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Art and Science Spotlight on NICHD Fellows

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Painting by Ashley Xiao, M.D., Ph.D., PMP, Section on Cellular Neurobiology

Painting of red roses, green leaves, and yellow butterflies. In the background are mountains.

“I love art because I find it very relaxing to paint things either from real life or my imagination. I really enjoy a life enriched with curiosity in science and creativity in art.

As a biomedical scientist, I believe that Art and Science are fundamentally connected at different levels, Science inspires me in art practice, while arts change the way I look at this physical world which is full of discipline and complexity.”

Photo by Vedant Garg, B.S., Unit on Cellular and Molecular Neurodevelopment

Photo of rocky cliffs, topped with trees and mist, rising from a turquoise sea.

“I’ve used photography as a gateway to pay more attention to the natural world. After I started photography, I started to view the environment around me as a series of stills, focusing on the composition of colors, objects, and shapes in each still. In doing so, I retroactively noticed how much of the environment that I didn’t process prior to photography.”