Thank you to everyone who worked to make The Art and Science of Systems Biology so smooth. What a team, and a validation of the new organization. Looking forward to many more of these as SFX expands and flourishes. Great model for what is to come.
Professionally, and as a community coming together, something potent emerged at this event.
All-ages hands-on workshops engaged and educated people, opened them up to getting messy and thinking analytically. Scientists gave talks accessible to many levels with visual and conceptual beauty as elements in their work - and were like kids around the art and technology.
Science, in its obstinate, glorious investigating and communicating of absolutely everything, links art and technology. That was so apparent here. The presence of so much unadulterated science vitalized this event. Balance happened; art, science and technology actually intersected.
Tory
On Mar 28, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Tyler White wrote:
Thanks everyone! This makes me extremely happy and I feel lucky to be a part of this incredible organization.
I feel like the event was on an entirely new level for the Complex. I felt especially content while in the dome - a sacred and protected space to worship and reflect upon the technology of our time.
Tyler
The "Art & Science of Systems Biology" event this weekend did the Complex proud. It was a great community event with more than 150 attendees each day and an excellent demonstration of the power of combining art, science, and technology.
Thanks to all who contributed to its success, with special thanks to Ed Angel for orchestrating it in the first place, Susan Ashford for managing the event, Dena Aquilina for feeding the crowd, Tyler White for a great job on the advertising graphics, Molly Seibel for her work publicizing the event, Joe Abraham Dean (Lumenscapes) for bringing us the dome, Simon Mehalek for masterminding the technical support, Adam Shipman for his AV and printing help, and the WPI crew for pitching in to help on a multitude of tasks.
In addition, we owe huge thanks to the event sponsors--Bill Hlavecek (Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL), Elaine Bearer and Janet Oliver (UNM and NM Spatiotemporal Modeling Center) and the New Mexico Consortium--as well as to all the speakers and workshop leaders.
Next week, we'll be posting material from the event on our website for those who weren't able to attend. Watch for some great art and charming photos of little kids totally engrossed in science, most of them wearing "tattoos" saying, "I'm made of atoms."
Fred Seibel
Executive Director, Santa Fe Complex
+1 505 216 6769
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