GALLERY: Students create art at its most basic level using agar plates

  • Associate professor of biology Andrew Herbig displays an agar plate. He provided instruction to students before they began their artwork.

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  • Senior biology major Eliana Pendergrass collects bacteria on a toothpick. Students were given a variety of bacteria to create their artwork with.

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  • Senior biology major Ruthline Pierre draws on an agar plate. Student drew with bacteria collected on toothpicks to create art.

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  • Senior biochemistry major Keetan Munsell Draws on an agar plate. Students were very careful with their technique for their artwork.

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  • Junior biology major Desi Thimesch creates their agar art piece. Each student drew a reference patterns on paper that they then recreated on their agar plates.

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  • Junior biology major Abby Fette inspects an agar plate. Students carefully inspected their work after they were finished to ensure its quality.

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  • Senior biology major Sera Todwong labels her agar plates. When they were done, each student named the finished piece and labeled them.

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  • Senior molecular biology and biotechnology major Simran Shrestha tapes her plates together. When finished, students taped all of their plates together to keep them from getting mixed with others work.

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  • Some finished agar art pieces. The agar art will develop over a few days to create colorful pieces of art.

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