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Aug 2015
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MWV 97 - TWiV #352 Science Art with Mich...

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY
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Host: Vincent RacanielloGuest: Michele Banks

Vincent meets up with Michele Banks in Washington, DC to discuss her career as a creator of science-themed art.

Links for this episode:

Michele Banks on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/artologica

Artologicahttps://www.etsy.com/people/artologica

Michele's bloghttp://artologica.blogspot.com

The Finch and the Peahttp://thefinchandpea.com

Joseph Cornellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cornell

Not Exactly Rocket Science (Ed Yong)http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/not-exactly-rocket-science/

Tree of Life (Jonathan Eisen)http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com

Home Microbiome Studyhttp://homemicrobiome.com

Kitten Microbiome Projecthttp://www.kittenmicrobiome.org

Science Onlinehttp://scienceonline.com

The Vexed Muddlerhttps://www.etsy.com/shop/theVexedMuddler

Luke Jerramhttp://www.lukejerram.com

A Daily Dish (Klari Reis)http://www.adailydish.com

Neuroscience art (Greg Dunn)http://www.gregadunn.com

Ai Weiweihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

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