Some know me as a (proud) #mushroom nerd https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤓" title="Nerd-Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Nerd-Gesicht">, others know me as a newbie rock climber https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧗🏽‍♂️" title="Kletternder Mann (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Kletternder Mann (mittlerer Hautton)">, but perhaps few people know I also love making #art. I am very excited to share a @VanderbiltU news article about my efforts to bridge the gap between art and science http://bit.ly/31HWYYX ">https://bit.ly/31HWYYX&q...
Most of the work I& #39;ve made is available at my website https://jlsteenwyk.com/arts_visual.html">https://jlsteenwyk.com/arts_visu... but here is a thread of some of the work I have done!

To help bridge the artist-scientist gap, I like to borrow elements from both fields. Here, I created an Andy Warhol-esque portrait of budding yeast
Additionally, I have explored what #algorithms can offer to art. Using popular #R packages like #ggplot2, some for loops, etc., I wrote an algorithm that can make art for me!

Sometimes the #algorithm makes simple images, sometimes the algorithm makes beautifully complex images
I like to also make #purpose-driven art. One matter deeply important to me is #planetary health https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌏" title="Asien-Australien auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Asien-Australien auf dem Globus">. Depicted here is the Hawksbill #turtle, a critically endangered species. The 100 dots decrease in size by 80% reflecting an 80% decline in population size over the last century
I like to also make   #purpose-driven art. One matter deeply important to me is   #planetary health https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌏" title="Asien-Australien auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Asien-Australien auf dem Globus">. Depicted here is the Hawksbill #turtle, a critically endangered species. The 100 dots decrease in size by 80% reflecting an 80% decline in population size over the last century" title="I like to also make #purpose-driven art. One matter deeply important to me is #planetary health https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌏" title="Asien-Australien auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Asien-Australien auf dem Globus">. Depicted here is the Hawksbill #turtle, a critically endangered species. The 100 dots decrease in size by 80% reflecting an 80% decline in population size over the last century" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
If any of my art is familiar to the #science community, it may be because of my very supportive advisor, @RokasLab, who often uses these lab posters I made as an introductory slide for talks.

In the Rokas lab, we infer big trees, study various fungi, and preterm birth in humans.
I& #39;ve also made various logos including the Evolutionary Studies Initiative ( @EvolutionVU) at @VanderbiltU, a T-shirt for Vandy& #39;s dept. of Bio. Sciences, and the logo for ClipKIT, a multiple sequence alignment trimming algorithm http://bit.ly/3iiLwJ5 ">https://bit.ly/3iiLwJ5&q... http://bit.ly/3dLuzn8 ">https://bit.ly/3dLuzn8&q...
Thank you for checking out my art - I hope you& #39;ve enjoyed this thread. Please feel free to contact me (DM, email, etc.) if you would like to work together on a piece!
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