Bacteria Art Celebrates The Microbiome Goodness Exchange Have you ever seen art created in a petri dish using living, growing microorganisms? that's agar art! asm's annual agar art contest is a chance for you to use science to show off your creative skills. Bright red, deep purple, neon green so there’s actually an agar art contest held by the american society for microbiology every year where scientists compete to make the best artwork grown.
Van Gogh S Starry Night Made Of Bacteria Booooooom Create Clad in a white lab coat, 26 year old bespectacled microbiologist balaram khamari hunches over dozens of petri dishes, each filled with invisible colonies of bacteria. two days before, balaram. Every year the american society for microbiology (asm) hosts agar art contests where talented microbiologists from around the world create intricate paintings, swapping in the canvases and paint for strains of yeast and agar plates. Our much loved microbe art competition in support of international microorganism day took place on 17 september 2025, in celebration of the wondrous world of microbes, by getting creative and sharing art. 'artworks with living bacteria'. this is the motto of the agar art contest, a project that the american society for microbiology (asm) has been carrying out annually for the past 5 years. this society was born in 1899 with the mission to promote and advance the microbial sciences.
Van Gogh S Starry Night Made Of Bacteria Booooooom Create Our much loved microbe art competition in support of international microorganism day took place on 17 september 2025, in celebration of the wondrous world of microbes, by getting creative and sharing art. 'artworks with living bacteria'. this is the motto of the agar art contest, a project that the american society for microbiology (asm) has been carrying out annually for the past 5 years. this society was born in 1899 with the mission to promote and advance the microbial sciences. The department of biological sciences at adamas university, india, organised an agar art contest on 19 september 2022. the event promoted the art and science of microbiology in alignment with the objectives of the microbiology society. Though the agar art contest wasn’t so much about preventing bacteria growth as it was channeling that growth into microbial masterpieces. take a look at the three winners to see what i mean. Decades later, the american society of microbiology launched its annual agar art contest which launched agar art to the international spotlight. it has expanded to over 30 countries, with various themed competitions for professionals, amateurs and anyone interested in microbial art. But, if you'd like to submit your work at our seb asm contest, bring along a photo of your work to exhibit. artworks will be judged based on microbiology technique and creativity as well as overall aesthetics.
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