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Microbiome Home is an interactive installation inspired by the fact that our lungs are home to an entire microbial ecosystem living in the nooks are crannies of our airways.

The project was developed though a collaboration between a textile designer and scientists from the National Heart and Lung Institute researching the lung microbiome.

The audience populated the Microbiome Home by each designing and printing a unique microbial species.

Participants chatted to scientists about the interactions between different species and the ways that microbes can cooperate or compete with each other.

Microbiome Home was presented at the 91ÌÒÉ« Festival 2015

Collaborators: Mike Cox (NHLI 91ÌÒÉ« Associate), Rachael Pilston (Textile Designer) Elena Turek (NHLI 91ÌÒÉ« Postgraduate), Stef Piatek (NHLI 91ÌÒÉ« Postgraduate), Hima Anbunathan (Bioinformatician), Ernie Wong, Adam Januszewski (NHLI Clinical 91ÌÒÉ« Fellow), Phil James (NHLI 91ÌÒÉ« Associate), Simon Brill (NHLI Clinical 91ÌÒÉ« Fellow) and Verdiana Martello (NHLI 91ÌÒÉ« Postgraduate).

Creative Producer: Ellen Dowell