Symphylans (or ‘garden centipedes’) are Myriapods, making them distantly related to millipedes, centipedes and pauropods.

They're an absolute nightmare to photograph, as they rapidly run away when disturbed, e.g., when their favourite stone is turned over!

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #MacroPhotography #SoilEcology #Symphyla #Myriapod

Continuing #introduction: by day I'm a professor (biochemistry & cell biology) running a research lab where we've published many studies using budding yeast (think beer and bread).

So naturally, as an artist by night, I had to sculpt our favorite organism. Here is Saccharomyces cerevisiae in late anaphase, mother cell producing a daughter cell, jeweled chromosomes separating inside the nucleus. Bronze, silver, 3D printed steel, and apatite gemstones. #sciart #cellbiology #celldivision