Author Archives: Audrey

Vesicle Formation Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRslV6lrVxY Dynamin Animation: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/hmm/Dynamin/index.html

Protein: Clathrin Artist: Audrey Riesen You wouldn’t want to go out into the elements without the proper outerwear – and neither do the vesicles that carry cargo such as enzymes throughout the interior of the cell. These vesicles wear a … Continue reading →

I ran across these crazy kelp lamps created by artist Julia Lohmann when I was looking up images for an art project… pretty interesting. I don’t know if I would put it in my house, but still a cool idea. … 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!

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?

Hey P-Squared Pals! I have no idea what protein I want to do yet, but I can’t stop thinking about all the crazy sorts of materials we can come up to use for our models: yarn or wire or leaves … Continue reading →