view from the wattenmeer in Schillig, Germany

Standing in the watt at the national park in Schillig Germany, March 3rd, 2009. My husband John and I were in Schillig and Wilhelmshaven, working on a project together with students, artists and scientists from the ICBM in Wilhelmshaven. We were invited to participate in the Das Wattenmeer Project, a transdiciplinary project of art, [...]

‘Living Doll’ Made of Human Cancer Cells

This is an interesting example of scientists employing a process called patterning, used to structure the growth patterns of living cells in vitro. Patterning processes can include simple printed 2D films of proteins or other substances or 3D structures like the one below. Currently, I am experimenting with microcontact printing to control the growth patterns [...]

In Lab, Clues To How Life Began

by Nell Greenfieldboyce
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99132608
All Things Considered, January 8, 2009 ยท Scientists long to understand how a bunch of chemicals on the early Earth transformed themselves into the first living creatures. Now one lab has made a self-replicating set of RNA molecules that the scientists say may mimic what might have happened during the early evolution [...]

Lecture at The University of Tampa for “Electronics Alive V”

I will be discussing my work at The University of Tampa, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery for Electronics Alive V, Feb 19 at !0 AM.

Oron Catts discusses the “Victimless Leather” project by the Tissue Culture and Art Project