SECU DinoLab and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

SECU DinoLab and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Trip Leader(s): Jennifer Anné
Date: 5/17/2025 @ 11:00
Location: Nature Research Center, 121 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27603
Description: Join us for a museum day out at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) in downtown Raleigh to see paleontology in action. The NCMNS opened the SECU DinoLab in April 2024 with its first project, the Dueling Dinosaurs. This is the only paleontology lab that we know of that allows visitors to come into the lab and ask questions about the science you see. Dr. Anné will lead us through the experience and take any questions. The tour is free.
Along with the Dueling Dinosaurs experience, you can explore the rest of the museum (free!) including the Paleontology Research Lab and the Prehistoric North Carolina gallery.

RSVP/Registration Process: Meetup. Arrangements have been made by Jennifer for up to 30 people to meet by the desk across from Dueling Dinosaurs.
**For more information, visit https://duelingdinosaurs.org/the-experience/**
The exhibit is located on the first floor of the Nature Research Center at 121 West Jones Street.

Leader Bio: Dr. Jennifer Anné (aka Indy) received her PhD from the University of Manchester, UK where she studied the chemistry of bone remodeling and repair using some very high tech science machines called synchrotrons. Her research focuses on using a variety of chemical analyses to determine what original biological material is preserved in fossils and how organisms become fossilized. Dr. Anné also studies palaeopathology, injuries and diseases in long dead patients, using her chemical background to help in the diagnosis. Not being species-est, she has studied everything from dinosaurs to manatees (and all vertebrates in between). She is currently applying her fossil preparation, histology and chemistry know-how at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, where she is the Assistant Lab Manager of the SECU DinoLab. When she’s not zapping fossils with X-ray, she’s traveling the world with a good book and playlist in hand.