Halmos Faculty Presents at American Society for Microbiology Conference

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences and Kandy Lopez- Moreno, M.F.A., faculty in the Department of Communication, Media, and Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), presented at the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators, held virtually in July. Their presentation, entitled, “Using Microbiology to Teach Art,” was in the session on “Agar Art: Hands-on activities for your microbiology classroom.”

Garcia and Lopez Moreno discussed their agar art curriculum based on their on-going, unique science and art collaboration where Lopez Moreno brings her art students to Garcia’s microbiology lab. There they learn how to create art using colorful bacteria as the “paint” and agar as their “canvas”.   Garcia and Lopez Moreno provided lesson plans along with assessment strategies that attendees could use to implement our curriculum at their own institutions.

Posted 10/09/22