title: Conveying principles of embryonic development by metaphors from daily life.
abstract: How can the revolution in our understanding of embryonic development and stem cells be conveyed to the general public? Here, I present a photographic approach to highlight scientific concepts of pattern formation using metaphors from daily life, displaying pairs of images of embryonic development and the corresponding human analogy. By making the viewer 'feel' like a cell within a developing embryo, the personal experiences resonate with the scientific concepts, facilitating a new type of appreciation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Ben-Zion
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Shilo
mesh_terms: D033041:Embryo Research; D047108:Embryonic Development; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D010781:Photography