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NDMU Biology Professor Gets Crafty with Agar Art

June 24, 2022
NDMU Biology Professor Gets Crafty with Agar Art

NDMU was featured in NPR.

Agar art lies at the intersection of biology and art. In her work with the American Society for Microbiology, Dr. Jennifer Kerr explains how agar art is a creative medium that's actually alive. Scientists and artists practice etching designs on petri dishes with bacterial paint that can grow and multiply.

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