Participants were introduced to electrophoresis—the process used to extract DNA and proteins from samples. In addition to experimenting with tools used in molecular studies—pipettes, centrifuges, gels, and stains, they had the opportunity to analyze their finished DNA and create a fish phylogenetic tree from the protein sample results.
Using pipettes to transfer the sample to the gel.
Using pipettes to transfer the sample to the gel.
Using pipettes to transfer the sample to the gel.
Using pipettes to transfer the sample to the gel.
The concept of how to illustrate the unseeable—a concept, an idea or a thing, like a DNA strand—was the focus of the sci-art session.
Molecular research requires a lot of waiting while the samples to migrate and separate during electrophoresis.
The finished gel, viewed in filtered UV light with faint, but visible DNA bands.
Fish protein samples after finishing electrophorsis being dyed.
Analyzing the fish protein on portable light tables.