FrankenShrimp
This live experimentation table examined the role of water in life and death. Dehydrated shrimp eggs were rehydrated and observed under a microscope. Under specific conditions they restarted their life processes. The exhibit pondered the question, what happens to organisms in a dehydrated state? Are they living slowly, are they dying slowly, or is it something entirely different?
About the Scholar
Shashi Thutupalli is a Professor of biology at the National Centre for Biological Sciences. His research program aims for a broad understanding of the origins and organization of living systems. Thutupalli’s work is interdisciplinary combining experimental and theoretical techniques drawn from physics, engineering and biology.
Connected Programmes
Without Water: Between Life and Death by Shashi Thutupalli - a public lecture exploring the role of water in questions of life and death
Water as we do not know it by Biman Bagchi - a public lecture examining the chemical properties of water