Art’n’Sci Collective

Beauty In The Flesh, Revealing the Art of Histology

Lydia Shorman, Daria Filatov, Edith Freud, Alice Marienko, Isabelle Gustave, Zina Wilhelm

Art’n’Sci Collective uses art to democratize access to histological images. This group of high school students has created a platform that makes the visual world of histology accessible to everyone—without requiring a microscope, a medical degree, or institutional access. By bridging science and public engagement through art, the students introduce a new interface between scientific knowledge and broader audiences. Their goal is to develop a model that is easily replicable, enabling students anywhere in the world to create similar platforms and expand access to scientific imagery and learning.

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Dr. Veronika Dubrovskaya is a New York City–based gastroenterologist and voluntary faculty member at NYU Langone Medical Center. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California, San Diego, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. She completed her residency and fellowship training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Medical Center and affiliated institutions in New York City. Dr. Dubrovskaya began her career in academic gastroenterology and hepatology and served as Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center from 2012 to 2014. Her professional interests span clinical medicine, education, and the relationship between science and the arts. In 2025, she co-founded the Art’n’Sci Collective with five high school students, an initiative dedicated to connecting science, art, and education. The collective recently presented Beauty in the Flesh in New York City, exploring how artistic expression can deepen scientific understanding and public engagement.

Maria Filatov is a technology leader and strategist with over two decades of experience building teams and products at the intersection of technology, business, and social impact. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Tula State University in Russia. After a decade in management and technology consulting on Wall Street — including architecting technology infrastructure for a next-generation investment bank from the ground up — Maria joined Unqork, a New York–based no-code enterprise platform startup valued at over $2 billion. As head of the Government Vertical Engagement Services team, she directed 300+ people and a multi-million-dollar budget to spearhead Unqork's Rent Relief solution, a program that helped state and local agencies rapidly distribute hundreds of millions of dollars in federal emergency rental assistance across more than a dozen U.S. jurisdictions during COVID-19, leveraging no-code technology to build and iterate at a pace impossible with traditional development. She brings her experience delivering technology with real human impact to the field of biodesign.