ART
1ST PLACE (PAGE 51)
Sanika Pradhan from ASCUS Art and Science Lab, Edinburgh - Silent Communication
Biofilms are self-organised architectures born from collaboration and adaptation. This version focuses on 
structure as narrative, how living materials build and reshape their environment. The piece becomes a 
monochrome landscape of life, where every texture, the rough mycelium and the translucent kombucha 
cellulose, embodies microbial intelligence. This is a perfect example of silent communication. In this 
science-art piece, Silent Communication highlights that life’s greatest competition is for connection.
2ND PLACE
Emma Wright from Cardiff University - Microbial Relationships
These paintings are inspired by the artist’s research into the microbial relationships that exist within 
the biofilms of chronic wound infections. The left piece abstractly explores synergy within a biofilm, 
expressed through smooth, swirling forms and harmonious colour transitions. In contrast, the right piece 
embodies competition, conveyed through sharp edges and the heightened tension between colours. 
Together, they reflect the complex metabolic networks that govern cooperation and conflict among 
microorganisms, interactions that play a crucial role in the potentiation of non-healing in chronic wounds.
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