Glennis Rayermann Visiting Assistant Professor, Conservation Science Institute of Fine Arts, New York University New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Glennis Rayermann is a cultural heritage scientist. Currently, she the Visiting Assistant Professor of Conservation Science in the Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She earned her Ph.D. in physical/materials chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research is multidisciplinary, spanning materials degradation, development of a novel instrumental technique, biophysical chemistry, and cultural heritage conservation. During the 2020–2021 academic year, she taught the Conservation Science: Inorganic Materials in Art & Conservation lecture and laboratory courses and conducted research in the Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State. Previously, she was a Research Associate with the Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science+ (NICAS) project ‘A Global Infrastructure for Heritage Science’, made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM 2023 Organizer Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

Élodie Lévêque Associate professor in Book and Paper Conservation Sorbonne University Paris, France Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Élodie Lévêque is an associate professor in Book and Paper Conservation at the Sorbonne University, a member of the Beast to Craft ERC project and of the Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (IRHT/CNRS) . She previously worked as a Senior Conservator at the National Library of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and the Montpellier University Library. She graduated with a Master's in Book Conservation from the Sorbonne in 2010 and completed a PhD in Medieval Studies in 2020 (Paris University), researching medieval bindings from the Cistercian abbey of Clairvaux. Her research focuses on Medieval parchment and leather that were used to manufacture manuscripts. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM 2023 Poster Presenter Exploring the origin and provenance of medieval manuscripts from the collection of Clairvaux abbey using a biocodicological approach Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Team Presenter Hiding in plain sight: The biomolecular identification of seal use in Romanesque medieval manuscripts Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS Sarah Fiddyment, Matthew D. Teasdale, Jiří Vnouček, Élodie Lévêque, Annelise Binois & Matthew J. Collins So you want to do biocodicology? A field guide to the biological analysis of parchment Biocodicology, the study of the biological information stored in manuscripts, ofers the possibility of interrogating manuscripts in novel ways. Exploring the biological data associated to parchment documents will add a deeper level of understanding and interpretation to these invaluable objects, revealing information about book production, livestock economies, handling, conservation and the historic use of the object. As biotechnological methods continue to improve we hope that biocodicology will become a highly relevant discipline in manuscript studies, contributing an additional perspective to the current scholarship. We hope that this review will act as a catalyst enabling further interactions between the heritage science community, manuscript scholars, curators and conservators. Explore

Kyna Biggs David Booth Fellow in Conservation Science Museum of Modern Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Kyna Biggs (she/her) is the David Booth Fellow in Conservation Science at MoMA. She holds an Honours BSc in Molecular/Cellular Biology, minor in Art History (University of Ottawa) and a Master of Art Conservation in Conservation Science (Queen's University). Kyna has held positions at the Canadian Conservation Institute, Parks Canada, and teaches within the Queen's University Master of Art Conservation program. Research areas include the biodeterioration of modern materials and inclusive science education. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

Patrick Dietemann Senior Researcher Doerner Institute Munich, Germany Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Patrick Dietemann studied chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, where he obtained a PhD in analytical chemistry with his thesis on the aging of natural resin varnishes on paintings. After three years at the Zentrallabor of the Bavarian State Office of Historic Monuments, he joined the Doerner Institut, Munich, in 2007, where he is responsible for the analysis of organic binders. His research interests are the identification of binding media of paintings and their degradation processes, but also includes the identification of organic materials on all kinds of objects of art and cultural heritage. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter From egg tempera to oil painting – case studies of Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli and the chemistry and microstructure of paints Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

Jeremy Wain Hirschberg Physiology and Biophysics — Christopher Mason Lab Weill Cornell Medicine Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Jeremy Wain Hirschberg is a biologist working in the Mason Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine, conducting genomic and metagenomic research for space missions. Previously, Jeremy worked in diagnostics, developing novel lateral flow immunoassay technology for the detection of Covid- 19, influenza and other biological targets. Now, he aims to apply a biotechnological approach to address the challenges of the future in sending humans to space environments, and answer questions about the past in analyzing historically significant artifacts. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Poster Presenter Identifying Binders in Mexican Lacquerware: A Tri-Partite Approach Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

Clara Granzotto Associate Conservation Scientist Scientific Research, Department of Conservation and Science The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Clara Granzotto is associate conservation scientist in the Conservation and Science department at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. in chemical sciences from the University of Venice, Italy, and the University of Lille, France. Clara conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts at Northwestern University in Evanston (IL), at the scientific department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She specializes in the analysis of traditional binding media in works of art by mass spectrometry, with a focus on polysaccharides and proteins, to understand artists’ technique, artworks appearance and condition. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Big Data from Tiny Samples: unveiling the use of organic materials in the Visconti-Sforza Co-authored with Frank Trujillo. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Team Presenter Accretion, accumulation, encrustation? Reconciling scientific and curatorial perspectives when reporting on surface materials on African sculptures Explore Full Abstract ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

Ophélie Ranquet PhD Student Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics Applied Mechanics Group Karlsruhe, Germany Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Ophélie Ranquet is a PhD Student at the KIT in Germany, at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics. She completed her studies in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in France at the ENSCL (École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille) and at the ECPM (University of Strasbourg). Her PhD project, focused on a multi-analytical approach, is held in collaboration with Ilaria Bonaduce and Celia Duce (University of Pisa), Norbert Willenbacher (KIT) and Patrick Dietemann (Doerner Institute). She investigates the role of addition of egg yolk in linseed oil-based paints and tempera paints by using tools and technologies from different fields: rheology, physical and analytical chemistry. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter From egg tempera to oil painting – case studies of Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli and the chemistry and microstructure of paints Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

MEETINGS 2023 | On Site Event Past Meetings Sponsors ABM 2023 JULY 19-21, 2023 Hosted by the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art ABM 2023 brought together a balanced community of experts for a dynamic forum for exchange. The goal of the ABM 2023 meeting was to nurture and grow the community that was established in previous meetings and through recent virtual programming. Key to the meeting was the updating of the website, which serves as a communication hub to identify connections between advanced scientific approaches (e.g., genomic, mass-spectrometry, antibody-based, and other techniques) and open research questions, thereby fostering focused and mutually beneficial collaborations, as well as providing educational resources. An important concern this year is also to secure funding for the continuation of ABM into the future. View meeting details PAST MEETINGS Art Bio Matters began assembling in 2018. You may view the details of our previous meetings here. If you would like to attend ABM meetings in the future, join the ABM community so you can hear the latest news from us. past meeting ABM 2021 The virtual ABM 2021 meeting aimed to bring together a balanced community of experts for a dynamic forum for exchange. The goal of the ABM 2021 meeting was to nurture and grow the community that was established in 2018. Key to the meeting was the development of an updated website, which will serve as a communication hub to identify connections between advanced scientific approaches (e.g., DNA, mass-spectrometry, and antibody-based) and open research questions, thereby fostering focused and mutually beneficial collaborations, as well as providing educational resources. View details ABM 2018 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. View details sponsors SPONSORS A special thanks to the RLF for their support of Art Bio Matters.

Marilen Pool Senior Project Conservator Arizona State Museum Tucson, AZ, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Marilen Pool is an objects conservator specializing in ethnographic and archaeological artifacts. She is the Senior Project Conservator at the Arizona State Museum and has worked on numerous collections projects there since 1997. Marilen also has a private conservation practice, Sonoran Art Conservation Services, in Tucson. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Arizona in the department of Arid Land Resource Sciences. She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

Vaclav Krupicka PhD Student University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Vaclav completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at University of Warwick as part of integrated masters course, MChem. He performed his master thesis research on ultra-high mass resolution mass spectrometry group. The master thesis was concentrated around optimising fragmentation techniques for carbonic anhydrase using a 12T FT-ICR Mass Spectrometer. Vaclav joined the S2MB (Mass Spectrometry of Biological Macromolecules) team of the UMR CNRS 5248 Institute of Chemistry & Biology of Membranes & Nano-objects to complete his PhD studies under supervision of prof. Caroline Tokarski. Under the grant from CNRS Vaclav will work as the part of the ARCHE lab to study the applications of Top-down mass spectrometry in study of ancient proteins from cultural heritage samples. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Unleashing top-down mass spectrometry in study of proteinaceous materials in museum objects: Method development using paint models Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS Catherine Gilbert, Vaclav Krupicka, Francesca Galluzi, Aleksandra Popowich, Stéphane Claverol, Julie Arslanoglu, Caroline Tokarski Species identification of ivory and bone museum objects using minimally invasive proteomics Ivory is a highly prized material in many cultures since it can be carved into intricate designs and have a highly polished surface. Due to its popularity, the animals from which ivory can be sourced are under threat of extinction. Identification of ivory species is not only important for CITES compliance, it can also provide information about the context in which a work was created. Here, we have developed a minimally invasive workflow to remove minimal amounts of material from precious objects and, using high-resolution mass spectrometry–based proteomics, identified the taxonomy of ivory and bone objects from The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection dating from as early as 4000 B.C. We built a proteomic database of underrepresented species based on exemplars from the American Museum of Natural History, and proposed alternative data analysis workflows for samples containing inconsistently preserved organic material. This application demonstrates extensive ivory species identification using proteomics to unlock sequence uncertainties, e.g., Leu/Ile discrimination. Explore