Luca as art

20.02.2021

"Luca" paper served as inspiration for artist Helena Kauppila to create an installation, now in exhibition in Berlin.

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

© Helena Kauppila