ABM 2018 MEETING
Art Bio Matters 2018 aimed to assemble, for the first time, scientists, curators/art historians, and conservators for a stimulating forum to explore new directions in the study of biological materials in works of art. Through guided and balanced discussions, participants identified connections between advanced DNA, mass-spectrometric, and antibody-based approaches and their own research questions, thereby, facilitating focused and mutually beneficial collaborations.
STEERING COMMITTEE
Julie Arslanoglu (Co-organizer)
Research Scientist, Department of Scientific Research
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Head of Scientific Research
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Associate Conservator Paintings Conservation
J. Paul Getty Museum
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health
SUNY Downstate Medical Center;
Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology and Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics
American Museum of Natural History
Associate Curator of European Art, 300-1400 CE
The Walters Art Museum
Margaret Holben Ellis (Co-organizer)
Chair; Eugene Thaw Professor of Paper ConservationThe Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University
Richard M. & Isabel P. Furlaud Professor, Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Signal Transduction The Rockefeller University
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow BioArCh
University of York
Research Professor of Materials Science and (by courtesy) of Art History
Co-Director, Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS)
Northwestern University / Art Institute of Chicago
SPONSORS
A special thanks to the RLF for their support of Art Bio Matters.
SPEAKERS + PARTICIPANTS
* Speakers in green