Sonhita Chakraborty
Sonhita is a Toronto-based plant biologist who seeks new and interesting ways to meld two of her biggest passions – science and art. While completing her PhD in plant molecular biology, Sonhita took to making whimsical watercolour and digital paintings of cells.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Sonhita wants to breakdown complex biological concepts into simple playful renderings that highlight the beauty of the biological systems she’s passionate about. Her science art has been featured in undergraduate biology laboratory manuals at the University of Toronto and science journals. Her artwork was also displayed at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) jamboree held in Paris, France and in the “a bunch of” pocket sciart guides to plant families.
Sonhita is a Toronto-based plant biologist who seeks new and interesting ways to meld two of her biggest passions – science and art. While completing her PhD in plant molecular biology, Sonhita took to making whimsical watercolour and digital paintings of cells.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Sonhita wants to breakdown complex biological concepts into simple playful renderings that highlight the beauty of the biological systems she’s passionate about. Her science art has been featured in undergraduate biology laboratory manuals at the University of Toronto and science journals. Her artwork was also displayed at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) jamboree held in Paris, France and in the “a bunch of” pocket sciart guides to plant families.
$50.00
Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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Everything that dies is mourned in its own right
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Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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Everything that dies is returned to the cosmos
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Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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Everything that dies becomes worm food
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Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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A colourful tribute to Dr. Santiago Ramón y Cajal - the founder of modern neuroscience
Neurons are nerve cells that send messages to and from the brain or spinal cord to other parts of the body.
When many neurons function together they form a ‘neural circuit’.
Dr. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and his colleague Dr. Golgi received the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their work on the structure of the nervous system.
Dr. Cajal made many detailed, beautiful and accurate drawings of neurons, such as the one on this page. They show us how the neural circuits - that help us think, respond and remember - are incredibly intricate.
Net neurality is also a play on words.
• Net neutrality is the concept that internet providers should offer its users with consistent internet services regardless of the platform.
• Net neurality is an expression of the connectivity that exists within each one of us.
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Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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On the cover: Wu and colleagues show how dendritic cells (in pink) within the tumor microenvironment produce CCL19 (boxes), which acts on CD8+ T cells (in blue) to enhance their antitumor effectiveness in breast cancer patients.
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Digital art printed on laminate paper.
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Genetic information is conveyed from DNA to RNA, then from RNA to protein
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The hand of a biologist reaches out from the pits of despair to send hope. Hope streams out of the pipette towards (from left to right) microbiology (darker green), artificial intelligence and genetic circuitry (cyan), solar punk (brown), neuroscience (blue), regenerative medicine (red), agriculture (green), cell signaling (purple), and stem cell research (pink)
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Printed digital art.
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I am a strange loop