Tonight at the Curiosity Club: "From Sci-Fi to Salem: The History, Science, and Culture of Cryonics" with Chana De Wolf of Cryonics NW
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Join us tonight at the Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club in lovely downtown Portland, Oregon as Chana De Wolf of Cryonics NW dispels myths and disseminates facts about life extension through Cryonics.
Tuesday, Nov. 13th
6PM PST
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
What does the word “cryonics” bring to mind? Creepy scientists freezing dead bodies? Plumes of liquid nitrogen vapor as corpses are committed to the dewar? Dying people, desperately grasping at straws for another chance at life?
Chana will talk about these and other common images of cryonics as she leads a frank discussion of the history and the current state of cryonics as it is practiced in the real world. From “straight-freezing” the first human in 1967 to the development of carrier and vitrification solutions for optimal cryoprotection of the brain, cryonics advocates have made significant advances in cryobiological knowledge and cryopreservation technologies in hopes of extending and saving lives.
Despite these advances, cryonics still struggles to maintain credibility in the scientific mainstream and popular media. Chana will address this issue by inspecting how demographics have shaped the culture of cryonics and what cryonics organizations and members can do to get their image and message right.
Not in the greater Portland area? No problem! Join us live on our broadcast channel –the show begins at 6pm Pacific.
Chana de Wolf is a business manager and biomedical researcher in Portland. She holds a B.S. in Experimental Psychology, a M.S. in Neuroscience, and has extensive management and laboratory experience. She is a Director and researcher for Advanced Neural Biosciences, where she and her husband conduct cryonics-relevant research.
Chana became aware of cryonics while studying the neuroscience of aging and memory in graduate school circa 2003. She worked as a Research Associate at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, AZ, from 2006-2008, where she also participated in human cryopreservation cases.
As a Director of the Institute for Evidence Based Cryonics, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting research, education, and information dissemination in cryonics, Chana is uniquely situated to answer questions, address concerns, and dispel the many myths surrounding the practice and purpose of human cryopreservation.
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