Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Cat Irving
Things in Jars: A Potted History of Fluid Preservation in Anatomical Collections
Cat Irving
Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh and Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
This talk by Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator for Surgeons’ Hall Museums will look at the different methods which have been used to preserve human remains for later study, why this was crucial to the development of medical understanding, and why these collections are still relevant today.
Cat Irving has been the Human Remains Conservator for Surgeons’ Hall since 2015 and has been caring for anatomical and pathological museum collections for over twenty years. After a degree in Anatomical Science, she began removing brains and sewing up bodies at the Edinburgh City Mortuary. Following training in the care of wet tissue collections at the Royal College of Surgeons of England she worked with the preparations of William Hunter at the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University, where she is now Consultant Human Remains Conservator. Cat is a licensed anatomist and gives regular talks on anatomy and medical history. She recently carried out conservation work on the skeleton of serial killer William Burke, and has contributed a chapter to the Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage and Death.
Prof. Richard Wingate
Knowing Through Making
Professor Richard Wingate
Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, Kings’ College London
MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Director of Interdisciplinary Science Education, Kings’ College London
Editor-in-Chief at BrainFacts.org
Prof Richard Wingate will discuss whether collaboration between science and creative practice can change research and teaching. He will discuss how engagement with artists in the anatomy department and dissecting room changed the way we think about anatomy, its teaching and how collaboration across disciplines can impact new research.