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a blog about the intersection of science, art, and culture by Jessica Palmer, PhD
Jessica Palmer has a PhD in Molecular Biology and has been blogging about the intersection of art and biology since 2006.
read the first BioE post.
The contents of this blog are the personal opinions of the author, independent of any organizations with which she is affiliated, and should not be construed as professional advice.
May 31, 2010
Category: Blogosphere
Everything is ephemeral - including bioephemera. As of today, May 31, I'm going on hiatus for at least this summer - and probably longer. While I've met many wonderful fellow bloggers and faithful readers through the blog, keeping BioE...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:12 PM • 55 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
So cute, so bioephemeral: designer Wes Thomas created a laser-cut business card that snaps out to assemble a little giraffe. He's also done a gorilla. Via Notcot....
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 6:15 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
The God Particle, 2008 Andy Harper does amazing work with oils: fantastic gardenscapes populated with unanticipated plants. Many of his works incorporate dramatic symmetry, reminiscent of a Rorschach blot or the patters on a flowerhead. Half Devil, Half Buccaneer...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:20 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Here's a big time want: a sterling silver necklace cast from a frog spine and skull, by Elizabeth Knight. Wow. You can find it at Catbird! While you're there, check out Knight's spin on pearl earrings (the pearls are...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:14 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 30, 2010
Category: Photography
Wired published a gallery a few months back featuring the art of Nikki Graziano, a math and photography student at Rochester Institute of Technology, who combines photos with equations. Her Found Functions series is awesome - I love the...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:04 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopodmania
I recently stumbled across an interesting post (don't ask how I got there; how do you ever end up anywhere on the Web?) about how the octopus has been used as a propaganda symbol, from WW2 to Big Oil,...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:31 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Artists & Art
Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy has just unveiled a new website, the Secret Museum, to house her "exhibition of photographs exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world." So if you can't make it...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 7:05 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
So I had the pleasure of meeting the awesome Dr. Isis a few weeks ago. It turns out she is even more awesome in person than she is in pseudonymity. And she brought me a fabulous thing: a scarf from...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 2:40 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
These wallpapers would be perfect in a clinic waiting room, or the offices of a biotech startup. Bring on the sciart decor aesthetic!
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:04 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Lately Ms. Humble of Not So Humble Pie, "your typical nerdy biological anthropologist turned stay at home mom and baker of sometimes strange goodies," has cornered the market on science cookies. Check out her beautiful gel electrophoresis cookies (above):...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:16 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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