The Biological Robot Art of Anna Dumitriu #ArtTuesday
Anna Dumitriu is a bioartist whose work reflects on disease, synthetic biology, and robotics. Her recent work, “Shielding,” uses with SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Here’s more from Art the Science:
“Shielding” has been impregnated with actual SARS-CoV-2 RNA (coronavirus) from a plasmid construct. This is a safe, non-infectious reagent for SARS-CoV-2 research (NIBSC 19/304), obtained from the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was supplied to me by researchers Dr. Ines Moura and Dr. Jane Freeman at the University of Leeds who are working with SARS-CoV-2 primers and the RNA construct in the development and use of a RT-PCR assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection in faeces. I’ve worked with Dr. Freeman on several previous works and I knew she was undertaking research in this area. We continue to collaborate on the “Collateral Effects” project.
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