Bio-Art Mixer (13th) Tonight at 6pm!

by Heidi Hehnly in , , ,

Boryana and I are happy to announce that our 13th Bio-Art Mixer is this Friday Nov 12 at 6pm in the Lundgren Room, 1st Floor Life and Sciences Building!

We have two exceptional speakers Anna Lindemann (https://annalindemann.com) from University of Connecticut and Biology’s own Alum, Kelly Schmid from Cornell University. Anna’s work combines Art and Biology where she uses digital and stop-motion animation, live and electronic music, video, and performance to explore the field of Evolutionary and Developmental Biology. Kelly Schmid is also interested in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology and is incorporating unique teaching strategies to bring her work to broader audiences.

We are attempting this to be a Hybrid event, our FIRST Hybrid Bio-Art mixer!

Our previous recorded events can be visited here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSiw8w4xmNEhMb2W7xyvoQ

Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/The-Bio-Art-Mixer-156771855004239

Two cool new courses at SU for Spring! Bio-Art and a Microscopy Lab

by Heidi Hehnly in ,

Boryana Rossa (VPA) and myself (Biology) are offering a Bio-Art Studio/Lab class… The first of its kind at Syracuse! This course is a studio and art history class, which brings together Transmedia, art and biology students, offering overlap of disciplines with hands on study of state-of-the-art digital imaging technologies, microscopy, biological drawing, and also lecturing on the relatively new field of Bio-Art. The outcome of the class will be shown at an exhibition at The Wall Gallery at Shaffer Art building at SU. It’s cross listed as TRM500 and BIO400/600. Students will have access to microscopes in my lab and the Blatt Imaging Center.

If students are interested in Microscopy, I’m offering a Microscopy Laboratory (Adv Micro Tech 400/600) where students will learn sample preparation either for live or immuno-histochemistry, imaging whole organisms and cell culture in three dimensions, different forms of microscopy such as expansion microscopy, epifluorescent imaging, laser scanning confocal, and spinning disk confocal. Students will also be going over kinetic analysis using FRAP, and overall quantitative analysis of acquired acquisitions. Students will have access to the cool biological samples for imaging, Blatt Imaging Center, and Microscopes in my lab.

Baltimore Underground Science Space Lecture online!

by Heidi Hehnly in , , ,

One of the good things about presenting to diverse audiences through zoom is that they can be recorded and shared! Boryana Rossa and my lecture on Bio Art and our mixer series is up on Baltimore Underground Science Space (BUGSS) website. If you want to hear how Biology can meet art, check it out here: Biology Meets Art.

My (Heidi) half of the presentation.

Boryana’s half of the presentation.