Gravity Sensation: A Heavy Feeling

Year: 
2022
Ranking: 
Honorable Mention
Artist: 
Caroline Ackley, graduate student
Department: 
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Description

We sense the pull of Earth's gravitational field every day - detecting gravity allows for coordination, movement, and balance. However, it is poorly understood compared with our other senses. In this dance, I describe my thesis work using the nematode C. elegans to understand gravity sensation.

Interpretive aerial dance piece Lyra, aerial silks

Interpretive aerial dance piece Video
 

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