Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Bio Art in a Petri Dish

Although many bacterium are quite scary, these little petri-canvases are most appealing to the eye. You probably still should avoid contact with these little lifeforms, but if you take a look up close, I hope you'll see its beauty.

These little examples are created by Eshel Ben-Jacob of the Tel Aviv University. He is currently professor of physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy. And this is what he does with his free time:







You can find more from his web site here.