#SciArt from the 2022 Artist-in-Residence Program! 🎨 Rampant 🧑‍🎨 Zainah Siddiqi 🧑‍🔬 The Catherine Blish Lab / Arjun Rustagi Learn more about the art below ⬇️ #VI4AiR #BWFAiR BWFUND vanderbilt_artlab 🎨 "Rampant" is an oil painting focusing on the cell to cell communication and deterioration of the lungs when a person is infected by #SARSCoV2. The background illustrates how people from all walks of life were impacted by the #pandemic. 🧑‍🎨 Zainah Siddiqi is a #Biochemistry Major with a Studio #Art Minor at UTAustin. They enjoy understanding the world around them through #science and #art. In their free time, you can find them taking nature strolls or printmaking! #SciComm 🧑‍🔬 The Blish lab is dedicated to better understanding host-pathogen interactions to develop new treatments for infectious diseases. They try to understand how viruses like #SARSCoV2, #HIV, #influenza, & dengue virus cause disease, with a particular focus on innate immune cells.