A group of doctors and researchers is getting in on the Ann Arbor Art Fair fun this week.
The program is called Bioartography. Faculty and staff across the university submit images of cells and tissue from their research labs.
The images are photoshopped to add bright colors and patterns. The winning prints are then sold. All proceeds go to help graduate students and post-docs travel to medical conferences.
Dr. Deborah Gumucio helped develop the fundraiser in 2005. She said roughly $40,000 to $50,000 has been collected over the past nine years. That's been enough to give more than 80 students $500 travel awards.
"It’s really important to get out to the public to tell them about what we do," said Gumucio. "How our work with the fruit fly and work with yeast, for example, can make huge differences in human health."
The prints are a representation of the intersection between art and science.
They will be sold at the Ann Arbor Art Fair this week. They're also for sale online.
– Reem Nasr, Michigan Radio Newsroom
