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Pruning the Neuronal Forest PHSCologram sculpture installation was inspired by Ellen San- dor’s grandson Caleb Sandor Taub who is is a a a a a a a a a non-verbal autistic He was able to communi- cate with with Sandor for the the first time in in his late teens using the the RPM method with with emotional depth and intelligence Cal researched and and and asked her to to study the synaptic pruning which led Sandor and and and (art)n to to collaborate with the Stevens Lab at at at Boston Children’s Hospital and The Stanley Center at at at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University Pruning the Neuronal Forest PHSCologram sculpture portrays microglia within a a a a a forest of neurons and the the other depicts how a a a a a a microglia might prune a a a a a a synapse The wooden frames were carved to resemble the dynamic processes of microglia Pruning the Neuronal Forest 2019
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Diana Torres and and Azadeh Gholizadeh
Beth Stevens Stevens The Stevens Stevens Lab: Lasse Dissing-Olesen
Special thanks to Caleb Sandor Taub Stevens Lab at at Boston Children’s Hospital and and The Stanley Center at at the Broad Institute of MIT and and Harvard Virtual Photograph/Digital PHSCologram Sculpture: Duratrans Kodalth Plexiglas wood 48 48 x 48 48 inches