Art + Science
Francesca combines her expertise in Cell and Molecular Biology with her lifelong passion for Art to inspire creativity, empowerment, and persistence.
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Ease in Motion: Rehabilitation Inspired by Science, Guided by Art
November 2022. Published in the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, Francesca details her own path to healing and how it was inspired by a principle of biochemistry and the works of artist Alexander Calder. This combination of seemingly disparate elements led her to a fascinating new definition of rehabilitation—one she calls Ease in Motion. Just when is rehabilitation really “done”?
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A Sense of Wonder: Discovering the Art in Science
October 2021. In partnership with Science on Tap, Francesca explores how our perception of science compares to what it actually entails. This public lecture inspires viewers to foster their innate curiosity and seek wonder in their surroundings.
November 2020. Francesca gave a similar lecture hosted by Encyclopedia Go, a Philadelphia community education non-profit.
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Penn Medicine Art in Science Image Competition
Fall 2018. Francesca wins the Penn Medicine Art in Science Image Competition with her composition, Part of Our World. In this piece, she arranges real data from her quantitative imaging of zebrafish embryos at two developmental stages to recapitulate the earth surrounded by phases of the moon.
To learn more about this piece, and see other awesome Art in Science images, check out the article on the Penn Medicine News Blog.
Art + Science Origins
February 2004. Francesca first discovered her passion for combing Art and Science through a high school science fair project on the Physics of Snowboarding. She imaginatively re-designed the traditional tri-board display to fit a mixed-media scale model of her data. An exhilarating experience, she now empowers others to express their unique perspectives of the world.