Microbes Art Us, an extension of the 2014 Kamloops Art Gallery show entitled “Cave Microorganisms and Drug Discovery: A Collaboration Between TRU Microbiology Researchers and Artists,” is being featured at Telus World of Science in Vancouver until Jan. 11, 2016.
Meet the Artists: Oct. 14, 2015 from 6 to 8 p.m., Science World, Vancouver
This exhibition features works of art by TRU faculty, students, alumni and other participating artists, inspired by several scanning electron micrograph (SEM) images of cave microorganisms collected during Biological Sciences faculty member Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham’s drug discovery research. The goal is to engage the public in the excitement of the exploration of cave microorganisms, their identification and potential for new drug development, while developing new perspectives in the popular and scientific view of microorganisms through art.
Cheeptham’s lab has collaborated with a number of Canadian cavers through the BC Speleological Federation to obtain additional cave environmental samples for further study.
Her work, which was featured on an episode of CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki in February, received funding through the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) Public Engagement Fund, the SfAM President’s Fund, and TRU’s Internal Research Fund.
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Read: When art meets science, beautiful things happen
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Watch: The Antibiotic Hunters on CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
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Watch: The Search for New Antibiotics (Youtube)
More information
Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham
ncheeptham@tru.ca
250-371-5891
