The Great Wave of Candida by Cristina Marcos, Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida parapsilosis

Cells, Nesterenkonia, Deinociccus, Sphingomonas

Flowering Sunshine, Shigella, Salmonella

Mushrooms, Nesterenkonia, Deinociccus, Sphingomonas

Third place: Harvest season by Maria Eugenia Inda, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The Streptomyces Sky, Streptomyces coelicolor

First place: Neurons by Mehmet Berkmen and artist Maria Pernil, Nesterenkonia, Deinociccus, Sphingomonas

Jellyfish by Maria Penil, Nesterenkonia, Deinociccus, Sphingomonas, Bacillus

Yeast Go Viral, S. cerevisiae, L-A virus

People’s choice: Cell to Cell by Mehmet Berkmen and artist Maria Pernil, Nesterenkonia, Deinociccus, Sphingomonas

asylum-art-2:

Microbiologists Create ‘Starry Night’ And Other Art With Bacteria For First Microbe Art Competition

American Society for Microbiology | microbeworld.org | Facebook

SEE THE LEG ENDS

The American Society for Microbiologists
recently hosted its first international ‘Agar Art’ challenge in which
microbiologists from around the world used various microbes and germs to
create beautiful works of art in petri dishes. The submissions included
recognizable paintings like Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ as well as
original microbe paintings.

The scientists used nutritious agar
jelly as a “canvas” for their colorful microbes. While they do add an
element of randomness as they grow, they can also do things that paint
cannot – some of them emit bioflourescent light under certain
conditions, while others, guided by the scientists, grew into perfect
tree-branch patterns or jelly-fish tentacles.

For more about the process behind art like this, read about the work of Tasha Sturm, a microbiologist who used an agar dish to capture the germs on an eight-year-old boy’s hand. Source: boredpanda

V&A Design a Wig

halo-two:

connoisoeur:

ladygolem:

bentleyhacker:

I call this one “a giant bug living on your head that tries to catch and eat small animals whenever you go outside”

i added a flag bc it looked jaunty

when the wigmaker does a real good job

V&A Design a Wig

love-a-nudibranch:

Polycera janjukia by Andrew Newton.

cutebiology:

successful school portrait day at Bird School

darthrevaan:

y’know i think earth is excluded from the galactic community because we’re not a single biome planet with one unified government and a singular monolithic culture easily definable by one or two traits that hasn’t changed in a couple thousand years

kittykat8311:

raccoonnation:

fattyatomicmutant:

Jfc that kitty parade music justmakes it hilarious

I can’t believe this is an actual event that has taken place.

with the music that might actually be the most surreal thing i’ve ever watched

If gender neutral clothes are only made for and marketed to the parents of little girls, it is less a sign of gender equality and more an indication of the misogyny that is so ambient in our culture. There is such a devaluing of anything traditionally feminine that we’d rather chuck it out triumphantly than ever demean our boys with it.

Everybody in dresses: Why does gender neutral clothing always mean ‘boy’ clothes for girls? | National Post (via brutereason)

iwishlilbwasmygrandpa:

Popping bottles in the ice, like a lizard. When we drink we do it right, with a lizard.

enoughtohold:

omg i always forget how many people want to claim closeted people don’t experience homophobia. wild. why do you think they’re closeted bro and do you think the closet is a fun happy place of psychological well-being and freedom from trauma because i’ve got some news for you