For a special issue of the Trends in Chemistry journal focused on nucleic acid chemistry, the artist created a cover which depicts RNA folding itself into “origami.” Using this concept, the artist Rana Barua interposed a well-known origami shape, the crane, and transitioned it into RNA. (art by Rana Barua/VI4)

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Research and art both approach the world with a fresh perspective. This art gallery is by undergraduate student artists paired with laboratories at the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation Artist-in-Residence (VI4-AiR) program, which brings together scientists and artists to create and promote art as a visual science communication tool.