{"id":1598,"date":"2014-04-29T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2014-04-29T21:15:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T04:15:10","slug":"chosen-idea-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/2014\/04\/29\/chosen-idea-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Chosen Idea for Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After much thought, I decided to choose cannabinoid receptor-1 (CR1). I was inspired by a nature artist named Andy Goldsworthy, who I believe many of you may know. He created many nature pieces, often dealing with rocks, leaves, and branches.\u00a0With CR1, I felt it may be suitable to use nature products, such as leaves. As the protein structure includes several alpha helices, it is likely that the base will be metal wire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/files\/2014\/04\/andy_goldsworthy_maple_leaves_arrangement.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1599\" alt=\"andy_goldsworthy_maple_leaves_arrangement\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/files\/2014\/04\/andy_goldsworthy_maple_leaves_arrangement.png\" width=\"288\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/andy_goldsworthy_maple_leaves_arrangement.png 288w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/andy_goldsworthy_maple_leaves_arrangement-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/files\/2014\/04\/Andy-Goldsworthy-Green-Leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1600\" alt=\"Andy-Goldsworthy-Green-Leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/files\/2014\/04\/Andy-Goldsworthy-Green-Leaves-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/Andy-Goldsworthy-Green-Leaves-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/Andy-Goldsworthy-Green-Leaves-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/Andy-Goldsworthy-Green-Leaves.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/files\/2014\/04\/PP-Andy-Goldsworthy-Earth-Art-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1601\" alt=\"PP-Andy-Goldsworthy-Earth-Art-8\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/files\/2014\/04\/PP-Andy-Goldsworthy-Earth-Art-8-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/PP-Andy-Goldsworthy-Earth-Art-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/PP-Andy-Goldsworthy-Earth-Art-8-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/150\/files\/2014\/04\/PP-Andy-Goldsworthy-Earth-Art-8.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are many studies that describe the presence of endogenous cannabinoid ligand (endocannabinoids) which activate CR1. Endocannabinoids may stimulate biological activities similar to that of plant-derived cannabinoids. The metal wire could represent endocannabinoids. Although they are not completely organic, they may represent humans, as they are a product of human construction. The leaves may wrap around the wire to represent the plant-derived ligand. In this way, the two are brought together to show that they can recognize the receptor and cause similar activities in the human body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After much thought, I decided to choose cannabinoid receptor-1 (CR1). I was inspired by a nature artist named Andy Goldsworthy, who I believe many of you may know. He created many nature pieces, often dealing with rocks, leaves, and branches.\u00a0With &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/2014\/04\/29\/chosen-idea-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5880,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4797],"tags":[4793,4791,4792],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-posts","tag-andy-goldsworthy","tag-cannabinoid-receptor-1","tag-endocannabinoid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5880"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/psquared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}