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COMMUNITY Projects Publications Member Events Members MEMBER EVENTS Member events are specially organized by Art Bio Matters member and volunteers. They are intended to strengthen connections between members and help them find new colleagues to discuss research questions and concerns. Depending on the format, members will present current research projects, share open questions, and lead exchanges of information where the main goal is to improve the ways in which we understand biological materials in material heritage culture. ​ The following are members-only events. Registration links will be sent directly to ABM members through Slack and Email. SEMINAR SERIES Join us for monthly informal presentations on topics in biological material studies integrating science with conservation, history, culture, and/or other human sciences. Seminars take place every third Thursday and feature a 20-minute presentation by the speaker(s), followed by lively discussion with ABM community members. This platform allows you to share your area of interest, ongoing project, or seek collaboration outside your field. Submissions are reviewed continuously. Can't attend live? Recordings are available for one month to ABM members. Traditional Fish Leather Dyeing Methods with Indigenous Arctic Plants To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Elisa Palomino, Research Associate at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Arctic seamstresses, skilled in biochemistry and climatology have long used fish skin for clothing, often decorated with a rich colour palette of natural dyes provided by nature, processed from minerals and plant-based dyes gathered from riverbanks. This presentation examines how an international team tested traditional dyeing techniques on fish skin using flora from Sweden, Iceland, and Japan based on historical literature and verbal advice from local experts. The research supports eco-friendly, plant-based dyeing alternatives to chemical processes, promoting traditional craftsmanship. The project integrates historical practices with contemporary fashion, fostering innovation and sustainability in fish leather production and material design. Thursday, September 26, 2024 11:00 am ET Learn more ROUND TABLE Q&A round tables offer a unique opportunity to tap into the expertise within our diverse community. A small group of ABM members will each share current or on-going questions related to the biological materials of an object(s) in a brief (5-minute) description or presentation. This is followed by dynamic discussions with attendees, fostering knowledge exchange, brain storming, and opportunities for collaboration. ABM March 2024 Round Table To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Thainá Vígio Pamela Hatchfield Michael Galardi Thainá Vígio is seeking other fungicide methods other than freezing and anoxia treatment for 19th c. silk textiles. Pamela Hatchfield will discuss an outdoor Chinese sandstone sculpture compromised by a myriad of microbiological growth, and how to evaluate the risk of further damage from these species. Micheal Galardi (on behalf of Celeste Mahoney) will discuss light spots uncovered on a Huastec sandstone relief and wonders about the possibility of biological growth as a factor. Thursday, March 21, 2024 11:00 am ET ABM MEMBER CONVERSATIONS These informal conversations will explore the cross-disciplinary collaboration and research opportunities that define ABM. They aim to enhance our understanding of the diverse roles held by ABM members, spur collaborations, try out ideas, and explore new areas of study. Each conversation features two members, each from a different specialty (e.g., a curator and a scientist), who have not collaborated but have overlapping but not identical research interests. They will engage in a conversation based on three questions for each other, followed by audience discussion and questions. ABM Member Conversations - June 2024 To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Ruth Ann Armitage & Laurence Douny In this inaugural conversation event, Ruth Ann and Laurence will exchange thoughts from different field perspectives (chemistry and anthropology) on the scientific analysis of wild silks. Friday, June 28th, 2024 11:00 am ET OTHER WAYS TO PARTICIPATE ABM members get to participate in a variety of ways. Don't miss your chance to network! Why join the Art Bio Matters community? Members of the ABM community enjoy many benefits, regardless of their area of interest. Our website and Slack workspace have something for everyone: Communicate through the ABM Slack workspace Connect with colleagues, discuss research questions, and network in the ABM Slack community. Visit our Join the Community tab for more information. Join the Community Participate in an ABM meeting ABM has biennial conferences sharing ongoing research through a dynamic forum of exchange. Visit the ABM Meetings tab for more information. ABM Meetings Build the ABM website We need you to develop new content for the ABM website. Please email info@artbiomatters.org or message in Slack if you are interested to do any of the following: Share a project Provide a link to your publications, projects, or Opportunities to share with potential partners. Educate and reach out Provide a link to a case study or video that applies to our Materials, Instrumentation, Ethics, and Sampling pages. Anchor 1 Why join the Art Bio Matters community? ​ Members of the ABM community enjoy many benefits, regardless of their area of interest. Our website and Slack workspace have something for everyone: Access ABM 2018, 2021, and 2023 conference recordings and background materials. Join us and become a part of the ABM c ommunity

Hitomi Fujii Research Associate Scientist The Metropolitan Museum of Art Previous Next All members New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2023 Hitomi Fujii holds a Ph.D. in chemistry applied to food residues in Roman Amphorae from Avignon University, France. She worked on the organic analysis of heritage objects from mainly Louvre Museum, at the Center of Research and Restoration of the French Museum (C2RMF) from 2018. In 2023, she joined the Met as a staff for Scientific Research Partnerships. Her research area is natural and synthetic organic materials with gas chromatography mass spectrometry and infrared spectrometry. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Jessica French ​ Previous Next All members ​ MEMBER INFORMATION ​ ​ ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Beate Fuecker Project Lead Institute of Art Technology and Conservation (IKK) Germanisches National museum Previous Next All members Nuremberg, Germany MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2021 Beate Fücker is currently head of a research project in art technology of the late medieval panel paintings from southern Germany that are part of the collection of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. They have been investigating panel paintings for the last 8 years, so far resulting in two comprehensive collection catalogues. The ongoing serial examination of all panels follows the exact same scheme and involves radiography, infrared imaging, UV-fluorescence-photography, X-ray fluorescence analysis, wood species analysis, and microscopic examination as well as sampling and dendrochronology in selected cases. Animal tendon on late medieval wooden artefacts – Problems of Analysis and Questions of historic Preparation of Tendon Material Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Manu Frederickx Associate Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art Previous Next All members New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Manu Frederickx is an Associate Conservator at The Met’s Objects Conservation Department, where he is responsible for the conservation and technical study of musical instruments. Previously he was a lecturer and head of the Musical Instrument Making program at University College Ghent and worked as a conservator at the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels. He is currently conducting a PhD study at Ghent University, focusing on the construction of virginals in 16th- and 17th-century Antwerp. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Eugenia Geddes Da Filicaia PhD Student University of Bristol Previous Next All members Bristol, UK MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 After studying first chemistry and then conservation of wall painting, and working as a conservator and lecturer, Eugenia Geddes da Filicaia is currently undertaking a PhD under the supervision of David Peggie and Richard Evershed. Her project, a collaboration between the scientific department at the National Gallery and the chemistry department at the University of Bristol, aims to apply advanced mass spectrometry techniques to the study of organic materials in art to aid the conservation of paintings. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Sarah Fiddyment Postdoctoral Research Associate ERC Beasts to Craft Previous Next All members Cambridge, UK MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2021 Dr Sarah Fiddyment received her BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 2006, having completed three years of medical school and two years specialization in Biochemistry. Her MSc and subsequent PhD (awarded in 2011) were both completed at the same university, working in the field of proteomics in cardiovascular research. She moved to the University of York in 2012 after being awarded a Marie Curie postdoctoral research fellowship to focus on the protein analysis of parchments throughout history. During this time she developed a non-invasive sampling technique that has allowed her unprecedented access to thousands of parchment documents, helping to establish the emerging field of biocodicology. She was subsequently awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow continuing her biomolecular analysis of parchment through history. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the Beasts 2 Craft ERC project at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (University of Cambridge). A labour of love: Biocodicological analysis of a medieval birthing girdle Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Cecilia Flocco Scientist Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Department of Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research Previous Next All members Brunswick, Germany MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2021 Cecilia G. Flocco is an interdisciplinary scientist and technology consultant working at the intersection of life and environmental sciences with cultural heritage research. She is currently based in Braunschweig, Germany, conducting research at the Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, one of the largest biological resources centers worldwide. Her current research interests encompass understanding the dynamics of microbial communities in extreme environments and niche habitats, such as polar regions (Antarctica) and cultural legacy objects, and advancing interdisciplinary approaches to cultural heritage research. The microbiome of a XIV century medieval codex: are microbes part of cultural heritage objects? Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Jean Evans Chief Curator and Deputy Director; Research Associate Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago Previous Next All members Chicago, IL, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2018 Dr. Jean M. Evans, now at the Oriental Institute, was a member of the curatorial staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1999–2008. Her research focuses on the religious material culture of Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC, and she is the author of The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple (Cambridge University Press, 2012). ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!