The pieces showcased here were designed to communicate my science through art and share the magic, color and diversity of natural systems.
I created this image in relation to my research on surface-specific wing patterning in butterflies. Each panel here shows the dorsal wing surface to the left and the ventral wing surface of the SAME individual to the right. My work identified a single gene that can account for surface-specific patterning in butterflies.It is truly amazing how enormous natural diversity can be created just by small genomic tinkering!
This is an artificially colored scanning electron micrograph of a butterfly wing. The image depicts the units of color i.e. the scales that tile the wing membrane and the specially elongated scales that lie along the wing margin.
An artificially colored scanning electron micrograph of a moth scale that produces blue color.