#SciArt from the 2022 Artist-in-Residence Program! 🎨 A Visual Comparison between Sexual and Conventional #Biofilms 🧑‍🎨 Anna Mehlhorn 🧑‍🔬 Clarissa Nobile, PhD Learn more about the art below ⬇️ #scicomm #VI4AiR #BWFAiR BWFUND vanderbilt_artlab 🎨 To help the audience conceptualize sexual #biofilms as they relate to conventional biofilms, this figure displays both in the fungal species, Candida albicans. The artist used soft colors & cartoon-like illustrations to make an intimidating concept more approachable! #SciArt 🧑‍🎨 Anna is a recent #biology & #art degree graduate exploring different career paths that require creative & strategic #scicomm skills. One of these is scientific illustration! She loves how one graphic can capture much more than words & can reach a wide audience! 🧑‍🔬 The Nobile lab research is directed towards understanding the molecular & mechanistic bases of #microbial communities, such as #biofilms. They are studying how transcriptional networks underlie...