How Can Microscopic Yeast Draw the Nautilus Logo? The New Art of Bio-Pointillism
Behold this magazine’s logo in glorious living color! Each dot of pigment is a cluster of yeast cells growing on the “canvas” of a Petri dish.
This organic painting was created by Michael Shen, who’s currently working on his PhD in the NYU synthetic biology lab run by Jef Boeke*. It’s the latest work in a new artistic style the lab has dubbed “bio-,” which makes use of yeast cells that have been genetically modified to
