Earliest of Microscopists workshop! We start them young here at Syracuse University!

Dr. Aljiboury and myself offered a microscopy workshop for Syracuse students between first and third grade. They built their own microscope to take home and got to see some cool organisms up close and personal! You can never get the microscopy bug too early. Watch out world, we got some great scientists coming your way.

Reach out to me or Dr. Aljiboury with the Syracuse BioImaging Center if you would like a workshop at your school!

Visiting UW

Heidi had a great time visiting UW and seeing old friends!

Edwardo Kac opening up the BioInspired Symposium!

It was so awesome to meet the BioArtist Eduardo Kac who opened up the annual BioInspired audience to a huge crowd. Thanks everyone for attending and to Eduardo for being fantastic!

You can hear thoughts about Eduardo’s art from SU faculty here and an announcement of the the named Wali Lecture here.

Corfu chatting about building an Embryo 1 cell at a time

Dr. Hehnly had a great time visiting Corfu and talking about embryogenesis and possibly conditions where an artificial womb could be imagined. Dr. Hehnly went to Corfu, Greece, with her long time collaborator, Dr. Boryana Rossa, to be TTT fellows. You can find more here.

The Ionian University’s Department of Audio & Visual Arts successfully concluded the TTTfellows: Art and Science Residency Fall 2024, a dynamic fusion of artistic and scientific inquiry held from September 23 to October 4 (online) and October 7-18 in-person on the island of Corfu. Organized within the framework of Rewilding Cultures and co-financed by the European Union, this residency fostered cross-disciplinary collaboration and featured innovative projects by artists and researchers Dr. Heidi Hehnly-Chang and Dr. Boryana Rossa. Over the course of the residency, participants explored hybrid methods blending biotechnology, mythology, and marine biology. The event was hosted in collaboration with the Corfu Central Public Historical Library, Corfu Tech Lab, Corfu Aquarium, and the Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Lab (BiHELab), creating a multifaceted environment for experiential learning and creative exploration. The residency included an online component where the fellows interacted on the topics of of human genetic engineering with the "oracles": curators Dr. Sunčica Ostoić and Dr. Olga Majcen Linn and artists Charlotte Jarvis and Laura Splan. You can find out more by visiting here.