. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. MCZ NEWS: PROJECTS & INITIATIVES J. Woodland "Woody" Hastings, faculty member in MCB, and Therese Wilson, an MCB Se nior Research Associate Emerita. Ernst Mayr Library Collaborates on Bioluminescence Exhibition From glowworms that emit sticky threads of light to fireflies that bob through the air on summer evenings, a variety of species have evolved the ability to generate light. But why? From February to June 2013, a unique exhibition in the MCZ's Northwest Building lobby provided illuminating answers to that qu
. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. MCZ NEWS: PROJECTS & INITIATIVES J. Woodland "Woody" Hastings, faculty member in MCB, and Therese Wilson, an MCB Se nior Research Associate Emerita. Ernst Mayr Library Collaborates on Bioluminescence Exhibition From glowworms that emit sticky threads of light to fireflies that bob through the air on summer evenings, a variety of species have evolved the ability to generate light. But why? From February to June 2013, a unique exhibition in the MCZ's Northwest Building lobby provided illuminating answers to that question and more. Bioluminescence was part of a successf ul proposal to integrate Library information and faculty research. The project was steered by Dorothy Barr of the Ernst Mayr Library and funded by the Harvard Library Lab, which offers infrastructure and financial support to librarians, faculty and students promoting library-related projects. Bioluminescence was a collaborative effort of the Ernst Mayr Library, MCZ staff, and faculty in the departments of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular & Cellular Biology. The exhibit highlighted the mechanisms, functions and purposes behind dozens of species' ability to emit light. The book that inspired the exhibition—Bioluminescence: Living Lights, Lights for Living—was written by Work bv Chris Kenaley of the Lauder lab and a variety of specimens from the MCZ's vast collection were on display, including fireflies, which use their abilities in part to attract mates, deep-sea fishes that use glowing lures to capture prey, and jellyfish, from which green fluorescent protein (GFP)—widely used in molecular and cellular biology—was first isolated. The MCZ members who contributed to the exhibit included Karsten Hartel, Chris Kenaley and Andrew Williston of Ichthyology; Adam Baldinger and Gonzalo Giribet of Invertebrate Zoology; Murat Recevik of Malacology; Phil Perkins and Rachel Hawkins of Entomology; and Victori
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