🎨 "CcmA Distribution Patterns on Heliobacter pylori" is a mixed-media sculpture created for the Artist-in-Residence program! 🧑‍🎨 marianasmithhh 🧑‍🔬 Benjamin Bratton, PhD Learn more about the art below ⬇️ #VI4AiR #BWFAiR BWFUND vanderbilt_artlab 🎨 This sculpture illustrates the 3D distribution of CcmA #proteins on the cell wall surfaces of 4 #Hpylori mutants. Black light shows the CcmA protein distribution on each cell. Each cell shape is taken from a real cell in the lab, along with its protein distribution. #SciArt 🧑‍🎨 Mariana Smith is a senior at VUEngineering. While studying #STEM, she has an artistic background and has designed and constructed theatre sets! #SciComm 🧑‍🔬 The Bratton lab uses light microscopy and data analysis to study the organization of biological processes inside tiny bacteria. Bacteria pattern the growth of their rigid cell wall to build their characteristic shapes, shapes that help them thrive in all sorts of environments. vumcpathology