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Life imitating art imitating life.

"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature."
- Cicero

Note: I do not claim ownership of these images nor intend to defy any copyright. All images are sourced back to their original URLs with the creators credited where possible.
This is an exciting time of year! Biocanvas is approaching its second year anniversary and 100,000 follower count! We’d like to celebrate with some special news: Biocanvas is now on Facebook! Please check us out! Biocanvas’s Facebook page will feature more interactivity with followers, interviews with the scientists who capture these amazing images, and more. And what better way to welcome these new milestones than with a contest? From now until the end of March 17, followers have a chance to win a copy of Art + Science Now, a science-as-art book! Here are the rules: Two separate winners will be chosen: one from Tumblr and one from Facebook. To win on Tumblr: (1) Follow Biocanvas, and (2) like and/or reblog this post. To win on Facebook: Like Biocanvas’s page on Facebook. Winners will be chosen at random and contacted on March 18. Pretty cool, right? Thanks for sticking and evolving with Biocanvas. I’m excited to share these moments with my steadfast followers. Best of luck, and please make sure to check us out on Facebook!

This is an exciting time of year!

Biocanvas is approaching its second year anniversary and 100,000 follower count! We’d like to celebrate with some special news:

Biocanvas is now on Facebook! Please check us out!

Biocanvas’s Facebook page will feature more interactivity with followers, interviews with the scientists who capture these amazing images, and more.

And what better way to welcome these new milestones than with a contest?

From now until the end of March 17, followers have a chance to win a copy of Art + Science Now, a science-as-art book!

Here are the rules:

  • Two separate winners will be chosen: one from Tumblr and one from Facebook.
  • To win on Tumblr: (1) Follow Biocanvas, and (2) like and/or reblog this post.
  • To win on Facebook: Like Biocanvas’s page on Facebook.

Winners will be chosen at random and contacted on March 18. Pretty cool, right?

Thanks for sticking and evolving with Biocanvas. I’m excited to share these moments with my steadfast followers. Best of luck, and please make sure to check us out on Facebook!

A 150-times magnified view of pollen granules trapped by bristles on the abdomen of a bee. Image by Robert Markus, Stockholm University.

A 150-times magnified view of pollen granules trapped by bristles on the abdomen of a bee.

Image by Robert Markus, Stockholm University.

A three-day-old zebrafish embryo, a common model organism for understanding development. Image by John Gaynes, University of Utah.

A three-day-old zebrafish embryo, a common model organism for understanding development.

Image by John Gaynes, University of Utah.

The head of an insect from the Entiminae family, which contains broad-nosed weevils that can be a pest with economic importance. Image by Mr. Jose R. Almodovar, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez.

The head of an insect from the Entiminae family, which contains broad-nosed weevils that can be a pest with economic importance.

Image by Mr. Jose R. Almodovar, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez.

The frontal view of an ant head. Image by Dr. Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

The frontal view of an ant head.

Image by Dr. Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

A tentacle from Porpita porpita, commonly known as the blue button. Image by Christian Gautier.

A tentacle from Porpita porpita, commonly known as the blue button.

Image by Christian Gautier.

Hair follicles from a newborn mouse. Image by Dr. Slobodan Beronja, Rockefeller University.

Hair follicles from a newborn mouse.

Image by Dr. Slobodan Beronja, Rockefeller University.

HIV virus particles budding from a human T cell (blue) in vitro. Image by Klaus Boller, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Germany.

HIV virus particles budding from a human T cell (blue) in vitro.

Image by Klaus Boller, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Germany.

Distinct lineages of Bacillus subtilis forming a biofilm, producing predictable shapes and patterns. Image by Fernan Federici, PJ Steiner, Tim Rudge, and Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge.

Distinct lineages of Bacillus subtilis forming a biofilm, producing predictable shapes and patterns.

Image by Fernan Federici, PJ Steiner, Tim Rudge, and Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge.

The hippocampus of a rat stained to show glia (cyan), neurofilaments (green), and cell nuclei (yellow). This image was created to help map the brain for the Whole Brain Catalog project. Image by Thomas Deerinck, UCSD.

The hippocampus of a rat stained to show glia (cyan), neurofilaments (green), and cell nuclei (yellow). This image was created to help map the brain for the Whole Brain Catalog project.

Image by Thomas Deerinck, UCSD.

(Source: cell.com)