Experiments in Art & Science: The Gurdon Institute & Kettle's Yard Cambridge
It’s funny how neurons look like an image from the Hubble telescope. I’ve been working with some very clever scientists from the Livsey Lab @GurdonInstitute & @kettlesyard in Cambridge, they are creating cerebral cortex cells, which make up the brain’s grey matter, from a small sample of human skin. In particular they are looking at the development of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, watching the diseases develop in real time in order to work out a way of stopping it. Seeing these stem cells being grown into neurons is fascinating. I’ve been thinking about memory, language, consciousness and data. @harrietloffler & @h.doerflinger talk about the project on Kettle Yard's website. I can’t wait to see what the other artists involved are discovering as well @rachelpimm @wilsonlaurawilson I’ll be going for another visit to the lab soon. ➡ www.kettlesyard.co.uk/about/news/experiments-art-science/ #ExperimentsArtScience #KettlesYard
