NUMBERS. THEY'LL HAVE A LIST OF 20 NUMBERS OR 30 NUMBERS. 04:47.354 --> 04:55.862 align:left >> THE FINAL CONTEST IS MEDICAL TRIVIA. HERE THE STUDENTS WORK IN TEAMS. >> NEXT QUESTION. 04:55.862 --> 05:02.068 align:left >> MANY LIVES WERE CHANGED TODAY. THE WINNER OF THE WORD COMPETITION WAS DESU IMUDIA. 05:02.068 --> 05:08.575 align:left >> HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE B.E.S.T. PROGRAM HAS REALLY HELPED ME WITH BEING MORE CONFIDENT IN MY MEMORIZATION 05:08.575 --> 05:15.215 align:left SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I DO HAVE A GREAT MEMORY AND SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN 05:15.215 --> 05:20.787 align:left WHICH WE USE IT AND HOW WE FIGURE OUT WE HOW BEST CAN BE ABLE TO MEMORIZE. AND THIS COMPETITION HAS 05:20.787 --> 05:27.194 align:left DEFINITELY BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE AND HAS SHOWED ME THAT I AM CAPABLE OF A LOT MORE THINGS THAN I THOUGHT. 05:27.194 --> 05:32.666 align:left >> AND TYLYN THOMAS USED HER TRAINING TO WIN THE NUMBERS COMPETITION. >> IT WAS EASY TO MAKE A STORY 05:32.666 --> 05:37.737 align:left OUT OF THEM. AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS HAVE PATTERNS, TOO. SOME OF THEM WOULD BE 43, 44, 05:37.737 --> 05:44.244 align:left AND THEN 33. OR I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP ON 38th STREET AND THEN I GO ON 19th STREET, LIKE I'M DRIVING. 05:44.244 --> 05:51.952 align:left SO MAKING A STORY OUT OF WHAT I'VE HAD. I FELT ACCOMPLISHED AT THE END. I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT MYSELF 05:51.952 --> 05:59.125 align:left THAT MY BRAIN FUNCTIONED TO GO THIS LONG WITH THE NUMBERS. >> LUKE DETLOR LED THE WINNING TEAM IN THE BRAIN BOWL. 05:59.125 --> 06:05.031 align:left HE FOUND THE B.E.S.T. PROGRAM OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. >> NOT ONLY DOES IT TEACH YOU FACTS ABOUT ANATOMY AND HOW TO 06:05.031 --> 06:12.172 align:left BE ETHICAL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU SKILLS FOR MEMORY AND NOTE-TAKING. AND THESE SKILLS CAN BE APPLIED 06:12.172 --> 06:16.910 align:left TO ANYTHING THAT YOU SET YOUR MIND TO. WE ALSO HAD SOMETHING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME AND THAT 06:16.910 --> 06:21.248 align:left IS THAT WE AFFIRMED OURSELVES EVERY TIME WE BEGAN A MEMORY EXERCISE. >> I HAVE GREAT MEMORY. 06:21.248 --> 06:27.721 align:left I HAVE POWERFUL MEMORY. I HAVE A MEMORY SYSTEM. >> VERY GOOD. GO B.E.S.T. TAMPA, RIGHT! 06:27.721 --> 06:33.660 align:left >> I THINK THAT THAT TAUGHT US CONFIDENCE, AND THAT CONFIDENCE, I THINK, IS KEY TO HAVING A GREAT MEMORY AND TO BE ABLE TO 06:33.660 --> 06:40.467 align:left EXPAND IT AS FAR AS WE CAN. >> THIS IS SOMETHING ANYONE CAN DO NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND. 06:40.467 --> 06:50.744 align:left >> IF WE CAN ALLOW STUDENTS IN THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES AND FLORIDA TO BE, NUMBER ONE, EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING AND FEEL 06:50.744 --> 06:58.418 align:left VERY CONFIDENT IN WHATEVER THEIR FIELD OF STUDY IS, THAT'S EXCITING. >> THE BENEFITS OF EXPANDING 06:58.418 --> 07:03.590 align:left YOUR MEMORY SKILLS ARE VAST. >> DID YOU MAKE UP A STORY? >> YEAH, I MADE A STORY. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR STORY 07:03.590 --> 07:09.262 align:left ABOUT THE GIFT. >> MY LIFE PHILOSOPHY IS TO USE MY INFLUENCE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. 07:09.262 --> 07:17.504 align:left AND IF I CAN DO THAT AND HELP SOME STUDENTS AND HELP MAYBE ONE DAY A DOCTOR OR A NURSE THAT I TRAINED THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF 07:17.504 --> 07:24.878 align:left ME AND SAVE MY LIFE, THAT WOULD BE JUST A JOY. AND THEN TO RAISE A NEW GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE 07:24.878 --> 07:29.516 align:left PROVIDERS THAT ARE COMPASSIONATE, KIND, LOVING, AND HAVE A GREAT MEMORY. 07:32.085 --> 07:33.853 align:left >> QUEST FOR MEMORY AT: 07:39.125 --> 07:45.765 align:left >>> INVASIVE SPECIES COME IN MANY FORMS AND ARE A COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT PROBLEM. MITIGATING THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE 07:45.765 --> 07:51.304 align:left ISN'T EASY, BUT SCIENTISTS ARE FINDING THAT IT IS ACHIEVABLE AS LONG AS EVERYONE DOES THEIR PART. 07:51.304 --> 07:53.073 align:left HERE'S THE STORY. 07:54.841 --> 08:01.147 align:left >> INVASIVE SPECIES. IT MAY SOUND LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, BUT THEY ARE VERY REAL. 08:01.147 --> 08:07.253 align:left >> THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF INVASIVE SPECIES. ONE WOULD BE A NATIVE AND THE OTHER WOULD BE AN EXOTIC. 08:07.253 --> 08:13.393 align:left EXOTIC INVASIVES ARE THE ONES THAT COME FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE, GET INOCULATED INTO AN AREA BECAUSE WE PLANTED THEM OR 08:13.393 --> 08:19.165 align:left INTRODUCED THEM SOMEHOW, AND THEN EVENTUALLY JUST KEEP GROWING SO MUCH THAT THEY START SHOVING OUT OF THE SPECIES. 08:19.165 --> 08:25.538 align:left WE WANT TO MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY. THE EXOTICS MAKE THINGS LOOK MORE HOMOGENEOUS. 08:25.538 --> 08:31.411 align:left >> IN SOUTH FLORIDA, GIANT AFRICAN SNAILS HAVE BECOME A MAJOR CONCERN. >> THE BIGGEST SNAIL WE 08:31.411 --> 08:36.616 align:left FOUND HERE IT WAS CLOSE TO SEVEN INCHES. >> THE SNAILS THREATEN NATIVE SPECIES BECAUSE OF THEIR 08:36.616 --> 08:44.491 align:left VORACIOUS APPETITE. THEY FEAST ON AT LEAST 500 PLANT SPECIES AND THEIR ABILITY TO RAPIDLY REPRODUCE. 08:44.491 --> 08:52.499 align:left >> IN SEPTEMBER 2014, ONLY IN ONE HOUSE WE FOUND MORE THAN 4,000 SNAILS. >> THEY ALSO POSE A THREAT 08:52.499 --> 08:58.004 align:left TO PEOPLE. >> THE HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH THREAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE CDC, THE PRESENCE OF 08:58.004 --> 09:04.778 align:left ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A VERY RARE FORM OF MENINGITIS. AND THERE IS NO CURE FOR THAT. 09:04.778 --> 09:12.085 align:left >> OFTEN, IT'S ANIMALS THAT GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. INVASIVE SPECIES, LIKE NILE MONITOR LIZARDS, BURMESE 09:12.085 --> 09:19.626 align:left PYTHONS, AND LIONFISH ARE WELL KNOWN TO MANY FLORIDIANS. BUT EVEN BENIGN LOOKING PLANTS CAN POSE SERIOUS THREATS TO OUR 09:19.626 --> 09:25.932 align:left NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS. >> THIS PLANT RIGHT HERE IS BRAZILIAN PEPPER. IT'S IN AMONG SOME OTHER TREES, 09:25.932 --> 09:31.037 align:left OAKS, ET CETERA. I'M NOT TOUCHING IT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I MIGHT REACT VERY MUCH LIKE PEOPLE REACT WITH 09:31.037 --> 09:36.609 align:left POISON IVY. THIS IS ON THE EDGE OF A WETLAND, AND IT IS A RATHER NICE CYPRESS DOME. 09:36.609 --> 09:41.314 align:left I'M THINKING IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WETLAND. THE PROBLEM IS THAT BRAZILIAN PEPPER GROWS WELL ON THE EDGE OF 09:41.314 --> 09:47.754 align:left THOSE WET SOILS AND EVENTUALLY WILL CROWD OUT A LOT OF THE OTHER PLANTS HERE AND TAKE OVER THIS SPACE. 09:47.754 --> 09:53.126 align:left ALSO NOTICE IT'S A FAIRLY EMPTY ZONE RIGHT HERE. THAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE DUE TO THE CHEMICAL RAIN THAT COMES 09:53.126 --> 09:59.032 align:left DOWN FROM THIS PLANT THAT INHIBITS OTHER PLANTS. >> THE BRAZILIAN PEPPER TREE WAS BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS A NURSERY 09:59.032 --> 10:05.438 align:left PLANT IN THE 19th CENTURY, BUT IT LONG AGO ESCAPED BACKYARDS AND HAS THRIVED IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. 10:05.438 --> 10:12.045 align:left >> IT'S OVER 700,000 ACRES, PROBABLY MORE LIKE 750,000 ACRES NOW THAT IS OCCUPIED BY BRAZILIAN PEPPER. 10:12.045 --> 10:18.618 align:left AND THAT'S VERY COMPARABLE TO THE COMBINED TWO COUNTIES OF ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. >> AS WITH MANY INVASIVES, 10:18.618 --> 10:24.724 align:left ERADICATING BRAZILIAN PEPPER IS A DIFFICULT TASK. >> TO GET RID OF THIS MEANS YOU HAVE TO COME IN HERE AND CUT 10:24.724 --> 10:31.698 align:left THIS, PROBABLY DRAG THOSE BRANCHES OUT OF HERE, VERY CAREFULLY CLOTHED SO YOU'RE NOT BREAKING OUT IN A RASH FROM THIS 10:31.698 --> 10:37.403 align:left CHEMICAL, BUT THEN IT USUALLY REQUIRES SOME FOLLOW UP BECAUSE IT CAN RESPROUT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE 10:37.403 --> 10:43.576 align:left WILL DO IS TO TREAT THAT STUMP WITH A CHEMICAL. THAT REQUIRES SOME TRAINING AND SOME PERMITS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T 10:43.576 --> 10:49.782 align:left NECESSARILY JUST SPRAY THE STUFF INTO A WETLAND. >> PREVENTION IS OFTEN A MUCH CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE, BUT IT 10:49.782 --> 10:56.389 align:left REQUIRES THE EFFORT OF MANY INDIVIDUALS. >> THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER CAN -- JUST THINK ABOUT THE KINDS OF 10:56.389 --> 11:01.661 align:left PLANTS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PLANTING IN THE YARD, THE ONES THAT WOULD GROW TOO FAST AND SPREAD TOO FAR. 11:01.661 --> 11:07.233 align:left WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THE ANIMALS THAT WE CHOOSE TO OWN AS PETS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE 11:07.233 --> 11:14.807 align:left ANIMALS WHEN WE'RE TIRED OF FEEDING THESE LARGE THINGS. >> INVASIVE SPECIES CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT, 11:14.807 --> 11:20.580 align:left ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY THREATEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. BUT THEY THREATEN SOMETHING EVEN MORE PRECIOUS TO MANY 11:20.580 --> 11:26.519 align:left FLORIDIANS. >> WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT OUR WORLD TO LOOK LIKE? 11:26.519 --> 11:32.659 align:left AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT WORLD? WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH ARE WE WISHING TO RETAIN SOME OF 11:32.659 --> 11:37.997 align:left THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND VALUABLE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO FLORIDA OR WHEN WE HAD FAMILIES THAT 11:37.997 --> 11:43.069 align:left GREW UP HERE. THE THINGS THAT MAKE FLORIDA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL BE KIND OF 11:43.069 --> 11:49.442 align:left SMUDGED AND ERASED BY INVASIVE SPECIES FROM LOTS OF OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT SHOW UP HERE. SO WE WILL LOSE THIS UNIQUE 11:49.442 --> 11:53.179 align:left CORNER OF THE WORLD. THAT SHOULD MATTER TO US FUNDAMENTALLY. 11:54.747 --> 11:56.683 align:left >> QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE AT: 12:03.623 --> 12:11.030 align:left >> AS THE MOST COMMON GENETIC DISORDER WORLDWIDE, COLOR BLINDNESS AFFECTS ROUGHLY 1 IN 12 MEN AND 1 IN 200 WOMEN, 12:11.030 --> 12:16.970 align:left THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WHOM HAVE TROUBLE PERCEIVING RED AND GREEN. AFTER A DECADE OF GROUNDWORK, 12:16.970 --> 12:23.943 align:left VISIONARY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MAY HAVE FINALLY CREATED A CURE FOR THE COLOR BLINDNESS BLUES. 12:25.878 --> 12:35.655 align:left >> THIS IS SAM. HE'S A PRETTY SPECIAL MONKEY. YOU SEE, UNLIKE ALL OTHER MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS, SAM CAN SEE 12:35.655 --> 12:42.862 align:left THE COLOR RED AND HAPPILY PROVES IT IN EXCHANGE FOR A SUGAR PALLET. >> AND SQUIRREL MONKEYS, ALL THE 12:42.862 --> 12:48.234 align:left MALES HAVE COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY, SO THEY ARE ALL COLOR BLIND. >> BUT NOT SAM HERE, WHOSE 12:48.234 --> 12:54.374 align:left ABILITY TO SMUSH HIS FACE AGAINST THE PINK DOTS ON A TOUCH SCREEN REPRESENTS A CULMINATION OF COLOR VISION RESEARCH BY 12:54.374 --> 13:03.016 align:left JAY AND MAUREEN NEITZ. >> MAUREEN IS A GENETICIST AND GENETIC ENGINEER, AND I'M A NEUROSCIENTIST. 13:03.016 --> 13:08.955 align:left AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER OUR EXPERTISE. >> NOT TO BRING MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS UP TO PAR WITH FEMALES. 13:08.955 --> 13:14.494 align:left >> OUR WHOLE GOAL WAS EVENTUALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN PEOPLE. >> COLOR-BLIND PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM MIGHT BE GREEN WITH ENVY 13:14.494 --> 13:21.267 align:left WATCHING A MONKEY SEE RED. THERE ARE A LOT OF MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT COLOR BLINDNESS. 13:21.267 --> 13:29.142 align:left >> OH, YOU MUST SEE ONLY IN BLACK AND WHITE, LIKE A BLACK-AND-WHITE TELEVISION, BUT ALMOST EVERYBODY WHO'S 13:29.142 --> 13:35.348 align:left COLOR BLIND IS NOT COMPLETELY COLOR BLIND. >> 99% OF COLOR-BLIND PEOPLE HAVE THE RED-GREEN VARIETY, 13:35.348 --> 13:39.585 align:left WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T SEE RED OR GREEN. THEY JUST EXPERIENCE RED OR GREEN DIFFERENTLY FROM 13:39.585 --> 13:45.024 align:left NORMAL PEOPLE. AND THIS SMALL GAP IN THE COLOR SPECTRUM CONTAINS EVEN THE MOST BASIC EXPERIENCES. 13:45.024 --> 13:53.332 align:left >> A RED PEPPER AND A GREEN PEPPER ALMOST LOOK IDENTICAL. A GREEN BANANA AND A YELLOW BANANA, AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY, 13:53.332 --> 13:59.205 align:left VERY HARD TO TELL. >> A SIMILAR FRUSTRATION CAN OCCUR AT THE BUTCHER'S COUNTER. >> A COLOR-BLIND PERSON IS 13:59.205 --> 14:07.313 align:left PRETTY LOST AT BEING ABLE TO TELL THE NICE BRIGHT RED MEATS USING THEIR COLOR VISION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN'T 14:07.313 --> 14:15.354 align:left BE USDA MEAT INSPECTOR UNLESS YOU HAVE PERFECT COLOR VISION. >> OTHER JOBS ARE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 14:15.354 --> 14:20.960 align:left >> PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PILOT OR THEY WANT TO BE A NURSE. A NURSE CANNOT REALLY BE COLOR BLIND. 14:20.960 --> 14:27.266 align:left THERE'S ALL THOSE PILLS THAT ARE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS. IF THE PATIENT IS TURNING BLUE OR FLUSHED AND THEY ARE RED. 14:27.266 --> 14:32.672 align:left >> OR IF YOU ARE A COLOR-BLIND VIDEOGRAPHER TRYING TO A MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT COLOR VISION. >> IT MAKES YOUR LIFE 14:32.672 --> 14:39.812 align:left EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. >> PREACH ON, DR. NEITZ. >> OH, HONEY, LET'S TAKE A VACATION TO VERMONT AND SEE THE 14:39.812 --> 14:45.785 align:left BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN COLORS. YOU KNOW, THE SUNSET. OH, SWEETHEART, ISN'T IT SO ROMANTIC? 14:45.785 --> 14:51.057 align:left THE COLOR OF THE SKY LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. >> YOU CAN START TO SEE WHY 1 IN 12 MEN OR 1 IN 200 WOMEN 14:51.057 --> 14:59.198 align:left AFFECTED BY THE DISORDER MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A CURE. >> SO IN 1999, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GIVE IT A SHOT AND TRY 14:59.198 --> 15:06.873 align:left TO SEE IF WE COULD DO THE CURE. >> EASIER SAID THAN DONE. COLOR BLIND ISN'T AN ILLNESS. IT'S 100% GENETIC. 15:06.873 --> 15:13.679 align:left >> RIGHT. >> SO THAT -- WELL, THAT -- >> LET'S BACK UP FOR A SECOND. AT THE BACK OF YOUR EYE IS 15:13.679 --> 15:19.552 align:left YOUR RETINA. AND INSIDE THAT ARE THREE TYPES OF PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS CALLED CONES. 15:19.552 --> 15:25.825 align:left >> THERE'S ONE MORE SENSITIVE TO RED, ONE MORE SENSITIVE TO BLUE, AND ONE MORE SENSITIVE TO GREEN. >> AND EACH OF THESE CONES AND 15:25.825 --> 15:32.498 align:left THEIR CORRESPONDING PIGMENTS ARE ENCODED BY SPECIFIC GENES. >> SO HUMANS AND OTHER OLD-WORLD PRIMATES HAVE TWO GENES ON THE 15:32.498 --> 15:37.904 align:left X CHROMOSOME THAT ENCODE VISUAL PIGMENTS. ONE ENCODES THE RED-CONE PIGMENT AND THE OTHER ONE ENCODES 15:37.904 --> 15:46.712 align:left GREEN-CONE PIGMENT. >> BUT IF YOU'RE COLOR BLIND -- >> ONLY ONE TYPE, RED OR GREEN, IS EXPRESSED. 15:46.712 --> 15:52.852 align:left >> FINDING THAT FAULTY GENE WAS RELATIVELY SIMPLE. REPLACING THOSE GENES INSIDE THE CONE CELLS WITH THE RIGHT GENES, 15:52.852 --> 15:58.524 align:left WELL, THAT'S A BIT TRICKIER. >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME WAY OF DELIVERING A GENE TO THE CELLS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TREAT AND 15:58.524 --> 16:05.064 align:left NOT INTO OTHER CELLS. >> FORTUNATELY, NATURE HAS CRAFTED A REALLY POWERFUL METHOD OF FORCING DNA INTO A VERY 16:05.064 --> 16:07.800 align:left SPECIFIC CELL -- A VIRUS. 16:07.834 --> 16:14.674 align:left >> THE VIRUS THAT WE USE IS CALLED ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS, AND PEOPLE CALL IT AAV. ITS MAIN ADVANTAGE IS THAT YOU 16:14.674 --> 16:17.910 align:left DON'T GET AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST THE VIRUS. 16:17.944 --> 16:23.382 align:left >> SO WHILE RESEARCHING HOW TO LOAD THE THERAPEUTIC GENE INTO THE VIRUS, THE NEITZS TRAINED A PAIR OF COLOR-BLIND 16:23.382 --> 16:30.590 align:left MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS, SAM AND DALTON, TO TAKE A COLOR BLINDNESS TEST. >> EVERY SINGLE MORNING, THE 16:30.590 --> 16:34.861 align:left MONKEYS WAKE UP, AND BEFORE THEY HAVE BREAKFAST THEY GO, OKAY, IT'S TIME TO HAVE OUR COLOR VISION TESTED. 16:34.861 --> 16:41.801 align:left AND THE MONKEY IS TRAINED TO TOUCH THE PLACE WHERE THEY SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT COLOR BLOB. AND THEN THEY GET A TREAT. 16:41.801 --> 16:48.007 align:left THEY CAN BE MOST EFFICIENT AND GET THE MOST REWARDS IF THEY JUST TOUCH WITH THEIR NOSE AND THEN THEY GET DOWN AND GET THEIR 16:48.007 --> 16:53.880 align:left LITTLE TREAT. >> AND JUST TO BE THOROUGH -- >> WE ALSO RAN UNTREATED ANIMALS. 16:53.880 --> 16:59.518 align:left YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY THEY MIGHT JUST BY CHANCE TOUCH THE RIGHT SPOT. BUT OVER TRIALS YOU KNOW THEY 16:59.518 --> 17:04.724 align:left CAN ONLY REALLY GET IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME IF THEY HAVE NORMAL COLOR VISION. >> ONCE THE MONKEYS WERE TRAINED 17:04.724 --> 17:11.130 align:left AND THE VIRUS WAS READY, SAM AND DALTON UNDERWENT A FAIRLY ELABORATE PROCEDURE. >>> A VITREORETINAL SURGEON 17:11.130 --> 17:16.903 align:left SLIPS THE NEEDLE UNDERNEATH THE RETINA. THEN THE FLUID IS INFUSED IN ORDER TO TREAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE 17:16.903 --> 17:21.908 align:left BACK OF THE EYE. >> IT WASN'T IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS THAT IT WORKED. >> AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG 17:21.908 --> 17:29.048 align:left IT WAS GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR AFTER THE PIGMENT WAS EXPRESSED ROBUSTLY. >> NOW WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND 17:29.048 --> 17:36.656 align:left YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ANIMALS, IT'S SO DRAMATIC. IT'S AN AMAZING THING. AND IT AMAZED US. 17:36.656 --> 17:42.795 align:left >> ALTHOUGH THE FDA HAS YET TO APPROVE THE PROCEDURE FOR HUMAN TRIALS, RECENTLY THE NEITZS HAVE DEVELOPED A ONE-SHOT VERSION OF 17:42.795 --> 17:48.801 align:left THE CURE. >> IT'S LIKE AN EVERYDAY SHOT THAT WOULD TAKE ONE SECOND, JUST A SHOT RIGHT INTO THE EYE. 17:48.801 --> 17:54.974 align:left >> AND WHILE GETTING A SHOT IN YOUR EYE SOUNDS TERRIFYING TO SOME, IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR LIVING OUT A DREAM OR 17:54.974 --> 18:01.747 align:left GETTING TO SEE A SUNSET IN ALL ITS GLORY OR MAYBE JUST NOT LEAVING YOUR HOUSE DRESSED LIKE THIS. 18:03.416 --> 18:05.284 align:left >> QUEST FOR CLARITY AT: 18:09.188 --> 18:14.293 align:left >>> SCHOOLS IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SPECIAL CHALLENGES. ONE SCHOOL IN FLORIDA IS TAKING 18:14.293 --> 18:20.366 align:left A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HELP STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND THEIR MISSION IS SIMPLE: 18:20.366 --> 18:24.403 align:left PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY MEANS BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE STUDENTS. 18:27.740 --> 18:34.480 align:left >> COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE AN INNOVATIVE PRACTICE. IT IS A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN DONE INTERNATIONALLY. 18:34.480 --> 18:39.785 align:left IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAD A MODEL STARTED BY THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY IN NEW YORK. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING 18:39.785 --> 18:45.491 align:left COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TOGETHER TO HELP IN SCHOOLS OF HIGH NEED. >> THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL 18:45.491 --> 18:52.031 align:left HAS BEEN IN THE U.S. FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THIS YEAR, THE CONCEPT COMES TO THE BAY AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME 18:52.031 --> 18:59.772 align:left TO MORT ELEMENTARY IN TAMPA. MORT'S INITIAL START WITH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS. 18:59.772 --> 19:06.512 align:left >> AT MORT WE HAVE EIGHT CORE PARTNERS, SO WE HAVE A LEAD SOCIAL SERVICE NONPROFIT THAT IS CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY. 19:06.512 --> 19:12.952 align:left WE HAVE A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THAT IS TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS. WE HAVE A UNIVERSITY PARTNER, 19:12.952 --> 19:19.558 align:left UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR CORE PARTNERS, WE ARE ALSO 19:19.558 --> 19:25.264 align:left BRINGING IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE TAMPA INNOVATION ALLIANCE, 19:25.264 --> 19:30.770 align:left VAN DYKE CHURCH AND FLORIDA HOSPITAL. AND SO EACH OF THESE EIGHT PARTNERS HAVE MADE A 25-YEAR 19:30.770 --> 19:38.110 align:left COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> MANY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE 19:38.110 --> 19:45.284 align:left TO STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, INCLUDING EDUCATION-BASED PARENTING CLASSES. >> THE CLASS IS FACILITATED 19:45.284 --> 19:52.792 align:left THROUGH THE HISPANIC SERVICES COUNCIL, AND IT'S CALLED LA RED DE PADRES ACTIVOS. IT'S ENTIRELY TAUGHT IN SPANISH. 19:52.792 --> 20:00.933 align:left BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET OUR PARENTS ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN SCHOOLS. AND SO EACH WEEK THEY TALK ABOUT 20:00.933 --> 20:05.071 align:left DIFFERENT ISSUES. THIS IS WHAT THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IS. THIS IS WHAT THE ROLE OF THE 20:05.071 --> 20:09.542 align:left SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS. THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL. THIS IS HOW YOU CAN FOLLOW THROUGH ON DIFFERENT THINGS. 20:09.542 --> 20:15.014 align:left THIS IS HOW YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR THESE ARE YOUR RIGHTS AS PARENTS. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TRAINING 20:15.014 --> 20:20.853 align:left CLASS FOR THE SPANISH-SPEAKING PARENTS AT MORT. PRINCIPAL WOODLAND JOHNSON IS THERE TO WELCOME THEM TO A NEW 20:20.853 --> 20:27.993 align:left YEAR AT THE SCHOOL. >> HAVE WORKED FOR OVER A YEAR TO GET OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL UP AND GET OUR NEW PARENT RESOURCE 20:27.993 --> 20:35.234 align:left CENTER UP AND READY. >> IT TOOK 18 MONTHS OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION TO GET HERE. >> A LOT OF FUND-RAISING, 20:35.234 --> 20:42.741 align:left A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF WORKING AT GETTING PARTNERS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS TO REALLY BELIEVE IN 20:42.741 --> 20:49.348 align:left THE PROCESS, TO BELIEVE IN THE VISION OF WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY AREA 20:49.348 --> 20:56.922 align:left COMMUNITY WHICH THE MORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS IN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND WHY WE WANT 20:56.922 --> 21:04.230 align:left TO BE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL. >> THE SCHOOL ALSO PROVIDES EMERGENCY SUPPORT AS NEEDED. >> WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE 21:04.230 --> 21:10.169 align:left GOTTEN UP AND RUNNING OUR FOOD PANTRY. WE HAVE A LARGE FOOD PANTRY THAT WE HAVE THROUGH OUTSIDE 21:10.169 --> 21:16.041 align:left DONATIONS AS WELL AS THROUGH PUBLIX CHARITIES, WHICH IS SUPPORTING US. WE ALSO HAVE A CLOTHES CLOSET 21:16.041 --> 21:22.381 align:left WHERE WE HAVE CLOTHES THAT WE HELP FAMILIES WITH AS WELL. >> CHANGES ALSO CAME TO MANY OF THE CLASSROOMS HERE. 21:22.381 --> 21:29.088 align:left >> WE'VE GOT NEW FURNITURE IN SOME OF OUR CLASSROOMS WITH WRITE-ON DESKS AND TABLES THAT MOVE WITH WHEELS SO THEY CAN 21:29.088 --> 21:35.227 align:left REARRANGE THE CLASSROOM AT THE DROP OF A HAT, AS WELL AS WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY. WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH 21:35.227 --> 21:42.768 align:left PROMETHEAN TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH WE HAVE PUT LARGE WALLBOARDS WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE VERY INTERACTIVE. 21:42.768 --> 21:48.674 align:left THEY ARE CONNECTED TO COMPUTERS. WE HAVE GOTTEN ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTERS FOR ALMOST ALL OF OUR THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH 21:48.674 --> 21:53.479 align:left GRADERS. >> ONE OF THOSE FIFTH GRADERS IS RYLEE BOUCHER. SHE'S ALSO ACTIVE IN THE SCHOOL 21:53.479 --> 22:01.220 align:left AS A STUDENT LEADER. THE STUDENTS ARE GROUPED INTO DIFFERENT HOUSES, AND THEY WORK AS A TEAM TO WIN REWARDS. 22:01.220 --> 22:07.960 align:left >> SO MY ROLE AT THE STUDENT COUNCIL IS AS PRESIDENT OF THE BLUE HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF COURAGE, PART OF MY ROLE, I HAVE 22:07.960 --> 22:15.901 align:left TO LEAD THE STUDENTS, HAVE THEM SHOW COURAGE, JUST BE MORE COURAGEOUS IN THE ACTS THEY DO AT SCHOOL AND TO GET THEM TO 22:15.901 --> 22:22.908 align:left HAVE THE BEHAVIOR, BE HERE ON TIME. EVERY TIME A STUDENT IS ON TIME AND THEY SHOW GOOD BEHAVIOR 22:22.908 --> 22:28.247 align:left THEY'LL GET A POINT FOR THE HOUSE. AND THE HOUSE THAT HAS THE MOST POINTS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 22:28.247 --> 22:37.089 align:left THEY WILL WIN A PARTY. MY GOAL IS TO HELP STUDENTS IN MY HOUSE EARN THAT PARTY. IT TAKES A LOT OF TEAMWORK TO 22:37.089 --> 22:44.430 align:left RUN A HOUSE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF REWARDS IN OUR HOUSE IF STUDENTS ARE DOING GOOD, BUT THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO EARN THOSE 22:44.430 --> 22:51.804 align:left REWARDS. >> WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT SO UNIQUE IS THE GOAL TO GO FAR BEYOND THE THREE- TO FIVE-YEAR 22:51.804 --> 23:00.613 align:left FUNDING CYCLE OF MOST GRANTS. PARTNERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A 25-YEAR COMMITMENT. >> WITH THIS 25-YEAR COMMITMENT, 23:00.613 --> 23:05.885 align:left EACH OF THE PARTNERS ARE SAYING WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A GENERATION. SO EVEN WHEN THE GRANT RUNS OUT 23:05.885 --> 23:11.590 align:left IN ONE YEAR, THREE YEARS, OR FIVE YEARS, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THESE 23:11.590 --> 23:18.163 align:left PROJECTS. >> ONE SUCH PARTNER IS THE TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS. THEIR CEO, CHARLIE BOTTOMS, IS 23:18.163 --> 23:27.706 align:left ALL IN. >> THIS IS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT WAS NEW TO ME. 23:27.706 --> 23:35.014 align:left AND IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NEEDS INVOLVEMENT IN THERE. AND SO IT ONLY MADE A NATURAL 23:35.014 --> 23:45.324 align:left PARTNERSHIP FOR US TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND PROVIDE HEALTH CARE ON-SITE TO THE STUDENTS, ABOUT 840 PLUS, AS WELL AS THE 23:45.324 --> 23:51.897 align:left PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SURROUNDING HERE. >> THESE EFFORTS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE MORT ELEMENTARY 23:51.897 --> 24:00.239 align:left COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME. >> I REALLY BELIEVE IN COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER TO HELP FIX PROBLEMS, THAT IT'S NOT 24:00.239 --> 24:05.944 align:left A TAP-DOWN APPROACH, BUT A GROUND-UP APPROACH AND BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE. 24:05.944 --> 24:11.216 align:left IT'S THE SCHOOLS, IT'S THE BUSINESS PARTNERS, IT'S THE RESIDENTS, IT'S THE CHURCHES, IT'S EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER 24:11.216 --> 24:20.059 align:left TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY. >> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 24:20.059 --> 24:26.498 align:left GOING TO HELP OUR CHILDREN TO SUCCEED AND BE PREPARED FOR LIFE, TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT, TO GET JOBS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, 24:26.498 --> 24:33.038 align:left WITHIN THE INNOVATE DISTRICT HERE IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA, AND THAT'S A BIG PIECE FOR 25 YEARS FROM NOW. 24:33.038 --> 24:38.544 align:left WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ARE COMING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY ARE GIVING BACK, THAT THEY HAVE 24:38.544 --> 24:42.881 align:left JOBS, THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 24:45.551 --> 24:49.188 align:left >> 24% OF CHILDREN IN FLORIDA LIVE IN POVERTY. 24:52.758 --> 24:59.098 align:left >> AND THAT WRAPS UP THIS EPISODE OF "WEDU QUEST." 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