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\u201cThe noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.\u201d So said Leonardo da Vinci over 500 years ago. Today, and for the next three months, commuters, tourists and other travellers on the Barcelona Metro can experience something of that pleasure as they hurry or stroll through the Ciutadella | Vila Ol\u00edmpica station, thanks to an art\u2013science initiative of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The station walls have been transformed by a mural that depicts human biology in all its colourful glory, spanning the scale from macro to micro. The research carried out at EMBL Barcelona \u2013 on tissue and organ development \u2013 sits somewhere in the middle of this scale, and is represented by captivating images produced at the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility<\/a> by the Trivedi and Sharpe groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Art
Art and science at Ciutadella | Vila Ol\u00edmpica station, Barcelona. PHOTO: James Sharpe\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A glimpse of art and science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carla Manzanas, Liaison Officer at EMBL Barcelona, explains the background to the exhibition: \u201cThis year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, and the institutes in the PRBB wanted to do something to commemorate this \u2013 to somehow bring together the scientific and artistic parts of da Vinci\u2019s work with what we do here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Microscopy
The limb bud of an embryonic mouse \u2013 part of EMBL\u2019s contribution to the PRBB mural. IMAGE: Jim Swoger and Heura Cardona\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/span>Just a sentence and an image glimpsed on the way past can make you think\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The mural combines images from the life sciences and biomedicine with illustrations from da Vinci and text in Catalan, Spanish and English. \u201cThe idea was to have as little text as possible, because if you\u2019re passing through the Metro on your way to or from work, you don\u2019t want to stop and read,\u201d says Manzanas. \u201cBut just a sentence and an image glimpsed on the way past can make you think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arousing curiosity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EMBL Barcelona is one of six independent research institutes housed in the PRBB, an architecturally impressive building with an enviable seafront location. It arouses the curiosity of passers-by, but many have no idea what goes on behind the fa\u00e7ade of wood and glass. \u201cOne of the objectives of the exhibition is to explain what we do in this building,\u201d says Manzanas. \u201cThe PRBB team chose Ciutadella | Vila Ol\u00edmpica station because it\u2019s the closest to the PRBB. People come out of the Metro and they see the building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Microscopy
The lung of an adult mouse \u2013 part of EMBL\u2019s contribution to the PRBB mural. IMAGE: Jim Swoger and Montserrat Coll\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Participation in such collective public outreach initiatives is one of the advantages of being part of a hub like the PRBB. \u201cThe PRBB always tries to bring all the institutes together to do outreach events,\u201d says Manzanas. \u201cThis is very beneficial for EMBL Barcelona as we continue to establish ourselves and gain visibility here. We\u2019re very happy to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of this and other activities at the PRBB are available on the el<\/span>\u00b7<\/span>lipse <\/span>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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