Blending art and neuroscience, a new exhibit in New York City showcases the drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of modern neuroscience. The exhibit opened yesterday at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery, and you have until March 31 to take it in.
A drawing by Cajal of astrocytes in the hippocampus of the human brain. Image: Instituto Cajal del Consjo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid/CSIC
Paired with the art exhibit are a series of free, related talks and workshops, and we encourage you to check them out. Three of our Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives members will be participating on separate evenings:
- Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, will participate in “Roundtable Conversation: At the Intersection of Art, Neuroscience, and Perception,” on February 5. Registration required.
- Rodolfo Llinás, Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor, University Professor, and Chairman Emeritus of Neuroscience & Physiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, will give the lecture, “Cajal and the Enchanted Loom,” on February 16.
- Margaret S. Livingstone, Takeda Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, will give the Irving H. Jurow Lecture at NYU’s College of Arts & Science, “What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain, “ on March 20.
We’ll be covering some of these events, so stay tuned for coverage!
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