Aptamer Interpretive Dance

Well, this has seemingly gone viral through the interwebs today. It is an interpretive dance about aptamer selection. I laughed my butt off, but she has done a pretty good job. I would suggest more "interactions" of potential oligonucleotides and the "target" bullseye girl. But I like that the ones that interact all do the same dance and have the same color shirts. And check out the Thriller guy. Freaking awesome.

Selection of a DNA aptamer for homocysteine using SELEX from Maureen McKeague on Vimeo.

This PhD candidate has made it to the final 4 in the AAAS "Dance Your Ph.D." competition. To view the other finalists and see all of the 2010 entries, check out: http://gonzolabs.org/dance/.

There is even one from UT: http://vimeo.com/14503172. The longhorns look positively riveted! And the guy in the video you may recognise from Andy's lab as he is one of the administrative assistants.
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6 comments:

jialing.fang said...
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September 17, 2010 at 2:05 PM
jialing.fang said...

We should make a video like tis. All freshmen would want to join our stream.

September 17, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Anonymous said...

Bahahahahaha. This is quite awesome, aptamates everywhere are gleeks?

September 17, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Adaobi Anyiwo said...

I totally agree with jialing.fang This would totally be an awesome advertising idea for freshmen! lol

September 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Anonymous said...

This is how you guys could win at the next poster session.

September 19, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Mayank Aranke said...

Awesome. I'm going to play this the next time someone asks me what I do in lab.

September 28, 2010 at 12:15 AM

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