Shown above:
• Presenting to scientists in Grace Auditorium at Cold Spring Harbor Lab (CSHL) Personal Genome meeting
• "The Mystery of the Inscrutable Chromosomes" presentation at CSHL
• "Who's Your Daddy" presented to highschool students at the AAAS meeting in D.C.
• "Waking Sleeping Beauty" with Professor Perry Hackett at Hennes Art Gallery

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Cold Spring Harbor Lab Talk: Personal Genome Meeting 2011

Title: The Mystery of the Inscrutable Chromosomes and how whole genome sequencing solved the case. See slides from the show.
Topic: I wrote the script and created the art based on a paper by Dr. Elaine Mardis, co-director of the Genomic Center at Washington University in St. Louis.
About: The paper was published in 2011 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, titled "Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Diagnose a Cryptic Fusion Oncogene".

AAAS talk: Who's Your Daddy?

What: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Conference
Audience: 125 African American high school students from the DC area. The talk was part of "Public Science Days" outreach programming for the conference.
Topic: African American ancestry based on the molecular clock in DNA

Waking Sleeping Beauty Talk: Story of an Ancient Fossil Transposon

What: Professor Perry Hackett, U of M geneticist, and I co-presented at the Hennes Art Gallery to an audience of scientists and art appreciators.
Topic: We told the story about an ancient fossil gene discovered by Hackett's Lab at the University of Minnesota. Developed as a biomedical tool, the gene was named "Sleeping Beauty". The dimensional art titled "Waking Sleeping Beauty" was displayed in the gallery. See the art and the science poster here.

Cold Spring Harbor Lab Talk: Personal Genome Meeting 2010

Title: Romance of the Genome: It's getting personal
Where: Cold Spring Harbor Lab (CSHL), New York, meeting for scientists

Unfolding the Natural History and Science of Life

What: BioBusiness Alliance annual meeting
To: Members of the Minnesota Biotech community
Topic: Explanation of art developed for the BioBusiness Alliance. See the art and read about the commission.

Genetics and Art: Endless Forms Most Beautiful

What: Institute of Human Genetics Seminar for faculty and staff
Where: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus
Topic: Engaging people in genetics through art

Beaker and Brush at The Science Museum of Minnesota

What: The series Beaker and Brush lecture series pairs an artist with a scientist to spark lively audience discussions
Topic: Dr. Scott Lanyon and I co-presented showing how we use DNA data and concepts about evolution in our work

Personal Genomes as a Visual Narrative

What: Minnesota Genetic Counselors Annual Meeting
Topic: Explanation and a display of genetic inspired art

Confluence of Art and Genetics

What: Department of Human Genetics seminar series
Where: Pittsburgh University faculty and students

The Future of Science is Art?

What: Café Scientifique science and culture lecture series
Where: The Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota

DNA Portraits: Exploring our Prehistoric Connections

What: Critical Thinking Club
Where: Talks to several groups at various locations in the Twin Cities

Curious about evolution and human genomics, I'm a multiple media artist drawing and writing about science. Watch a 2-min video of my work.