Flower Design
Making genetics and biotechnology accessible through flower design
Nick Desnoyer, a postdoc in the Kamoun group, wants to use his knowledge of flower development and genetics to design The 1,000 Flower Collection, a collection of Arabidopsis thalina flowers with a wide variety of new colors, patterns, and shapes, and turn it into an educational resource.
Read this Asimov Press article about Nick's inspiration and ideas: The Flower Designer
Nick uses science to make art: developmental genes sculpt the shape, size & position of flowers, while genes that code for pigments allow him to paint his flowers with all kinds of colour gradients and patterns.
He plans to use his engineered flowers as a teaching tool and resource through a nonprofit organisation that promotes genetics and biotechnology education.
Website: Nick Desnoyer
FLOREDEX
After 10 Fridays, 10 flowers, and 100+ drawings, the Florédex is complete!
Nick gives a tour of the design and science behind 10 iconic flowers
Freaky flowers
Did you know that just a few mutations can transform the Arabidopsis flower into all kinds of forms?
Nick gives a tour of 6 mutants that orchestrate floral development and architecture.
The 1000 Flower Collection
Nick is creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.
