Jennifer Willet

Microbes strut the catwalk in Bioart fashion show

Student dressed in a yellow raincoat covered in fake leaves with spiralled pink pool noodles on their headVisual art student Delia Poirier walks the runway as Lyme disease (JUSTIN ELLIOTT @jel_media/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

Black mold, salmonella, E. coli and even brain-eating amoeba took over the CAW Student Centre March 16. 

What sounds like a health and safety nightmare was not, in fact, a biohazard but rather a Bioart fashion show coordinated by School of Creative Arts professor and Canada Research Chair Dr. Jennifer Willet. 

HRG Event explores intersection of creativity and biotechnology

Portrait of Dr. Jennifer Willet Jennifer Willet will share insights on bioart and its role in connecting art and science at a Humanities Research Group talk on Nov. 27. (JUSTIN ELLIOTT/JEL Media)

By Victor Romao

Dr. Jennifer Willet, Canada Research Chair in Art, Science and Ecology and professor in the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts, will lead a public talk on Nov. 27 exploring the intersection of biotechnology and fine arts.