“When the light hits” acrylic on canvas by Leena Salmio @omppudesign
"I show through the painting the encounter of light. In it,I depict different reflections, lenses, colours, and new worlds that open up through the microscope, which cannot otherwise be seen with naked eye.”🪡
#ArtMeetsScienceHelsinki is now officially open to the public!
After a highly successful opening event yesterday, we are joyful to invite you all to Galleria Albert IX, Helsinki 🇫🇮
The gallery will be hosted by a participating artist or scientist every day until the 23rd April🧵
Art meets science goes live! Follow the opening ceremony today from 14, and visit the exhibition at Galleria Albert IX 7.-23.4. #science#art#ftdk@helsinkiuni https://t.co/tbq5BD2QNH
Art meets science goes live! Follow the opening ceremony today from x, and visit the exhibition at Galleria Albert IX 7.-23.4. #science#art#ftdk@helsinkiuni https://t.co/ow0cCXzqXw
Divergent thinking, interesting exhibition👍Science is inspiring artists and vice versa. #UPM's nanocellulosic wound dressing #Fibdex is @KallioJohana's
business but Petra Kaminen turned it into paintings Renewal I and II. Go and see! #helsinkiuni#ftdk
@helsinki@AMS_Helsinki@helsinkiuni Visit Galleria Albert IX 7- 23 April to see the amazing art live! Read more about the exhibition, the artists and scientists in the @AMS_Helsinki blog https://t.co/u3lwv9lrSL
Teemu Tomberg from Finland is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Pharmacy,@helsinkiuni. He is constructing a new microscope and helping to conduct studies with it. He joined #ArtMeetsScienceHelsinki out of his curiosity as this was something new for him. #microscopy
The microscope image that highlights the different chemicals inside the tablet. The active drug component, melatonin, is shown in magenta with several other ingredients inside the tablet highlighted in different colours.
Microscopy image of melatonin provided by Teemu Tomberg.
Todays artist in the spotlight is Leena Salmio who has a vast education in arts, and also works @helsinkiuni! Head over to our blog to learn more about Leena’s collaboration and thoughts on #ArtMeetScienceHelsinki. You can follow her @omppudesign.
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A behind the scenes look at 'Valon kohdatessa' ('When the light hits'), painted by Leena @omppudesign who was inspired by Teemu’s research into coherent Raman microscopy.
See also Leena looking down the microscope at a melatonin sleeping aid tablet.
From our organisation team,@Safak_Er_ is a PhD candidate @aivaaralab @unihelsinki.Her research focuses on impairment of the proteins in neurons that causes pathology in Parkinson’s disease.She enjoys talking about science with everyone and believes the importance of #OpenScience.
A professional artist based in Rauma,@ShannonAmey is Canadian/Irish.She connects with herself through the art.For the exhibition,she created an abstract painting inspired by the brain cells and their role in diseases. Read more about her on #ArtMeetsScienceHelsinki blog. #ftdk
Professor of pharmacology and drug development @helsinkiuni, Mikko Airavaara is a group leader and a teacher,who joined this project with his research team.They focus on neurons and glia,cells of the brain, important for brain health. Follow @airavaaralab on Twitter.