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    The beginning of the Agar Art Contest 2018!

    18.10.2018

    Magazine "Bulgarian Science" and RIDACOM announce the beginning of the third edition of the Agar Art Contest for a painting with microorganisms on a growth medium!

    The contest, which was inspired by Rossitsa Tashkova, is an analogue of the Agar Art Contest of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

    In 2017 lots of enthusiastic microbiologists joined the competition and received lots of prizes. The special award that RIDACOM provided was for a beautiful painting of two pandas.

    Join Agar Art now!

    Put all your imagination in gear and make a bacterial masterpiece! The dyes are live bacteria and the canvas is growth medium.

    Let's prove that Microbiology is a form of art!

    Take the best picture of your work and send it to e-mail: rositsa@nauka.bg along with a description of the growth medium and type of microorganism that you have used until the 31th of December 2018. Every participant can join the contest with several paintings and must provide his telephone number in order to contact him.

    Every picture will be uploaded at magazine “Bulgarian Science” ‘s Facebook page and will be evaluated by a special jury.

    There are lots of prizes provided by magazine “Bulgarian Science” and RIDACOM.

    The winners will be announced on the 10th of January 2019.