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EquilibriUM
Our in-house Science X Art Print Magazine, published every September.
Welcome to EquilibriUM, a project through the University of Michigan’s Michigan Science Communicators. EquilibriUM is a printed magazine featuring content from across STEAMM, but we’ll have additional online content including contributor bios, updates, and more!
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Edition 5: On the Shoulders of Giants!
Where Scientific Lineage Begins
Written by: Kenia Contreras Edited by: Kaitrin Freeland, Juan Mato Illustrated by: Adriana Brown Ancient hands pulled strings taut on bows beneath the young sun. Calloused hands spread tar across rooftops under summer heat. Tanned hands scrubbed grime from…
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Building the Periodic Table
Written by: Camila Gonzalez Curbelo Edited by: Emily Januck, Colter Giem Illustrated by: Colter Giem Memorizing the periodic table of elements is undeniably one of the (slightly dreadful) science class rites of passage. Although most of us weren’t expected…
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Cosmic Reparations and the Legacy of Harriet Tubman
Written by: K Wilson Edited by: Daniela Pereira, Kaitrin Freeland Illustrated by: Satabdi Mohanty The first question I ever thought to ask of the Universe was not how it came into being, not when it decided to be, nor…
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Edition 4: Everyday Wonders!
The Invisible Rainbow: Why Your Red Might Not Be My Red
Written by Hyunwoo JangEdited by Jeremy Chen and Alex FordIllustrated by Naomi Raicu Introduction Imagine yourself in the driver’s seat, approaching an intersection. The traffic light ahead shifts from green to yellow, then quickly to red. Almost without thinking,…
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Our Invisible Cradle
Written by Ian McCueEdited by Paris Riggle and Jeremy ChenIllustrated by Satabdi Mohanty We are surrounded by glass. From eye glasses to computer screens to church windows, the world is projected through its transparent panes. The projection of life…
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Life on the Edge: The Fine Balance Between Clotting and Bleeding
Written by Krista GoergerEdited by Dana Messinger and Kate GiffinIllustrated by Jess Li “I am small, but I am mighty. Even if no one sees me, I know I make a difference.” Pippa the Platelet repeated her affirmations as…
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Edition 3: Connections
Lab Notebooks for Art: A Scientist Develops an Art Practice
Written and illustrated by Emma Thorton-KolbeEdited by Alex Ford, Paola Medina-Cabrera, and Sheila Peeples I am a neuroscience PhD student. I spend my days in the lab thinking about how the cells in the fruit fly brain connect to…
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Cracking the Neural Code: Monkey Mind Pong and the Future of Brain – Machine Interfaces
Written by Nick JänneEdited by Jeremy Chen and Claire ShuddeIllustrated by Jacquelyn Roberts Humans are mystified by the brain—the software-hardware package behind every book worth reading, every song worth listening to, the start of civilization, and perhaps one day…
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Night Shift/Day Shift
Photographed and written by Julianne ArmijoEdited by Naomi Raicu and Claire Shudde I worked many years as a night shift nurse. Insidiously, I began experiencing unusual elation, recklessness, and impulsiveness, often followed by depression. For years, this cycle continued,…
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Edition 2
Cytotropolis: Life at the Cellular Level
Cover Concept and Art: Zoe Yeoh and Jessica Li We believe that in the future, we will have an intimate understanding of what the inside of a cell looks like on a molecular – perhaps even atomic – level. This…
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Letter from the Editors
Written by Jennifer Baker and Christina Del Greco Hi there, Thanks for picking up a copy of EquilibriUM edition 2! We’re so excited to finally share what we’ve been working on. The brainchild of former editor-in-chief Sarah Kearns, EquilibriUM started as a…
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Protein Folding In The Hands Of AI
Written and illustrated by: Jacquelyn Roberts Edited by: Jennifer Baker and Christina Del Greco “Structure implies function” is a phrase often repeated by biochemists to describe how molecular machines work in the body. For a protein, structure is formed…
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Edition 1
Mocked
Written by Patricia Garay What separates a chortle from a snicker is your history. Your culture, your experiences, and your unique personality inform whether you interpret the little laugh as benign or mocking. Mocking, or ridicule, has always been…
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Building Proteins with Bacteria
Shero (Yongtong) Lao Bacterial transformation is the process of inserting a foreign plasmid (a small, circular DNA strand) into bacteria, such as bacterium Escherichia coli. Harmless E.Coli strains are commonly used in a scientific laboratory to store DNA sequences…
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Mentorship Benefit of At-Risk Youth
Written by Virginia JuIllustrated by Katherine Bonefas Poverty-based performance gaps take root during the earliest stages of children’s lives and fail to narrow in the following years. Students who start disadvantaged are less likely to equal their non-disadvantaged peers.…
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