Think you learned everything you need to know about cell division in middle school? Dr. Beata Mierzwa is here to show you how wonderfully, sublimely, beautifully wrong you are! She joins Jocelyn and Bradley to discuss her work as a molecular biologist, a science artist, and a AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador. She explains how her scientific research is setting the stage for the development of new, specialized cancer therapies, and how she is using the beautiful images produced in her research to design spectacular scientific fashions! The friends discuss how art not only serves as a uniquely powerful means to communicate complex science to diverse audiences, but also helps scientists themselves see and think about their science in new ways. And Beata shares her advice for anyone who might feel “torn between a desire to understand the wonders of life through science or to create beauty with art.”

You can find Beata on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @beatascienceart, and you can learn more about her amazing work at https://beatascienceart.com/ and at the links below:

Art the Science blog: https://artthescience.com/blog/2020/04/03/creators-beata-mierzwa/

“Bridging the Divide Between Science and Art,” Journal of Cell Biology: https://rupress.org/jcb/article/217/12/4051/120307/Beata-Mierzwa-Bridging-the-divide-between-science

Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeataScienceArt

DIY DNA jewelry:
https://youtu.be/iiTeVtCneXY
https://beatascienceart.com/DNA-jewelry/

Ludwig Cancer Research: https://www.ludwigcancerresearch.org/

The IF/THEN initiative:
https://www.ifthencollection.org/beata
https://www.ifthenshecan.org/