Category Archives: Student posts

I am not sure what protein I am interested in, but I am thinking about using glass beads to build it. ~Nicole~

Howdy folks.  I think immunoglobulin is cool. ~Anna

First time blogging; I have absolutely NO idea what I’m doing (blogging wise).  For my portrait, I’m planning on doing p53.  I’m planning on a 2-D portrait with the p53 protein as a guardian angel latching onto a segment of … Continue reading →

I’ve been poking around the PDB and didn’t find anything I was immediately attracted to, so I googled “interesting protein names” and found a really funny site about proteins found in Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly.  Apparently fruit flies are … Continue reading →

Hello. I am very excited about the prospect of taking a more creative approach to the life sciences. I really hope to find a protein used in the same pea plants that were originally used in Mendelian Genetics. My first … Continue reading →

Today let’s discuss protein form from the top down.  That is not the conventional direction taken in biochemistry courses where we usually begin with the elementary building blocks and work our way up.  (I’m fighting laryngitis this morning, so for … Continue reading →

Hey everybody, just wanted to check in and say hi. I have chosen the protein integrase (not just because it’s the protein of the month on the database, I promise.) I’m really interested in viruses, and HIV specifically so I … Continue reading →

Thought I would check in!  I’m thinking of creating the tumor suppressor protein, p53.  This protein helps regulate the cell cycle and is important in preventing cancer.  It has often been referred to as the ‘guardian of the genome’  and … Continue reading →

Hey guys, still looking at proteins at this point.  See you all tomorrow.

Hello Professor and fellow classmates, I am still figuring out which protein I want to study,  but until then, I present to you:  dancing  penguins. Happy Feet Cheers!

I couldn’t really think of a clever title. Oh, well. I found out how to post, at least! Still looking at the proteins. I’m not quite sure which one I want to do. In the meantime, here’s a stock photo … Continue reading →

Just letting you guys know that I am registered and have now posted. I think I have decided on a protein, here is the link. Here’s a picture of my breakfast to see how the photo uploader works.

Please follow these directions: 1.  Log in to this blog using your onid name (this is a university blog that only allows authors who have onid accounts).  Choose a username nickname for your blog posts, such as “phil”. 2.  Choose … Continue reading →

I have taken photos of everyone’s work of art.  You’ll find those posted here by summer’s end.  But if you are really dying to renew that special bond with your protein, you can find most of the artworks on display … Continue reading →

GFP is composed of a barrel of beta sheets and a light-emitting chromophore within.  By teaming up with aequorin (which glows blue), GFP produces the eery green light that jellyfish are known for.  GFP has found many uses, from fluorescent … Continue reading →

All those weeks we sat in class talking about how we would make our proteins… and there I was, thinking I had a good idea of how mine would work out. Wrong! While making the protein I encountered a lot … Continue reading →

Protein: ATP Synthase Artist: Valerie Mullen Imagine those lazy summer days ahead of you – nothing to do in a day but sip lemonade and sit in the garden reading. It seems as if you are expending a minimum amount … Continue reading →

Protein: Pectin Lyase Artist: Karen Hoagland You reach into the fruit bowl and pick up a juicy, bright red apple. You take a huge bite….yuck! A big rotten chunk of fruity flesh just spoiled your treat. Blame no other than … Continue reading →

So I noticed as I was reading the summary for the show that we wrote down the wrong date (oh no!). Wednesday is actually June 2nd, and not June 3rd. I figure we can just ask whoever sends out the … Continue reading →

Protein: Ovalbumin Artist: Danika Kusuma The fluff of a marshmallow, the taste of a pretzel, the white of an egg omelet… To say that this egg protein is not all it’s cracked up to be would be something of an … Continue reading →

Protein: Harmonin Artist: Jason S. Lusk Of all the myriad functions of proteins, among the most crucial to our existence is the ability of certain proteins working in tandem to allow us to preceive our world.    Harmonin is one link in a chain of structures … Continue reading →

Just a few links to better understand pectin lyase! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EferhqiSy3E http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/explore.do?structureId=1IDK

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 →

Protein: Prion Artist: Dan Cheung What’s the difference between a prion and a mystery box? The box. Prion (pronounced pre-on) is a protein found throughout the body, but its function to the organism is still a mystery to the scientific … Continue reading →

Protein: Dronpa Artist: Thi Nguyen A careful balance between dark and light, dronpa can switch from a “bright” state and a “dark” state by switching the wavelength of light that is focused on it. It is named after a fusion … 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 →

Protein: Dead Box Protein 5 Artist: Callia Palioca Like a hand carefully untangling precious jewelry, the Dead Box Protein 5 unravels RNA strands. Found in many organisms and performing many functions, it primarily serves as an RNA helicase that enables … Continue reading →

Protein: Ubiquitin Artist: Minhazur Sarker Garbage: it’s all around us, even in our body! Ubiquitin is a special protein that functions to eliminate the proteins we do not need anymore.  A link, via a covalent attachment,  joins ubiquitin proteins together … Continue reading →

Protein: Calcitonin Artist: Nathan Forster Bones are a surprisingly dynamic part of an organism’s body in that it is constantly being torn down and built back up by the combined efforts of osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Calcitonin, a molecule produced by … Continue reading →

So I inquired about the MU glass cases yesterday, and I found that not only do you have to rent them out (as in paying…) but they’re booked a year out. So…MU is out. However, the lovely woman I talked … Continue reading →

Remember how Pauling first modeled the alpha helix?  By discovering the optimum folding of a sheet of paper. Easy, if you know origami. Here’s a “when art meets science” video explanation from Robert Lang, a highly inventive sort of person… … Continue reading →

As agreed on Monday, let’s each post the labeling information for our portraits.  Try to have this done by Friday.  Here’s a template you can use, in italics: Protein:  Hemoglobin Artist:  Phil McFadden Take a breath… where did it go? … Continue reading →

The uncertainty and ambiguity of the structure of dystrophin has finally hit me as being impossibly hard to build. Abstract freedom with designing a protein that has yet to be fully figured out is scary. In conclusion, I decided to … Continue reading →

Hi guys, So I was thinking, do you all want me to bring snacks to class from next Monday and on? I have a lot of money to spend on my dining dollars and would be willing to bring in … Continue reading →

Alright guys! So I checked up on the Bubble Tea/Smoothie place on Monroe and 14th. It opens at 11:30am on Wednesdays….this is a problem for sure. If somehow we are able to meet this (would mean we would hang out … Continue reading →

Perryman, et al (2005) labeled the enzyme as if it were a bulldog.

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/