A great turnout for Bio-Art!

by Heidi Hehnly in , , ,


We had exceptional turnout and great discussion for this past Friday’s Bio-Art, with ~70 people showing up for the in person presentations and 50 people online! Thank you everyone for coming and being so engaging with our speakers!

Anna (presenter), Denis (moderator), and Kelly (presenter) during the lively discussion following the talks.

Bio-Art Audience

Anna, Boryana, and Heidi

Kelly giving a great talk!


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


EMBO Workshop: Centrosomes and Spindle Pole Bodies (Oct 10-13)

by Heidi Hehnly in ,


Nikhila, Abrar, and I all enjoyed the EMBO workshop in Copenhagen! We are also thankful that the organizers put so much effort into the Hybrid format, where Deba (Hehnly lab Postdoc) was able to actively participate and attend while staying in Syracuse. Nikhila and Abbi both presented posters and gave a joint presentation in Science Slam too, titled “The different roles a centrosome can play” (included photos below). I (Heidi) also gave a lecture titled “Centrosome positioning during lumen formation in the zebrafish Kupffer’s Vesicle”. We enjoying meeting everyone over the amazing coffee, snacks and meals, and are so thankful to the organizers for making this happen. We finished off the meeting with an awesome meal at Ark, a Michelin rated Vegetarian restaurant and then an afternoon at the most beautiful amusement park, Tivoli! Included are some photos below.

Heidi presenting.

Abrar and Nikhila presenting.

Nikhila, Abrar, and I enjoying coffee at the conference center

Abrar presenting her poster.

Nikhila presenting her poster.

Group photo at Ark, Bart was an active participant.