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Panel @thegraduatecenter tonight organized by @genspacenyc and the @nycedc focused on the emerging life sciences sector in NYC. With @erumazeezkhan from @messaginglab and @groweverythingpod, myself(@biogeneticblooms), and @werewool moderated by @iamstevenreddy “Prior to the panel conversation, Genspace’s partners at the New York City Labor Market Information Service will frame the discussion by sharing their recent research on the landscape of New York City’s life sciences labor market.” Free tickets here and in bio: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-apply-your-synbio-skills-to-biotech-tickets-882141568177

Saturday will be the final day to see “Embodied Futures” at @biobat_artspace. I feel so fortunate to have shown my work @biogeneticblooms with the amazing artists n the show. There will be a panel with some of us at 2pm, moderated by curator @elenasoterakis and @dougchapmanactor 🧫 Please join us! Saturday 3/16 2pm @biobat_artspace @brooklynarmyterminal Building A Right off the Ferry Show closes at 5ish ⛴️

Tomorrow please join me and an @opentrons_ OT-2 robot named “Bee” @biobat_artspace as we render these flowers as living bioart. I’ll talk about my process and you’ll see Bee in action. I’ll be there from 2-5pm. 🤖🐝🌸🧫

Next Saturday, February 3 at 2pm @biobat_artspace I’ll be doing live yeast painting with the @opentrons_ OT-2. 🤖 From the press release: “As part of her “Biogenetic Blooms” yeast painting collaborations, Karen Ingram will make living art using a liquid handling robot, the Opentrons OT-2. The OT-2 will be deployed to make imagery with tiny droplets of genetically modified yeast on agar. The yeast will bloom into colorful, living art. Stop by the artspace to see completed living artworks, and to see the robot in the act of producing a painting.” 🧫 Special thanks to @genspacenyc @biogeneticblooms for more about the project 🌸

This Saturday from 12 noon to 5pm I will be at @biobat_artspace showing “Biogenetic Blooms”. If you haven’t seen “Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care” this would be a good day to come out and talk to multiple artist exhibiting. @studiophoria & @johnroachart will also be present! Come check out the show. Immersive and aromatic, this show “… invites the viewer to reimagine “care” as a dynamic, flowing force that sustains and nurtures all beings as opposed to being a gift bestowed across a hierarchical power gap. 📍 BioBAT Artspace is located in Building A of the Brooklyn Army terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Right off the ferry! 🎨 Artists exhibiting: @aradhitapara @katiejhubbell @studiophoria @lauranade @juyon_ @loloostia @johnroachart Iz Nettere @shihoriyamamoto Suzanne Head All from @narsfoundation @makerspacenyc and @genspacenyc 🕶️ Curated by @elenasoterakis and @eve.bro 🖌️ About the show: “In an era where technology and ecological paradigms are in constant flux, Embodied Futures & The Ecology of Care challenges normative views around care, body, and existence. This thought-provoking exhibition brings together artists, biologists, ethicists, and technologists to explore the concept of “care” as a universal principle that transcends human-centric viewpoints. Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care serves as a nexus of art, biology, technology, and ethics, raising the essential question: How can the concept of “care” extend beyond the human sphere? By inviting viewers to see care as a dynamic force that sustains and nurtures all beings, this curation encourages us to break free of the hierarchical limitations often associated with the term.”

Montage of family fun. Happy new year, y’all! 🎈✨🥳🤪🎊☀️

A breathtaking feat of engineering, the Panama Canal. We passed through on a ship and here is the journey and some of the details (from memory): 1- passing through the 3rd lock from the Caribbean Sea, looking at another ship in the first lock. The water level of the locks rise over 3 chambers with locks to take the ship from sea level to ~80 feet above sea level. The gates close bc water pressure from a design originally created by da Vinci 2- some large fish behind us, in the 3rd lock 3- entering Gatun lake (man made lake) from the 3rd lock 4- view from the 2nd lock with a ship approaching the 1st lock behind us 5- locomotives travel next to the ship, on either side to keep it balanced. Passage is TIGHT; only 4 feet to spare. The ship is boarded by captains that are trained and licensed specifically to pilot the boat through the canal. 6- another shot of a locomotive and the captains 7- arriving at the entrance of the canal. We entered on the right. You can see the guide boat and the boat that has a Panama Canal captain that will help the boat get through 8- the guide boat coming to greet us 9- other ships waiting for an opportunity to pass through. Generally 40 or so ships go through in a day, but because of low water levels,only 24 were able to go through because they had to recycle water from other chambers 10- sunrise

I’ll be at @biobat_artspace this coming Saturday from 12 noon to 5pm for the last day this year to see “Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care” with some new pieces like this one. These slides show some steps in my process, including planning, incubating (~17 hours, ~40 hours), and after full incubation. 📍 BioBAT Artspace is located in Building A of the Brooklyn Army terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a short walk from the ferry. 🎨 Artists exhibiting: @aradhitapara @katiejhubbell @studiophoria @lauranade @juyon_ @loloostia @johnroachart Iz Nettere @shihoriyamamoto Suzanne Head All from @narsfoundation @makerspacenyc and @genspacenyc 🕶️ Curated by @elenasoterakis and @eve.bro 🖌️ About the show: “In an era where technology and ecological paradigms are in constant flux, Embodied Futures & The Ecology of Care challenges normative views around care, body, and existence. This thought-provoking exhibition brings together artists, biologists, ethicists, and technologists to explore the concept of “care” as a universal principle that transcends human-centric viewpoints. Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care serves as a nexus of art, biology, technology, and ethics, raising the essential question: How can the concept of “care” extend beyond the human sphere? By inviting viewers to see care as a dynamic force that sustains and nurtures all beings, this curation encourages us to break free of the hierarchical limitations often associated with the term.”

I’ll be at @biobat_artspace this coming Saturday along with my “Biogenetic Blooms” for “Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care.” Come check out the show. Immersive and aromatic, this show “… invites the viewer to reimagine “care” as a dynamic, flowing force that sustains and nurtures all beings as opposed to being a gift bestowed across a hierarchical power gap. In a transforming world propelled by exponential advancements in technology and shifting ecological paradigms, the interdisciplinary art presented here serves as a bridge to a future where post-humanist ethics flourish and care becomes a womb-like embodiment woven through the fabric of existence.” 🎨 Artists exhibiting: @aradhitapara @katiejhubbell @studiophoria @lauranade @juyon_ @loloostia @johnroachart Iz Nettere @shihoriyamamoto Suzanne Head 🕛📍⛴️ The space is open every Saturday from 12 to 5pm and by appointment. BioBAT Artspace is located in the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Building A. An easy walk from the ferry.

I’ve been invited to participate in “Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care,” a bioart show at @biobat_artspace. I’ll show my Perri dish flower paintings and process alongside the works of other artists from @narsfoundation @makerspacenyc and @genspacenyc including @studiophoria (Elaine Young, whose work is on the flyer), @aradhitapara and more. 🎨🎉 The opening is on Qctober 14 from 5-7pm and is part of @sunsetparkopenstudios. Please join us! 📍 ⛴️ @biobat_artspace Building A of the Army terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Right off the ferry! 🧠🙏 Grateful to @elenasoterakis and @eve.bro who curated such a thoughtful array of works, as well as @gatablanco and @adniralc1 🧫🖼️ Some words about the show from the curators: “In an era where technology and ecological paradigms are in constant flux, Embodied Futures & The Ecology of Care challenges normative views around care, body, and existence. This thought-provoking exhibition brings together artists, biologists, ethicists, and technologists to explore the concept of "care" as a universal principle that transcends human-centric viewpoints. Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care serves as a nexus of art, biology, technology, and ethics, raising the essential question: How can the concept of “care” extend beyond the human sphere? By inviting viewers to see care as a dynamic force that sustains and nurtures all beings, this curation encourages us to break free of the hierarchical limitations often associated with the term. "Embodied futures," as conceptualized within this exhibition, refers to a future where bodies, ecologies, and technologies merge. The artists challenge us to imagine a world where “care” becomes an inherent part of the fabric of existence, inspiring empathy and reciprocity across species and ecosystems.”

I’ll be at @biobat_artspace this coming Saturday along with my “Biogenetic Blooms” for “Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care.” Come check out the show. Immersive and aromatic, this show “… invites the

Karen Ingram is an Artist, Designer, and Educator focused on SciComm & SynBio. Her unconventional career path has placed her work in a wide array of places; apparel, construction scaffolding, books, microbes, surfboard fins, and Times Square.

Karen has a special interest in emerging biotechnology and is a co-author of “BioBuilder: Synthetic Biology in the Lab (O’Reilly, 2015),” which has been published in Japanese (2018) and Russian (2019). She is an Emerging Tech Fellow at The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (known as the d.school) at Stanford University where she has been working with the d.school to build synthetic biology teaching tools for K-12 and beyond. One output from that is REP magazine, an emerging technology magazine for students. REP magazine is “… dedicated to cultivating equitable designers of emerging technology.” Ingram is also a Bio.Polis (Bio Policy & Leadership in Society) affiliate. Bio.Polis is a strategic initiative of Stanford University's Department of Bioengineering which seeks to co-develop technologies, policies and leaders to guide the future of biological innovation in the public interest. As an affiliate, Ingram is recognized for supporting specific projects and for advancing aligned efforts within other organizations at Stanford and beyond.

Selected as a Synbio LEAP fellow in 2015, Karen is recognized as an emerging leader in synthetic biology. Through LEAP, Ingram worked with a bioethicist to found Colab Futures, which spawned a number of collaborative projects, including “Fallacy Bingo,” a game for use in nightlife venues as well as the classroom. Fallacy Bingo is not only a game; it’s a taxonomy for identifying fallacies, i.e. getting past the bullshit. A research project, Ideation to Actuality, compared the scientific and creative process, in order to provide guidance for more effective collaborations between STEM and Creative professionals.

For six years, Ingram co-hosted and co-organized the Empiricist League, a Brooklyn-based science cabaret, dubbed "ad-hoc, small-scale TED Talks for scientists and the New Yorkers who adore them" by FiveThirtyEight. Ingram was a Simons Foundation Science Sandbox/New Lab Fellow in Cohort IV and instructed on creative strategy for NYU’s SHERP Entrepreneurial journalism course for four years. She teaches at Brooklyn’s Community Biotech lab, Genspace, and is a professor for SVA’s Interaction Design MFA Program.

Her work has appeared in many publications including titles from Die Gestalten (Berlin), Scientific American, Pisa University Press (Italy) and New Riders. She has written for or been covered in EdSurge, Grist, AAAS, SXSW World, BioCoder, Forbes, Digital Artist Magazine, and more. She has presented her work globally at events such as Synbiobeta (London), the AIGA (New Orleans), Flash in the Can (Toronto), Biofabricate (New York), Synberc (MIT), Open Plant (Norwich, Cambridge, UK), NYC Media Lab (NYC), me Convention (Frankfurt, Germany), SB7 (Singapore), and SXSW (Austin, TX) in addition to judging iGEM (Boston), IXDA (Rio De Janeiro), BioDesign Challenge (NYC).

Karen lives and surfs in Rockaway Beach, NY.

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