FRAME relaunches “Susceptible” is a data-driven interactive digital artwork by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May based on cutting edge research from CRyPTIC, an international consortium led by the University of Oxford. CRyPTIC’s research analysed thousands of images of the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria growing in the presence of different antibiotics. Researchers then combined that data with information about the whole genome sequences of those bacteria, in order to predict, for the first time, which of the four first-line antibiotic medicines (isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol or pyrazinamide) will be effective in treating a patient with tuberculosis based on the DNA sequence of the bacteria infecting them.
Anna Dumitriu and Alex May, Susceptible, 2020, image via
