Red Dog

Feeling the network

I love harmonographs. Place the tip of the pen on the paper and set the pendula in motion. Then watch in wonder as the drawing slowly reveals itself: a unique […]

Microbiome

Smash and grab

I’ve been trying to get my head around next-generation genome sequencing. How it has revolutionised our understanding of microbiomes. From what I can work out, somewhat similar to the arrival […]

Microbiome

One for every occassion

You might have an old wooden-handled hammer and offer it to three people: to the first, it is a useful tool for a spot of weekend DIY; to the second […]

Microbiome

Up close and personal

I really didn’t expect this. I always thought of bacteria as a crowd, a mass of cells that fermented or infected, never as individuals. But that is just what is […]

Microbiome

The eared one

I’ve been talking with some member of the AMR network, and came across this. I guess you could say that those blobs look a bit like ears, hence the name […]

Microbiome

Ambassador of One Health?

At this time, acutely aware of our own vulnerability to Covid-19, there is the faint hope that the pandemic might shift our attidude to the multivarious world around us: offering […]

Microbiome

Nothing’s separate anymore

I’m meeting it again, reading about the microbiome (this time fungi) and the author is telling me that we need to rethink how we think of ourselves: ditch the idea […]

Microbiome

Meshing a network

First time I’ve been artist-in-residence in a network*. So it got me thinking about what sort of place is a network; where do you look for the interesting stuff: along […]

Simon Ryder

Investigative Artist

Red Dog

Feeling the network

Smash and grab

One for every occassion

Up close and personal

The eared one

Ambassador of One Health?

Nothing’s separate anymore

Meshing a network

Red Dog

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