Monthly Archives: April 2010

I have added a link to “May_k” on our side-bar of protein artists —> Below is the p53 tumor promoter (2OCJ) in a dancing mood!

Hey guys, I found this on the internet and thought it was sorta cool. http://may-k.livejournal.com/

Hey guys, so I was browsing around a craft store the other week and I found a plain wooden box. What I am thinking about for my protein portrait is to decorate the box to look old and dirty, somewhat … Continue reading →

I was wondering how the clathrin triskelions all fit together to form the cage, and this neat video cleared it up for me: Clathrin Cage Formation Also, this cracked me up: Clathrin Performance Art!

 I was thinking of making it out of salmon bones

The folding of the alpha helices was aesthetically appealing when I first saw it. So… I’m not a hundred percent sure I am really happy with this protein but I thought it’s function is pretty sweet. The protein deals with … Continue reading →

Ovalbumin seems like it would be a challenge to put together, but it looks like it would also be a lot of fun. The challenge now is to master pretzel and pastry making before I actually start putting my project … Continue reading →

As I have noted in class earlier, I wanted to do something microbiology related mainly because I took MB 230H last term. After flipping through some pages from my textbook, a familiar section caught my attention in the virus chapter: … Continue reading →

Well, I mentioned that I wanted to choose a protein with some connection to music.  After doing a bit of browsing around on Google Scholar, I came across the structural protein harmonin.  This protein helps to maintain the structure of … Continue reading →

I was sitting there this morning wondering what protein to do. I don’t know very many proteins and after researching the ones I did know…..I found out they were HUGE! However, I did find ubiquitin. All I knew is that … Continue reading →

This is the protein that I am thinking of modeling thus far.  It’s pretty and varies beta, alpha, beta, alpha, etc.  I’m not entirely sure what it is used for except that it is a DEAD-box protein.  I’ll probably try … Continue reading →

Hey guys, So if you are still searching for a protein and want to look in each of the CATH or SCOP domains, you can do it from the Protein Data Bank instead of waiting for their individual sites to … Continue reading →

Edgar Degas and Gustav Klimt really knew fashion hats…

Here are some pretty pictures of clathrin for you all! I’m thinking it would be epic to model a partially formed clathrin coated vesicle by creating a retro-styled hat out of clathrin triskelions. Very high fashion, don’t you think?

I just got this email from the art dept. and thought this sounded pretty cool!  I can’t go, but I thought others might be interested. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jane Nisselson will give a presentation on Filming a Visual History of the Molecule … Continue reading →

Callia made a good suggestion.  Check out the spirals she found.  On Wednesday, we’ll practice making left-handed and right-handed spirals since you’ll need that skill to build alpha helices with the proper handedness.

So I’m finally getting around to posting. Here’s a pretty interesting example of a crossover between science and art… and alcohol. http://bioalloy.org/o/projects/microbe.html

Hi y’all, I found these pretty pictures.  I wonder if proteins have these kind of spirals… http://spiral.gallery.sytes.org/ SMILE! =)

Yup, looks like it works. Anywhom…I’m an avid musician, so I’ll probably be looking for a protein linked to music somehow. We’ll see what happens.

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I’m not sure what kind of proteins are in eggs, but I suppose that’s what research is for — if I find something good, I might end up making a portrait of that. If I finally master a sugar cookie recipe, I might … Continue reading →