"Cinema of the Cell" in the press

ELSO Newsletter - Febuary 2007

"...Rather like music videos for the
life sciences, BioClips are entertaining
and informative multimedia documents presenting a biological research project or educational project in an original and creative manner.[...]" link

Science Magazine - October 2005

"...The virtual multiplex displays entrants from the last four rounds of the Cinema of the Cell festival. Held annually at the European Life Scientist Organization meeting, the contest lets researchers and students present their educational Web films, which use techniques from traditional animation to stop-motion with Lego blocks.[...]" link

EUROPA Research - 2004

"...Because I have assembled a small but creative, competent and enthusiastic team, we started doing Educational BioClips for the general public,' he noted. 'Marius explores the Cell' has met with great interest and we want to complete the interactive version and produce two [similar] BioClips.[...]" link

The ELSO gazette - October 2004

"...Young people are the main driving force behind the evening Cinema of the cell session at every ELSO meeting. Over the years, this cell biological 'film festival' has grown in ambition and scope.[...]" link

EMBL: Etcetera Newsletter
October 2004

"...prize winners included Julien Colombelli and colleagues, who received second prize in the Cinema of the Cell competition for their bioclip, 'Laser cytoplasmatic nanosurgery: dissecting the cytoskeleton.' You can watch the clip at http://www.bioclips.com/. Make sure you also check out the entertaining educational clip 'Marius explores the cell.[...]" link

EMBO reports - 2002

"...the new technical possibilities of the internet, might change this in the near future, Sardet thinks. ‘[A film clip] is much more than just an abstract,’ he said. ‘An abstract already tells you a lot about the science, but it is clearly not the same as a visual presentation.’ It might also help to increase public interest in science if such film material were easily available on the internet.[...]" link