CBE News Update March, 2005 Volume 8, Issue 3   Living Canvas   BioTechniques 38(1):21 Reproduced with permission of Eaton Associates. _____________________________________________________________________________   The almost spooky looking images at this web site are beautiful at first glance, but closer examination reveals that not only are they artistic, they are also biological. Bioglyphs, hosted at Montana State University, is one of the most unusual amalgams of art and biology to be found. Light-emitting organisms have been clearly employed here to create "bioluminescent paintings," and the effect can probably only be approximated by pictures on the web. Designers of Bioglyphs have cleverly taken pictures showing the displays with lights on (revealing the Petri dishes on which the organisms are grown) and with lights off (showing only the light they produce), reminding us that a true work of art makes the canvas disappear. http://www.erc.montana.edu/Bioglyphs/default.htm