About Science in Your Eyes

The gallery Science in Your Eyes displays examples of biological or biologically-inspired synthetic systems that have been visualized with fluorescent microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy, with a special emphasis on the aesthetic qualities of biologically structure. The colors are artificial and are chosen so to emphasize the contrasts and structures of the examined objects. The central theme is derived from the world of biophysics with a special focus on cell membranes, fats, proteins and liposomes.

The images in the exhibition are made by researchers and students of The Danish National Research Foundation for Biomembrane Physics (MEMPHYS) at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

Microscopy

Luis Bagatolli, Adam Cohen Simonsen, Danielle Keller, Thomas Kaasgaard, Jonas Henriksen, Amy Rowat og Matthias Weiss, Jorge Bernardino de la Serna, Eva Arnspang Christensen, M. Inés Plasencia-Gil, Thomas Elmelund Rasmussen, Mathias Lysemose Clausen, Maria Bloksgaard Mølgaard, Raghu Sankar, Agnieszka Gorska, Alfredo González-Pérez & Himanshu Khandelia (MEMPHYS), Horst-Günter Rubahn (NanoSyd), Martin Hanczyc (FLinT).

Idea

Ole G. Mouritsen (Memphys) & Jonas Drotner Mouritsen (Kolding Design School).

Webpage layout and content

Torben R. Uhrenholt & Ole Madsen (SundVision) and Thomas Elmelund Rasmussen (Memphys)

Current webmaster

Thomas Elmelund Rasmussen (Memphys)

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Allan Wissner for allowing us to show an image of an antique optical light microscope from his collection - to see additional images go to: www.antique-microscopes.com

And thanks to the Royal Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek) for letting us exhibit an image from the Flora Danica collection: http://www.kb.dk/da/tema/floradanica/index.html