Kat Austen is an artist and researcher based in Berlin. Kat was so kind to talk to us about her work about microplastics in trees, her view on science and art and her upcoming projects. Welcome to Plants and Pipettes: Kat Austen!

• How I made musical instruments from lab equipment to create empathy with the Arctic 
• DIY Science Podcast: 003 – Kat Austen on DIY science, art practice, and creating empathy with the environment
• The Paper: Microplastic inclusion in birch tree roots – ScienceDirect
• Kat’s website: Kat Austen
• Follow Kat on Twitter: Kat Austen FRSA (@katausten) / Twitter
• Stranger to the Trees on Vimeo

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Our opening and closing music is Caravana by Phillip Gross

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