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Art of Science 7.0: Images show the beauty of research

Temple of Demeter, an image from research by Rong Ma, Yousoon Baek, Mayandi Sivaguru and Dean Riechers, shows the sturdy shapes of the cells of a sorghum plant. These cells form part of the sheath that protects the growing plant shoot. Crops are exposed to many stressful growing conditions in the field, including exposure to herbicides. The bright colors seen here mark the presence of proteins that help protect the plant from such exposures. The goal of the research is to develop new ways to protect crops from damage caused by herbicides and other stressors. Courtesy of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

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Research images from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology have been artistically enhanced to convey the beauty encountered daily in scientific research. They will be shown at the Art of Science 7.0 exhibit.

The Art of Science 7.0 – a program of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology – celebrates the common ground between science and art, and between the University of Illinois and the Champaign-Urbana community. The exhibit featuring the artistically enhanced research images opens Thursday, April 13, at [co][lab], 206 W. Main St., Urbana, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. IGB director Gene Robinson will speak at the opening, and researchers will be present to talk about their images. The exhibit will be up through May 14.



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