Monthly Archives: April 2016

The waltz

Let’s look some more at the art and science of protein translation:                                 The waltz of polypeptides                 … Continue reading

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Insulin depiction by Dorothy Hodgkin

http://www.margaretalmon.com/wp-content/uploads/6a0105362f4359970b0120a859270a970b.png   This is a color diagram showing the crystal structure of insulin as depicted by Dorothy Hodgkin, the woman we talked about in class Wednesday. I love how much it looks like a true artwork.

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Agar Art

I have attached a few pictures from Agar Art events I helped organize this year through the Department of Microbiology (inspired by the ASM Agar Art Contest). I wanted to share them because I think it’s a really cool and … Continue reading

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Polymer Clay

I thought this technique might be something some of you may like to try. Could be turned into something wearable such as earrings 😉

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Using Protein Shapes as Outlines

Here’s an interesting idea that people may want to consider. Rather than focus specifically on the protein and its function, we could instead find shapes in the protein structure  and use them to create drawings of things important in our … Continue reading

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Beauty of Microscopy Blog

Mouse Hippocampus sections of thy1-GFP line I discovered a blog called the Beauty of Microscopy a while back when I wanted to find a cool science wallpaper for my computer. There are some really great images of microscopic perspectives. Confocal … Continue reading

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Can the class see this post?

I believe tomorrow is 4/20/2016

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Inspiration: art that depict symmetric/circular structures

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/01/hypnotic-new-kinetic-sculptures-by-anthony-howe/ Since there are so many people who like circular protein structures in this class, I thought I would share this link with y’all! Check out some mesmerizing kinetic sculptures designed and made by Anthony Howe. Although his work is … Continue reading

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For the Crocheters and Knitters

Check out these crocheted structures: http://jpolka.blogspot.com/

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