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The Physics of Beauty: (Dr. Nipam Patel) // Science in the Neighborhood

Butterflies are well known for the beautiful colors and patterns that decorate their wings. They function to attract mates, provide camouflage, or ward off predators. Many colors are created by pigments within the scales, but others, especially blues and greens, are produced by a remarkable phenomenon known as structural coloration. In structural coloration, nanostructures, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, amplify certain colors and diminish others to create dazzling hues. On April 24th, Dr. Nipam Patel will describe a number of butterfly species that use structural coloration, and recent genetic and cellular insights into how scale cells generate the necessary materials and geometry to create these rich colors! Dr. Nipam Patel Director, Marine Biological Laboratory-Woods Hole; Professor, University of Chicago. –––––––––– The Science in the Neighborhood Public Lecture Series provides an opportunity to get up close and personal with top scientists and alumni at the Carnegie Science Department of Embryology in Baltimore, MD. These events are free and open to the community, and are designed to share insight into the Department’s work in biological and genetic research. –––––––––– The Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology Visit: https://emb.carnegiescience.edu/ Carnegie's Department of Embryology has become recognized worldwide as one of the premier research centers in cellular, developmental, and genetic biology. The department has a unique atmosphere and research style that have allowed a small enterprise to have a disproportionately large impact on science. We revere this atmosphere as the source of our inspiration and strive to further improve it as the department evolves within the current milieu of intensive activity, investment, and opportunity in the biological sciences.