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Science, art blend to create masterpieces
Do science and art have anything in common? The two actually go together like slides and microscopes. The Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery sponsored the first annual Molecular Surgeon Art-in-Science Competition in May. The competition was designed to allow researchers to express and share their creative side through the images of great beauty and power exhibited during clinical and basic science research. Johnny Chen, MD, PhD, professor of molecular surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, believes science and art are tightly connected. Chen says the artistic value of his entry, the histology slide of vascular tissue, is the “imagination of space, stars, foreign lands, colors, lines and future. “I have many years of research experiences and I believe that many discoveries have both scientific and artistic values,” says Chen. “Many scientific photos are more like modern art which give people a lot of imagination. Sometimes, I feel scientific art is better than any man-made paintings. "Great scientists should have interest in art and should enjoy artistic value of their scientific discoveries. Thus, scientists will never feel bored by scientific research. More important, they may be more productive. I have enjoyed art including painting and sculpture, since I was very young, although I did not become an artist. I think loving art is very good for scientists." This competition was open to all department faculty, staff, residents, fellows and students. Forty-one pieces of original research or design art were on display and judged based on science and art value using the NIH grant scoring method. F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, the DeBakey/Bard professor and chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, presented certificates and trophies to the following participants:
Some of the artworks were presented at the 15th Congress of the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society May 16 and 17.
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