Worm Art Show
The Worm Art Show is a beloved highlight of the International Worm Meetings, celebrating the creativity and diversity of our community.
25th International Worm Meeting
25th International Worm Meeting
The Worm Art Show is a beloved highlight of the International Worm Meetings, celebrating the creativity and diversity of our community.
For 2025, in response to the current climate of scientific uncertainty, our theme is Resilience & Innovation: Art at the Edge of Scientific Uncertainty. This theme recognizes the challenges posed by funding shifts and evolving priorities, while also honoring the inventive ways scientists and artists adapt, collaborate, and drive discovery despite constraints.
We welcome all forms of worm-inspired art, including but not limited to microscopy images, sculpture, ceramics, glasswork, knitted worms, games, humorous memes, videos (microscopy or lab skits), and more. Your creativity makes this show a success!
The Worm Art show will take place during the poster sessions. Please bring your work and set up on the first day of the poster sessions. There will be a row of poster boards and tables on which to place items.
2025 Theme: Resilience & Innovation: Art at the Edge of Scientific Uncertainty: This theme directly addresses the climate of funding uncertainty and shifting priorities facing the scientific community in 2025, while also celebrating the creative ways artists and scientists adapt, collaborate, and drive progress despite constraints
2025 Fun Theme: Wine and Worms: Worm Art that honors California’s wine
Organizers: Ahna Skop, Sandhya Koushika, Varsha Singh, and Diana Chu
Microscopy
1st—Chris Ashih, Northeastern University
2nd—You Wu, Texas A&M
Mixed Media
1st—”Knit under the microscope” by Sydney Vogel, Muhlenberg University
2nd—”Mosaic Analysis” by Daniel Merritt and Emily Bayer, Columbia University
3rd—”Worm nails” by Serena Meadows, San Diego State University
Honorable Mention—Ray Dunn, University of California, San Francisco
Wine & Worms: Art that honors California’s Wine
1st—Hyunsoo Yim, Columbia University
Most Humorous
1st—Helen Hong, University of California, Irvine
Audience Claps
Mackenzie Jones, Illinois State University
Suzanne Angeli, University of Maine
2025 Theme—Resilience & Innovation: Art at the edge of scientific uncertainty
1st—”United” by Ritika Siddiqui, University of Dundee
Grand Prize
“Even the Sky yields to Unity” by Samal Tazhibayeva, National Institute of Genetics