Bacterial Winter

A photograph of a clear Petri dish held up against a window, showcasing beautiful frost-like crystalline patterns. Large, delicate branched structures resembling snowflakes or icy ferns are spread across the surface, interspersed with many small, perfectly round droplets. The background shows a soft, out-of-focus view of a building and a cloudy sky, which highlights the translucent and intricate nature of the crystals.

Label: Bacterial Winter
Artist: Jane Benoit
Description: A bacterial plate infected with unknown contaminates held up to a window to show the winter sky. The plate was made by a colleague in the lab and left in the refrigerator where it became infected. The infection makes an intricate pattern that is evocative of snowflakes.
Type: DSLR
Artist Affiliation: Graduate Student
Department: Biological Science
Area of Research: Cell and Molecular Biology
Date: 2019