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Women in STEM
Label Women in STEM Artist Narjes Dridi Description This is a piece of art that I painted using fluorescent nanomaterials on a canvas. It embodies the beauty of women in nature (with the flowers in her body) and in science using nanomaterials that emit different colors under UV light to add color to the drawing.…
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Daphstronaut
Label Daphstronaut Artist David DuBose Description Just drifting through time. Type Microscope Artist Affiliation FSU Staff Department FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory Area of Research Parasitology Research Group Site The Stewart Merrill RAD Lab Date 2023
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Reef Ball 12 Month
Label Reef Ball 12 Month Artist Lauren Calvin Description Reef balls allow researchers to monitor reef structure and growth over time. This is done by taking photographs from all angles through out six-month intervals over two years. The photographs are then used to create 3-D models to visually show growth and calculate surface area and…
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Chasing the tides
Label Chasing the tides Artist Laurel Field Description Hiking out to a remote field work site before dawn to do intertidal research during a low tide. Type Camera Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Department of Biological Science Area of Research Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Group Site Lester Lab Date 2019
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Lifelike Illusions of Inorganic Microstructures
Label Lifelike Illusions of Inorganic Microstructures Artist Misa Amane Description This art features photographs of various silica-carbonate biomorphs, captured at 40x magnification with a Leica microscope and camera. Biomorphs are complex polycrystalline formations which arise from inorganic reactions. Research into these systems could lead to new crystallization methods and allow design of biomimetic materials with…
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Fields Award Red Carpet
Label Fields Award Red Carpet Artist Nazanin Mokari Description I created a painting that was inspired by the four-color theorem in graph theory. The theorem states that any map in a plane can be colored using four colors in such a way that regions sharing a common boundary (other than a single point) do not…
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Daphnia Sample Site – Lake Hall
Label Daphnia Sample Site – Lake Hall Artist Isabella Coddington Description Kayaks equipped with plankton tow buckets and Wisconsin nets to perform weekly sampling. Type Camera Artist Affiliation Undergraduate Student Department Department of Biological Science, Department of Statistics Area of Research Disease Ecology Research Group Site The Stewart Merrill RAD Lab Date 2024
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Endless horizons, endless possibilities
Label Endless horizons, endless possibilities Artist Selma Squafi Description The Sand Dunes of Saint George Island, Florida, USA. Type Camera Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Department of Biological Science Area of Research Ecology and Evolution Date 2023
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Alchemical Nebulae
Label Alchemical Nebulae Artist Maggie Cooper Description The nebula-like patterns of a metal silicate chemical garden are observed at 10x magnification under a microscope. The gold-brown, blue, and green coloration can be attributed to iron, copper, and nickel, respectively. Such gardens have been blooming since the days we called ourselves alchemists and we continue to…
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Parasitized Clam
Label Parasitized Clam Artist Sarah-Kate Srivastava Description Shown in the image is the siphon tissue of a coquina clam. It’s a first and second intermediate host to the trematode species Lasiotocus trachinoti before it moves to its definitive host, the Florida Pompano. The clam becomes infected by filtering out the parasite’s eggs from the water…