The exploratory workshop sought to understand how dance unlocks richer scientific understanding of complex biophysical ideas
This term, researchers from the Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics collaborated with King's Culture and artists from Luz & Mannion Dance Company to host a workshop exploring how molecular science culture could be expressed, revealed and communicated through body movement and dance.
Hosted at Science Gallery London, Guy's Campus, the workshop sought to visualise dynamic systems of molecules interacting with one another through a science-art perspective. Through impersonating molecules and creating a spatial and dynamic impression of how they interact, scientists and artists worked together to immerse themselves in a world it can otherwise be more complicated to visualise or conceive.
"I am a scientist fascinated by molecules which are the building block of life", said Sasi Conte, Professor of Structural Biology and Head of the Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics. "Every movement, feeling, action, desire, metabolic function in our body is underpinned by molecular interactions, and defective molecular interactions may lead to disease states,"
