# @alane.music on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_tQQZeRMor
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25913596-alanemusic-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e65cf6c2dd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-09-09T19:34:05.000+00:00

## Caption

Join us tomorrow, September 10th, from 10am to 5pm at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum @texas.science.museum for this Science and Art event.

Alan E S Cerqueira a scientist in the Moran Lab and Tico Canato @ticocanato a Brazilian artist decided to merge science and art to create a representation of bee microbiome research through Tico’s artistic lens. Sociality underlies the microbial exchange between bees, benefiting their health. This concept can metaphorically extend to humans, where even small-scale interactions and exchanges of wisdom, kindness, and care can contribute to mental well-being. At this event, we will depict the microbial benefits to bees’ health in art. Tico’s paintings, especially his use of glow-in-the-dark dyes, are uniquely suited to this representation. The reason for the bees’ happiness after socializing is revealed when the black lights are turned on, exposing the glowing microbes in their guts like a magical superpower for joy.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to bridge science and art, presenting a didactic and humanized perspective on bee microbiome research. Along with the paintings, we are also bringing some microbiology and entomology materials from our lab to the exposition. We hope that this collaboration inspires future waves of interdisciplinary exploration.
 
See you there!
 
This event has the support of the Moran Lab (https://web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), DJ and cultural producer DJ Sampa (@djsampa_atx), Desert & Denim Brasil (@desertdenimbrasil)—Tico’s sponsor—and The University of Texas at Austin @utaustintx.

We would like to acknowledge Alex Donovan, Monte Monreal, Pamela Owen, and the entire team from the Texas Science & Natural History Museum; and Korin Jones from the Moran Lab for their support and event organization. We also thank Nicole Elmer for the post and advertisement and the members of the Moran Lab for their cooperation.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Emanuel | @alan.ciencia | https://gondola.cc/alan.ciencia | Musician |
| Aoife Hopkins | @aoifeshopkins | https://gondola.cc/aoifeshopkins | Social Media Specialist |
| Texas Science & Natural History Museum | @texassciencemuseum | https://gondola.cc/texassciencemuseum | Social Media Specialist |

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