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From the artist's webpage: "Prototype of a do-it-yourself learning and fabrication machine that can visualize the different stages of a bacterial transformation, incubation and protein synthesis."
Visualization of sugar-preference of E. coli is achieved by centering bacteria in a petri dish, around the edges five varieties of sugar are plated; movement of bacteria toward the preferred sugar source can be detected
Description from the artist's website: "The ‘Algaerium Bioprinter’ envisions how microalgal cells can be grown and digitally printed for production of ‘fresh’ food supplements, organic dyes on paper, and printable biological solar batteries."