We are excited to announce that the paper "The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor", co-authored by Filipa Sousa and Sinje Neukirchen, served as inspiration for visual artist Helena Kauppila to create an art installation.

Helena Kauppila holds a PhD in mathematics but chose to turn her creativity into a career. She currently works as a visual artist in Berlin. Her exhibition "In der Unendlichkeit - Inside Infinity", featuring the installation based on "LUCA", can be visited from 18.02.2021 until 18.11.2021 at the Finnland-Institut, Berlin.

Youtube Video "Visiting Artist 2021 am Finnland-Institut: Helena Kauppila. In der Unendlichkeit - Inside Infinity"

Tagesspiegel: "Inside Infinity" im Finnland-Institut Berlin - Farben der Unendlichkeit"

Original paper:

Nature Microbiology, DOI: 10.1038/NMICROBIOL.2016.116
The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor
Madeline C. Weiss, Filipa L. Sousa, Natalia Mrnjavac, Sinje Neukirchen, Mayo Roettger, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, William F. Martin

Read the full artice here (feebased):  The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor | Nature Microbiology