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More News! 8 Apr 2017

These Scientists are Turning the Human Brain into Art

Neuroimaging artist duo DiMa takes the popular saying “beauty is inside” to another level by transforming complex visualizations of the brain into art. Diana Roettger and Matthew Rowe, who work together under the artistic name DiMa, are two imaging scientists that create art directly from scientific research. Originally from Germany and the UK, respectively, both hold […]

April 8, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 1 Apr 2017

Will we Rely on Biomining to Build the Tech Devices of the Future?

The Danish artist Jacob Remin explores how biotech might be essential if we want to keep building smartphones and laptops. Computers, tablets, phones, television screens… we take our electronic devices for granted. However, the rapidly increasing demand might not be possible to meet because of rare earth elements, a series of rare metals that are […]

April 1, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 18 Mar 2017

Wellcome Image Awards: These are the Best Biology Images of the Year

The UK’s Wellcome trust has selected 22 pictures and images that capture the wonders of the life sciences. They’re now on exhibition in the UK and Ireland. The Wellcome Image Awards celebrates this year 20 years of bringing us the best biology images around the world. The awards are destined to visual masterpieces that communicate key aspects […]

March 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 11 Mar 2017

You Can Watch Fleming’s Original Penicillin Culture in Oxford!

The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford is hosting an exhibition on the history of penicillin and the current challenges of antibiotic resistance featuring the first culture used to extract the antibiotic. The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in the early 20th century changed the world of medicine. Antibiotics have saved millions […]

March 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 4 Mar 2017

Meet the Finnish Bioartist using Yeast to Create Vanishing Photographs

Johanna Rotko creates living art with yeast to explore the perishableness of matter and how we interact with nature around us. Johanna Rotko is a visual artist and photographer based in Kotka, Finland, that decided to explore alternative photographic methods. The result were yeastograms, living images made with yeast on petri dishes that disappear over […]

March 4, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 25 Feb 2017

Art Made with Human DNA Explores the Future of Genetics in Birmingham

Gene Craft: Art in the Biogenetic Age opened this week at Birmingham Open Media (BOM) in the UK. Aiming to explore the social, economic and emotional implications of the most recent breakthroughs in genetics, the exhibition features two living art pieces created with human DNA by bioartists Laurie Ramsell and Gina Czarnecki. After the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) […]

February 25, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 18 Feb 2017

Microorganisms in the Library: Bringing Centuries-Old Books to Life

Sarah Craske describes herself as a “British artist, without category.” Her work, at the intersection of art and science, revolves around the development of her own discipline: Biological Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics refers to the interpretation of texts, a term commonly used regarding the bible or philosophy. Craske translates the concept to biology by exploring the role […]

February 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 11 Feb 2017

This Musician Plays Piano Duets with a Microorganism

Eduardo Miranda researches, composes and performs contemporary music at the interface of biology, computing and the human mind. Eduardo Miranda, Professor of Computer Music at Plymouth University, is the first person to ever compose and perform a piano piece for a human and a microorganism. To allow the tiny creature to play with him, Miranda […]

February 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 4 Feb 2017

This PhD-Carrying Musician Tells the Story of Life through Music & Video

Max Cooper bridges the age-old divide between science and art with a transfixing blend of glitchy electronica, classical music and haunting vocals. I was lucky enough to catch Max Cooper live in Dublin last weekend, during his tour to showcase his latest album, Emergence. Inspired by natural processes and the laws underlying them, Emergence is a tour-de-force of […]

February 4, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

More News! 28 Jan 2017

Microbes Control the Massive Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern

Philippe Parreno’s Anywhen, occupying the vast hall at Tate Modern, evolves over time in response to the control of tiny living beings. When you enter Tate Modern‘s vast Turbine Hall, you might see lights turning off and on and hear noises coming and going. Without an apparent pattern, sounds and light evolve while families take […]

January 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Studies of an Alien Skin ANDREAS GREINER 1 e1484759999751

More News! 21 Jan 2017

Giant Chickens and Bioluminiscent Squids Invade Berlin

Andreas Greiner explores the world of living beings we never pay attention to, inviting visitors to reflect on the anthropocentric culture from Western countries. When you enter Andreas Greiner‘s exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, a giant skeleton of what looks like a dinosaur looms 7 meters tall. A closer inspection reveals that the giant ‘Monument […]

January 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 14 Jan 2017

This Bioartist is Exhibiting Living Portraits of her own Daughters

Gina Czarnecki raises questions about identity and ownership of our own bodies through living artwork that once used to form part of other human beings. Gina Czarnecki, based in London, has used her own daughters’ cells to create unique pieces of art. In her project ‘Heirloom‘, recently exhibited at Medical Museion Copenhagen and created in collaboration […]

January 14, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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These Scientists are Turning the Human Brain into Art

Will we Rely on Biomining to Build the Tech Devices of the Future?

Wellcome Image Awards: These are the Best Biology Images of the Year

You Can Watch Fleming’s Original Penicillin Culture in Oxford!

Meet the Finnish Bioartist using Yeast to Create Vanishing Photographs

Art Made with Human DNA Explores the Future of Genetics in Birmingham

Microorganisms in the Library: Bringing Centuries-Old Books to Life

This Musician Plays Piano Duets with a Microorganism

This PhD-Carrying Musician Tells the Story of Life through Music & Video

Microbes Control the Massive Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern

Giant Chickens and Bioluminiscent Squids Invade Berlin

This Bioartist is Exhibiting Living Portraits of her own Daughters

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