Photographic exhibition "Amazing Microorganisms"

The Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology and the Mycotheca Universitatis Taurinensis (MUT) of the University of Turin, in collaboration with the CRT Foundation and the European Culture Collections' Organization (ECCO) and with the support of the Region Piedmont, within the project "Microorganisms in an Exhibition", organize the exhibition "Amazing Microorganisms" set up in Piazza Vittorio Veneto in Turin from May 21st to June 16th 2019.

The exhibition, thought as a satellite event of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Culture Collections’ Organization (ECCO2019), is made by the pictures shot in many culture collections around Europe, with the aim of overcoming the common negative bias on microorganisms.

We tend to associate microorganisms, "germs", to diseases. Their discovery and investigations is often bound the need of finding the cause of various diseases. This photographic exhibition, which collects pictures shot in many European laboratories, wishes to overcome this prejudice. Image after image, the visitor discovers an amazing and astonishing world, where beauty meets microbial genius, developed during billions of years in the struggle for survival.
Science is going on discovering new microorganisms and applications for human needs: from the supply of good and healthy food, drugs and biomaterials, to medical therapies and environmental sustainability. 

To be as much inclusive as possible, the set of the exhibition is a square in the city center, in order to attracts and fascinate whoever is passing by: citizens or tourists no matter the age, the personal interests, social condition or education.