Mario made with genetically engineered bacteria

A team of nanobiology students from the University of Osaka made this beautiful fluorescent image of Mario using genetically engineered bacteria. It's one among a whole series of cool microbial art they created in a petri dish by manipulating proteins and pigments.

Team Osaka [via New Scientist]

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Anonymous

i hope soon this title will make everyone think about an actual, functioning, nanobiology – based version of the game.
Daemon

He is green. Zombie mario?
querent

Zombie Mario. Verily.
Anonymous

How does one go about sending in an item in honour of the Mario Bros?
Antonio Silva

this post is Boing Boing.
Felton

Wow! I just finished looking through the galleries on that site. Amazing stuff.
zikman

won’t be long before he’s a living, breathing character in real life
semiotix

Nice image. Now genetically engineer a roughly cube-shaped man who can jump six or eight times his own height.