Chromosoma
Chromosoma
mixed media
2006
Archive for January, 2007
Organelle View
Organelle View is a collaborative project aimed at developing the role of visual media (versus verbal) in the exploration of bioinformatic semantic networks. In cooperation with the Kumar lab and in my role as creative director and project manager, I led the team through the proof-of-concept stages of development with a successful grant application and navigation through the complex task of translation among scientific, IT, and artistic goals. In this instance, A virtual reality model dynamically linked to a bioinformatic database and designed to increase the use of rich media in collaborative learning. Developed with support from GROCS, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, IBM, and Apple Computer, Organelle View allows users to learn about organelles and protein localization in a yeast model cell.
As a result of the Organelle View project, team members Chris Landau and Jamie Cope went on to form N Formation Design. The project is now being taken further in affiliation with the Kumar Lab. An animated version demonstrating the cell cycle in in the works.
Infections patterns in a freshwater snail
Pictured is a comparison of an infected (top) and uninfected (bottom) freshwater snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum. The parasite is called Microphallus, and can colonize the snail hen the snail passively ingests Microphallus eggs while feeding. The snail serves as an intermediate host for the parasite–meaning that the parasite needs the snail’s resources to develop and reach its next host. Often these final hosts are waterfowl, though in the lab mice are used for experimental purposes.
This images was made in the lab of Curt Lively at the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Digital Print
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2003
Sexual Dimorphism in Silene latifolia
The cover photograph demonstrates sexual dimporphism in a flowering plant, Silene latifolia. I made the image while working as a research assistant in Lynda Delph’s lab in the Department of Biology at Indiana University in Bloomington. The
Pictured are the female (left) and male (right) reproductive organs. Notice the extreme differences in size. There is enough genetic variation in many populations of Silene latifolia such one can reduce or expand the degree of dimorphism by artifically selecting on a physical trait such as calyx width or flower number.
Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants. 1999. M.A. Geber, T.E. Dawson, and L.F. Delph, Eds. Springer, Berlin.
On Visual Culture and Bioscience
A Virtual Symposium hosted by the National Academies Exhibitions and Cultural Programs
This international event will create a virtual meeting space for experts from many disciplines to discuss the intersections between visual culture and the biosciences. Artists, scientists, historians, ethicists, curators, sociologists, and writers will present a variety of perspectives on topics of visual representation in art and science and its implications on culture and society.
Semantic network for MFA thesis project – Sui generis
Definitions and enclopedia entries at wikipedia… I hope to construct a concept map to demonstrate the links between these terms and references.
