Author: Marguerite Mangin
June 18 Biology in Art press release
June 18, 2020 press release from Terry Collins
Biology in art: Genetic detectives ID microbes slowly ruining humanity’s treasures
DNA science may help restore, preserve historic works, unmask counterfeits; The trait elite baseball hitters share with Leonardo da Vinci: A ‘quick eye’ with higher ‘frames per second’ — a function of training, genetics, or both?
Full news release text: here
Example coverage
Agence France Presse
1) Microbes Could ‘help Save Old Masters’ And Catch Forgers, click here
2)Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘quick eye’ may be key to Mona Lisa’s magnetism, click here
Agencia EFE
1) Identificar microbios en obras de arte abre la puerta a una mejor preservación, click here
2) La rapidez visual “súper desarrollada” de Da Vinci podría explicar la sonrisa de la Mona Lisa, click here
In summary, the publication earned: 172 articles published by media in 7 languages in 35 countries
A combined potential reach (potential impressions for online articles only): 626 million
Microbial Ecology (May 2020) Article by MG Torralba
David Thaler’s Amboise articles
Here are the links to the two articles David Thaler prepared after his October 2019 presentation during the international colloquium on Leonardo Anatomist, in Amboise, France. Those will be included in a soon-to-be published book of the proceedings in the CNRS Editions.
Early manuscripts:
Thaler, Evidence for extraordinary visual acuity in Leonardo’s comment on a dragonfly, Jan. 2, 2020
Thaler, Sfumato in Leonardo’s Portraits: Optical and Psychophysical mechanisms, Jan. 4, 2020
Save the Date for the May 7-9 Conference in New York City
The 2020 conference will take place on The Rockefeller University campus, 1230 York Avenue near the East River.
