One very nice hour each week making drawings from scientific subjects.
Sixth in a series of low key, one hour, afternoon drawing sessions where we draw from science. One short warm up followed by 10 five-minute drawings curated around a scientific theme.
Together with Dr. Victoria Ruiz, this session will explore coexistence, community, resilience and diversity through the lens of microbes.
Victoria Ruiz is an Assistant Professor at St. Francis College and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone medical center. She obtained her PhD in Pathobiology from Brown University, and she completed her postdoctoral work at New York University Langone Medical Center. Her primary research focuses on the effects of environmental perturbations of microbial communities on host immunity and physiology. In addition to research, she is passionate about increasing equity and inclusion in STEM and developing innovative pedagogical strategies to improve learning outcome for undergraduate students interested in pursuing STEM fields.
From the Nature Collection on Microbial Ecologies
The interactions, population dynamics, and distributions of microbes are fundamentally important to both environmental and human health. Although there is great benefit in understanding the biology and ecology of microbes for their own sake, there is also broader ecological knowledge to be gained from the study of microbes. Increasingly, ecologists ask if microbes follow the same ecological ‘rules’ as macro-organisms. Systems microbial ecologists build simplified microbial communities from the ground up to test existing hypotheses about the rules governing species coexistence and competitive dynamics. Microbial biogeographers study the assembly and distributions of microbial communities across space, both independently of and jointly with the free-living species with which they associate. Regardless of scale, the unique biology of microbes provide ecologists with a puzzle in terms of unifying ecological theories.
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Solidarity
Art in the Lab Stands in full solidarity with Black Lives Matter and worldwide protests condemning and demanding justice for police brutality and an end to systemic racism. Our events are always free and everyone is welcome. Even a 5 minute drawing is better than no drawings. If drawing will lift someone up, please invite them to draw with you. If you can, donate to your favorite social justice organization. Do what you can. En esta lucha estamos todos juntos. El pueblo unido jamás será vencido