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ABM 2021 PROGRAM
Eastern Standard Time

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DAY 1 - September 22

Session 1:     Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Focused Searches for Biological Materials
Moderator: Constantine Petridis

8:30 am - 9:15 am     A Tripartite Approach to Biomolecule Analysis for the Identification                                              of Chia Oil in Paintings and Lacquerware from New Spain (Mexico)
                                       Aleksandra Popowich and Jose Lazarte Luna
9:15 am  - 10:00 am  ArcHives: Beeswax as a Biomolecular Archive
                                (an exploratory investigation)
                                Matthew Collins, Alister Sutherland, Samuel Johns, and Tuuli Kasso
10:00 am - 10:45 am Breakout Rooms Session 1

Session 2:     Discovering Hidden Biological Materials
Moderator: Amy Tjiong

10:45 am - 11:30 am Overlooked Organics in Decorative Arts: Cataloging Skin-Based,                                                Skeletal, and Hard Keratinous Animal Tissues
                                Rosie Grayburn, Lara Kaplan, and Ann Wagner
11:30 am - 12:15 pm The Chilkat Dye Project
                                Ellen Carrlee and Tami Lasseter Clare
12:15 pm - 1:00   pm Breakout Rooms Session 2
1:00   pm - 1:30   pm Closing remarks and Logistics

DAY 2 - September 23

Session 3:     Unexpected Discoveries
Moderator: Caroline Tokarski

8:15 am - 9:00 am     Non-traditional materials in the ground layer of paintings from                                              the Danish Golden Age identified via MS-based proteomics
                                Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo and Cecil Krarup Andersen
9:00 am - 9:45 am     Hiding in plain sight: The biomolecular identification of seal use                                            in Romanesque medieval manuscripts
                                Élodie Lévêque and Matthew Teasdale
9:45 am - 10:30 am   Breakout Rooms Session 3

Session 4:     Seeing the Bigger Picture
Moderator: Frank Trujillo

10:30 am - 11:15 am Illuminating Genetic Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls
                                Christopher Mason and Noam Mizrahi
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Rethinking approaches to museum practices: why people matter                                            Invited Speakers Patricia Norby and Amy Tjiong
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm   Breakout Rooms Session 4
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm     Closing Remarks and Logistics

 

DAY 3 - September 24

Session 5:     New Insights: Why Biological Materials Matter
Moderator: Erma Hermens

8:15 am -  9:00 am    From egg tempera to oil painting – case studies of Domenico                                                        Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli and the chemistry and                                                              microstructure of paints
                                Ophélie Ranquet and Patrick Dietemann
9:00 am -  9:45 am    Business Meeting
9:45 am - 10:30 am   Breakout Rooms Session 5

Session 6:     Biological traces: building histories
Moderator: Christopher Mason

10:30 am - 11:30 am  Extracting Stories from DNA preserved by 19th century Americana
                                  Aniko Bezur, Andrew Miranker, and Katarzyna Vargas
11:30 am - 12:15 am  Accretion, accumulation, encrustation? Reconciling scientific and                                                   curatorial perspectives when reporting on surface materials on                                                     African sculptures
                                 Clara Granzotto and Susan Gagliardi 
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm   Breakout Rooms Session 6
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm     Closing Remarks and Logistics

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