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feeling blue and inspired by the beautiful ink works of @ullathynell

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Are you a scientist interested in art? An artist interested in science? Submit to ArtSci Hémisphères and get your work exhibited at ETH Zürich. Amazing prizes and artsciency fame waiting for you. Submissions close April 10th. 

artsci.ethz.ch 

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Cerastoderma Edule Patella Vulgata Mytilus Edulis

Watercolour on paper

Illustrations for the bachelor thesis presentation of my best friend, who analysed rare earth elements in a series of shells including some of these :)

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Did you know that selenium deficiency is a thing? 

Up to a billion people around the globe are deficient, not getting enough of this trace element from their diet. This is why we are interested in understanding what controls selenium levels in soils. The atmosphere supplies Se to the soil environment - but where does this initially come from? I loved illustrating this study by Süss et al., (2019), investigating trace element sources using rainwater analyses. The data show that the terrestrial biosphere apparently has much more of an impact than we traditionally thought - at least during the summer. 

source: Elke Suess, Franziska Aemisegger, Jeroen E. Sonke, Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli and Lenny H. E. Winkel (2019): Marine versus continental sources of iodine and selenium in rainfall at two European high-altitude locations. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05533

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Doing Art and Science? Consider submitting to the next ArtSci exhibit  Hémisphères  and your work promoted @ETH Zürich! 

artsci.ethz.ch 

(watercolour on paper)

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watercolour on paper

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Happy New Year et une très bonne année :) 

Time is running

Watercolour on paper

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when it seems like everything is grey and dull - remember to let the colours in. The world is beautiful and so are you; happy holidays everyone! 

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Why y’all so negative?

scientific illustration (and its negative) of the common Red Snapper, Lutjanus compectamus

original done in watercolour

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A Paradise Drowning in Trash 

This past semester I got to be part of the ETH transdisciplinary case study, investigating solid waste management on the island of Seychelles. This small island developing state is facing an immense challenge with its trash: almost exclusively relying on landfilling the island is literally filling up. Filling up - in trash. Further, current landfills are absolutely ill-equipped for the amount and types of material deposited; there is currently no capacity for leachate treatment. With various kinds of hazardous materials such as chemical residues, pharmaceutical products, asbestos etc. entering the landfill, the lack of proper lining at Providence I (one of the two main landfills) represents an incredible risk for groundwater contamination.  More info @http://www.tdlab.usys.ethz.ch/teaching/tdcs/former/cs2018.html

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The ‘upside-down’ jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.) thrives in near-shore marine habitats. It is commonly found on seagrass beds or in mangrove forests, resting its exumbrella against the sediment - exposing its oral arms to the sunlight. Why this fellow is sunbathing all the time? Its oral arms carry symbiotic zooxanthellae, dinoflagellates (marine algae) of the genus Symbiodinium that assimilate carbon and nitrogen for this gelatinous friend. 

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“what’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? 

that since day one. She’s already had everything  she needs within herself. it’s the world that  convinced her she did not.” -rupi kaur watercolour on paper, Zürich 

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where can I find the past?  I would like to say thank you  for all it has given to me 

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Missing my home and my cat today. 

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Arrived safe & sound in Cambridge! America is crazy, but I think we are on good terms. The sheer amount of cookie choices in the supermarket is probably one of the more important reasons for that. 

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This painting is already pretty old - it was the result of a short summer school about plankton ecology on a northern german island a couple of years ago. How time flies! About a year ago I (reluctantly) set my foot on Swiss grounds to start my masters at ETH in Zürich. Today I am leaving again, for some months at least - but before its time for new beginnings I want to cherish how much joy and warmth this past year has brought me! One of the many great experiences was certainly ArtSci (https://artsci.ethz.ch/), the first ETH art and science exhibition my friends and I organised this spring. Hans Thierstein was until 2009 full professor of Micropaleontology at ETH and has since then embarked on new creative adventures. Feel free to check out more of his work here - https://www.hansthierstein.ch/!  Hans was definitely one of the most involved participants in ArtSci this year, displaying his self-built quatroscope and a series of quatroscopies along with it. Apart from allowing us to display his very interesting artworks, he also actively helped making ArtSci happen whenever our logistics failed - he was just great!! The upper photo was made by him, it is a quatroscopy of my drawing from back at 2016. For me, this is a really nice illustration of how other people help us grow - I am so grateful for all the people that I have met here and elsewhere and for everything they have brought into my life. 

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Voit-on deux mondes ?