Periodic Table: ‘On the backs of turtles, living nuclear records’ with Cyler Conrad and Jeremy Inglis

Like tree rings, turtle shells can contain legacy and modern records of nuclear contamination

September 6, 2022

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Archaeologist Cyler Conrad and isotope geochemist Jeremy Inglis.
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Monday, Sept. 19
Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op
163 Central Park Square, Los Alamos, NM
5:30-7 p.m.

Is it turtles all the way down? Find out at this month’s Periodic Table with featured guests archaeologist Cyler Conrad and isotope geochemist Jeremy Inglis.

Conrad, who focuses on human-animal and human-environment interaction, and Inglis, who specializes in ultra-low level isotope measurements, will discuss their team’s research on measuring legacy or modern nuclear contamination in animals that grow sequential tissues — like turtles and their colorful shells.

Join us outside at Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op to hear about their initial results and the potential for future work with turtles and other long-lived organisms.

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