The year of the OX – The year of the Vaccinae

Wishing you all a happy ,healthy and resilient new year of the OX .

The year of the Vaccinae, CW  on Luria Bertani agar on lightbox, Niamh Cunningham 瑞莲 2021

In association with the ‘Microbe Art Project’  an Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) initiative engaging transdisciplinary education and popular science.

 

 

Vaccinus is a latin adjective meaning ‘from cows’ (the word vacca meaning cow). At the end of the 18th century English physician Edward Jenner injected cowpox material to increase immunity protecting against the more serious small pox. The injection itself was called vaccination.

 

The year of the Vaccinae, CW  on Luria Bertani agar -dark , Niamh Cunningham 瑞莲 2021