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Museum of Science: Genes and Jazz

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STARTS:

Wed Nov 04, 2009 @ 07:30PM

ENDS:

Wed Nov 04, 2009 @ 09:00PM

LOCATION:

Museum of Science, Boston/Cahners Theater

What do DNA and music have in common? Nobel Prize-winner Harold Varmus teams up with son Jacob Varmus, jazz trumpeter and composer, to explore the ways in which genes and notes affect complex organisms and compelling music. This father-son duo compares cell biology to musical development through a multimedia experience that features a performance by the Jacob Varmus Quintet. Fee: $15. Tickets on sale for Museum members beginning Monday, August 31. Tickets for the general public beginning Thursday, September 3. Purchase tickets in person at the Museum box office, by phone at 617-723-2500, or online at mos.org/adults.

With Harold Varmus, MD, Nobel Prize winner; president, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Jacob Varmus, trumpeter and composer, and The Jacob Varmus Quintet.

This program is made possible by the Richard S. Morse Fund.