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The art of research

Noam Shomron includes antiques and his own paintings of wildlife in the decor for his genomics lab.
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Noam Shomron in his lab office, with his paintings and camera collection near his desk

Noam Shomron, a genomics researcher at Tel Aviv University in Israel, pays particular attention to his lab’s decor. Credit: Corinna Kern for Nature

In my genomics lab, I’ve posted nine life-sized paintings that I did of zebras, tigers and penguins, among other images. I’ve also sprinkled around some pieces of antique scientific equipment, such as a Soviet Union-era manual centrifuge and salvaged microscopes from a bygone time.

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Nature 575, 408 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03460-0

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