Bacteria glass art panel Microbiology desk decor

A new addition to my Science collection! This glass art panel, made of fused glass, was a retirement gift for a dear colleague of mine 😊 Inspired by the microscopic visual appearance of various bacteria 🔬and infused with my artistic interpretation of how microbes might appear in different colors.

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Blue green algae Cyanobacteria glass art panel Microbiology desk decor

Are you searching for the perfect gift for a science lover, whether they are a researcher, marine biologist, microbiologist, or laboratory worker? Look no further than this exquisite glass art panel, which perfectly blends geekiness and style. The panel's bright colors and distinctive appearance make it a great gift for any science enthusiast. Its design was inspired by the visual appearance of Blue-green algae under the microscope, resulting in a one-of-a-kind art piece that is sure to make a striking addition to any collection.

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Gram stained bacteria glass art panel Microbiology desk decor

A new addition to my Science collection! This one was a custom order for a Microbiology lover! A cool  glass art panel made of fused glass, inspired by the different types of Gram stained bacteria visualized under the microscope 🥰 

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Bacteria necklace for women Microbiology gift for her Science jewelry

Next addition to my Science jewelry collection! This one is for all Bacteriology and Medical Microbiology fans out there! Made of fused glass and a bit of sterling silver. It is inspired by Coliform bacteria teal blue colonies on chromogenic agar Petri dish.

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Blue green algae necklace for women Microbiology jewelry Cyanobacteria

Next addition to my Science jewelry collection! This one is for all Marine Biology fans out there! Made of fused glass and a bit of sterling silver. It is inspired by the blue-green colored filaments from which these organisms derive their popular name (Cyanobacteria or Blue green algae) 🥰 

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Bacteria necklace for women Gram stain Microbiology jewelry

Another addition to my Science jewelry collection! This one is for all Microbiology fans out there! Made of fused glass and a bit of sterling silver. It is inspired by the different types of Gram stained bacteria visualized under the microscope 🥰

 

  

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Legionella bacteria necklace for women Microbiology gift for her Science jewelry

Here is next addition to my Science jewelry collection! Legionella bacteria necklace for women, inspired by Legionella pneumophila bacteria colonies on BCYE (Buffered charcoal yeast extract) agar Petri dish. Scroll down to the last pic to see the actual plate pic that gave me the inspiration 🥰

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Cyanobacteria necklace for women Microbiology jewelry Blue green algae

Introducing new additions to my Science jewelry collection! This time made of fused glass (by me obviously 🙄) and a bit of sterling silver. The first one is inspired by Cyanobacteria filaments (Blue green algae). Back in 2010 I've already made a sterling silver/green Agate gems necklace inspired by Cyanobacteria (what can I say I love how they look under the microscope 🥰) but this time it is made of glass, my new passion! 

 

 

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Science jewelry Biohazard necklace fine silver pendant on leather cord. Handmade metal clay jewelry by Arctida.

As some of you know I work as a microbiologist at my day job. Over the years I've been working with a lot of dangerous bacteria and viruses: Streptococcus, Polio, HIV, Cholera, Hepatitis are just some of them... so it is only natural that I wanted to make a necklace for myself that looks like a Biohazard warning symbol, after all I'm surrounded by these signs at work I might as well wear one :) I finished this piece back in 2014 and since that time several of my colleagues and nerd friends ordered the same pendant so I thought it was time to list it in my shop as an addition to my Science collection.

The pendant is made of solid silver (Fine Silver Precious Metal Clay pmc), partly oxidized to display the Biohazard symbol pattern and threaded on a black leather cord.

Oh and the blue bio-suit and mask you see on the first model pic is the actual protective gear/suit (informally known as "space suits") we use for some of the laboratory work :)

 

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Cyanobacteria - Asymmetric contemporary oxidized sterling silver necklace with Green Agate for your favorite Geek Chic

I’ve been thinking about making an addition to my Microbiology collection for some time now… This time I got inspired by Cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae and blue-green bacteria). They are probably best known for the extensive and highly visible blooms that can form in both freshwater and marine environment and can have the appearance of blue-green paint or scum. Because these blooms are toxic, it is common to close the affected beaches and thus many people get really upset with these little bacteria:) So it may surprise you that the cyanobacteria are actually one of the largest and most important groups of bacteria on earth.

…just a little bit of mandatory nerd (= science) talk now :)

Cyanobacteria are aquatic and photosynthetic, which means, they live in the water, and can manufacture their own food. Because they are bacteria, they are quite small and usually unicellular, though they often grow in colonies large enough to see. They are the oldest known fossils, more than 3.5 billion years old, in fact!

Many oil deposits are attributed to the activity of cyanobacteria. The oxygen atmosphere that we depend on was generated by numerous cyanobacteria during the Archaean and Proterozoic Eras. Prior to that, the atmosphere was unsuitable for life as we know it today.

Another great contribution of the cyanobacteria is the origin of plants. The chloroplast with which plants make food for themselves is actually a cyanobacterium living within the plant's cells. Sometime in the late Proterozoic, or in the early Cambrian, cyanobacteria began to take up residence within certain eukaryote cells, making food for the eukaryote host in return for a home.

So here is my new Cyanobacteria necklace, and for those who do not care about science as much as I do, a simple pretty abstract neck piece :)

 

 

As you've probably guessed these last pictures are microscope shots of the Cyanobacteria colonies and my visual inspiration :)

S. pneumoniae bacteria asymmetric necklace - rock crystal clear Quartz oxidized sterling silver - "Microbiology" monthly challenge

I have just joined the coolest team ever on Etsy! (apart from my EST team of course :) It is called "Mad Scientists of Etsy (MSOE)" and most of their members are scientists who posses an artistic dominant gene :) Yay, I'm not alone!

This month’s challenge was a creation inspired by the theme of "Microbiology", how cool is that! My master thesis project was about S. pneumoniae (Streptococcus pneumoniae) bacteria, so I felt that this could be a perfect opportunity to show them in artistic way :)

Warning! Science talk now... :)

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a normal inhabitant of the human upper respiratory tract. S. pneumoniae can cause pneumonia, as well as infections in other parts of the body such as in the bloodstream (bacteremia), lining of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis), bones (osteomyelitis), joints (arthritis), ears (otitis media) and sinuses (sinusitis). Usually, they are seen as pairs of cocci (spherical or spheroid shape), but they may also occur singly and in short chains. The primary virulence factor (or in other words the ability of a microbe to cause disease) of pneumococci is their polysaccharide capsule (which can be seen as a "halo" around the cells on the last pic). It is non-toxic but helps bacteria to evade the host immune cells.