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Spring 2024 Agar Art Competition Winners
Spring 2024 Agar Art Competition Winners
The purpose of the agar art competition is twofold: for students to deepen their understanding of how bacteria behave when grown on different agar plates; and to use their creativity to generate agar art.
Students and faculty voted for winners in multiple categories. Here are some winners of each category.
Most Scientific
Most Scientific
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Title: The Turtle
Bacteria: E. coli (green and light purple), and Citrobacter freundii (dark purple outline)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Hiroki Orta-Myokan
Title: A Night in the Sierras
Bacteria: Bacillus subtilis (white), and C. violaceum (purple)
Plate: Mueller-Hinton (MH)
Student: Kirstyn Thwaits
Most Creative
Most Creative
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Title: A Newly Hatched Pink Butterfly
Bacteria: P. aeruginosa (purple body), K. aerogenes (pink wings) and E. coli (dark purple spots)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Harriot Zheng
Title: Across Bacterial Pond
Bacteria: Shigella sonnei (orange), E. coli (green) and C. freundii (yellow)
Plate: Hectoen Enteric (HE)
Student: Jennifer Lam
Most Colorful
Most Colorful
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Hello Spring
Bacteria: Proteus mirabilis (purple, bridge and flowers), K. aerogenes (pink flowers) and E. coli (metallic green grass)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Xueying Zhang
Title: Fire Jellyfish
Bacteria: C. freundii (orange) and Salmonella enterica (black)
Plate: Hectoen Enteric (HE)
Student: Mannie Xie
Most Creative Title
Most Creative Title
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Staphatrick
Bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (red)
Plate: Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA)
Student: Yejee Jeong
Title: Citrus freundii
Bacteria: Citrobacter freundii (orange and yellow) and E. coli (green)
Plate: Hectoen Enteric (HE)
Student: Kayla Encarnacion
Most Artistic
Most Artistic
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Spring is Here
Bacteria: Serratia marcescens (pink), M. luteus (yellow), P. aeruginosa (fluorescent yellow) and C. violaceum (purple)
Plate: Mueller-Hinton (MH)
Student: Yejee Jeong
Title: You Give Me Butterflies
Bacteria: Klebsiella aerogenes (orange and yellow) and Salmonella enterica (black)
Plate: Hectoen Enteric (HE)
Student: Christy Kwong
Guest of Honor
Guest of Honor
CCSF Associate Vice Chancellor of Institutional Advancement & Effectiveness: Kristin Charles
CCSF Associate Vice Chancellor of Institutional Advancement & Effectiveness: Kristin Charles
Title: Medication 1
Bacteria: Serratia marcescens (pink) and C. violaceum (purple)
Plate: Mueller-Hinton (MH)
Student: Kritin Charles
Title: Medication 2
Bacteria: E. coli (pink and purple)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Kristin Charles
AVC Kristin Charles uses the Bunsen Burner to sterilize the inoculation loop.
Fall 2023 Agar Art Competition Winners
Fall 2023 Agar Art Competition Winners
Most Scientific
Most Scientific
First Place
First Place
Title: Pinky the "Amoeba" Sister
Bacteria: E. coli (pink), and Salmonella enterica (white)
Plate: MacConkey (MAC)
Student: Katherine (KC) McNaughton
Most Creative
Most Creative
Second Place
Second Place
Title: The Holly and The E. coli
Bacteria: E. coli (green leaf), Klebsiella aerogenes (pink/red berries), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple stars)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Leah Davis
First Place
First Place
Title: I Was Supposed to Have Carrots
Bacteria: E. coli (green face/eye/nose), Klebsiella aerogenes (pink outline), and Proteus mirabilis (colorless/light red/whites of eyes)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Anita Eng
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Baby Deer
Bacteria: E. coli (green) and Klebsiella aerogenes (pink/purple)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Ruoyu Sito
Most Colorful
Most Colorful
First Place
First Place
Title: Bacteria Mandala
Bacteria: Serratia marcescens (pink) and Micrococcus luteus (yellow)
Plate: Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA)
Student: Samriddhi Shah
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Bacteria World Cup Trophy
Bacteria: Citrobacter freundii (yellow/orange), E. coli (green) and Salmonella enterica (black)
Plate: Hectoen Enteric (HE)
Student: Carl Lumosad
Most Creative Title
Most Creative Title
First Place
First Place
Title: Bridge Over Troubled E. coli
Bacteria: Klebsiella aerogenes (red bridge), E. coli (green water under bridge) and Proteus mirabilis (sky)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Gigi Macadangdang
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Bacteria Aspire to be a Plant
Bacteria: E. coli (green, leaf, stem) and Klebsiella aerogenes (pink/purple, petals)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Rebecca Metrick
Most Artistic
Most Artistic
First Place
First Place
Title: Extremely Microbial Bob Ross
Bacteria: E. coli (green) and Citrobacter freundii (dark purple)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Ruthe Offill
Second Place
Second Place
Title: Patrick Star
Bacteria: Klebsiella aerogenes (pink), and Proteus mirabilis (white)
Plate: MacConkey (MAC)
Student: Lovely Wells
Guest of Honor
Guest of Honor
CCSF Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs: Lisa Cooper-Wilkins
CCSF Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs: Lisa Cooper-Wilkins
Vice chancellor Cooper-Wilkins uses inoculation loop as paint brush and agar plate as canvas to make her agar art.
Title: Moldy Christmas Tree
Bacteria: E. coli (green), Klebsiella aerogenes (pink) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Lisa Cooper-Wilkins
Spring 2023 Agar Art Competition Winners
Spring 2023 Agar Art Competition Winners
Students and faculty voted for winners in multiple categories. Here are some winners of each category.
Most Scientific
Most Scientific
Title: Mushroom
Bacteria: Serratia marcescens (red), Micrococcus luteus (yellow), Bacillus cereus (off white) and Bacillus subtilis (white and dry)
Plate: Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA)
Student: Bailey Means
Most Creative
Most Creative
Title: Extremely Microbiota in the Milky Way
Bacteria: E. coli (metallic sheen green) and Proteus vulgaris (purple)
Plate: Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)
Student: Madeline Hargreaves
Most Colorful
Most Colorful
Title: Butterfly
Bacteria: Serratia marcescens (red) and Micrococcus luteus (yellow)
Plate: Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA)
Student: Sammy Liu
Most Creative Title
Most Creative Title
Title: Sunny aureus
Bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (white)
Plate: Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA)
Student: Rebeka Martinez
Guest of Honor
Guest of Honor
CCSF Chancellor: David Martin
CCSF Chancellor: David Martin
A microbiology student shows chancellor Martin how to use aseptic technique to inoculate bacteria on an agar plate.
Title: Playball
Bacteria: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Fluorescent green) and E. coli (white)
Plate: Muller-Hinton Agar (MH)
Artist: David Martin
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