[CS] [Fwd: The Art and Science of Octopus - Panel Discussion]

[Sarah Partan]

This should be a terrific combination of art & science, at U Mass this 
Thursday:

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Subject: 	The Art and Science of Octopus - Panel Discussion
Resent-Date: 	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:37:13 -0400
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Date: 	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:58:49 -0400
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Dear Colleagues,

Dr Roger Hanlon (http://hermes.mbl.edu/mrc/hanlon/) will be 
participating in a panel discussion entitled, "In the Octopus'’s 
Garden” —- A Conversation about Art, Science, and Science Fiction" from 
5-7pm on Thursday (3/27) in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center. The event 
is co-sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Natural 
History Collections and celebrates an exhibition by artist in residence 
Katy Schimert entitled, "Camouflage, Ink and Science." 
https://fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Online/KatySchimert.

Dr Hanlon's lab at the MBL investigates the behavior of cephalopods and 
other marine organisms at the organismal level. Currently he uses 
molecular, cellular and ecological approaches to focus on the highly 
interdisciplinary subject of camouflage and the visual perception 
processes that are involved. You may recall that he gave a fantastic OEB 
seminar a couple of years ago, and I'm sure this will be a fascinating 
panel discussion.

I hope you can attend and please spread the word to colleagues and students!

Betsy

-- 
Elizabeth Dumont
Professor of Biology
UMass Amherst
Director, Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Natural History Collections





-- 
Sarah Partan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Animal Behavior
School of Cognitive Science
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
partan"at"hampshire(dot)edu
http://helios.hampshire.edu/~srpCS/