{"id":280,"date":"2025-03-20T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/bioengineering\/?p=280"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:54:13","slug":"science-on-pointe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/bioengineering\/2025\/03\/20\/science-on-pointe\/","title":{"rendered":"Science on Pointe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.imperial.ac.uk\/eleonora.moratto14\">Dr Eleonora Moratto<\/a><\/strong>, a postdoctoral researcher and professional ballet dancer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.claire-stanley.com\/research\">Microbiome-Microscopy and Microfluidics Lab<\/a>, showcased her SciBallet Project at an Imperial Late event themed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/news\/261997\/imperial-lates-the-futuristic-finale\/\">Weird Science<\/a>\u201d in February.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/bioengineering\/files\/2025\/03\/250206_Lates_Weird_Science-206-Enhanced-NR-19_El-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-282 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/bioengineering\/files\/2025\/03\/250206_Lates_Weird_Science-206-Enhanced-NR-19_El-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleonora poses with three dancers from Chelsea Ballet at Imperial&#8217;s Weird Science Lates event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eleonora initiated the SciBallet project after choreographing and performing a dance that illustrated her PhD research. This experience earned her a spot as a finalist in the Dance Your PhD competition. It sparked her fascination with the intersection of science and art, particularly the use of ballet&#8217;s storytelling capabilities to convey complex research to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Her dance wrapped up the event, featured a presentation on the historical relationship between science and art, and demonstrated how electric fields can be utilised to prevent plant root infections. Eleonora collaborated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chelsea_ballet\/\">Chelsea Ballet<\/a> to create this performance.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she is taking the SciBallet project further by collaborating with researchers and composers from Imperial College and plans to showcase this exciting work at the Great Exhibition Road Festival!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XHhN7wa-UoE\"><strong>Click here to watch the Dance Your PhD video on YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Eleonora Moratto, a postdoctoral researcher and professional ballet dancer in the Microbiome-Microscopy and Microfluidics Lab, showcased her SciBallet Project at an Imperial Late event themed \u201cWeird Science\u201d in February. Eleonora initiated the SciBallet project after choreographing and performing a dance that illustrated her PhD research. 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