Jan 28 2008Sure, Why Not?: Your DNA As Art
DNA 11 is a company that turns your DNA into art. And by “turns your DNA into art” I mean they print it on a piece of canvas. There are a bunch of color options to choose from and prices start at $390 for an 18" x 24" print and go up to $790 for a 36" x 54". You can also get your fingerprints and lips done (both of which you could probably do yourself) if that’s more your scene. I say if you’re going to hang personal information on the wall, you might as well go all the way. So if you're interested I’m starting a business where I take your name, social security number, bank account info, mother's maiden name and, well, steal your identity.
A picture of the fingerprint and lip prints after the jump.
Thanks to Brooke, who has exquisite DNA, for the tip
Reader Comments
1. em - January 28, 2008 1:00 PM
this is such old news.
2. Bob - January 28, 2008 1:10 PM
OLD.
Get with the times, Geekologie
3. guate6 - January 28, 2008 1:17 PM
Heh, I did the DNA thing in freshman bio. It's called PCR (polymerase chain reaction), and you can map out your own DNA...now the painting thing is a bit extreme, but it's how paternity tests and other things are done.
This type of art though? Um, I guess if you have Alzheimer's disease?
4. JustBuzzed - January 28, 2008 3:35 PM
I've had better art on my floor after a night of hard drinking than these paintings. If it didn't smell so bad I might have left it.
http://theunsoberlife.com
5. Willravel - January 28, 2008 3:47 PM
DNArt? DNAwesome! It would add to the DNAesthetic of my decor. I could do this for DNAys.
6. .Ben - January 28, 2008 5:56 PM
Actually, #3 the example used here is gel electrophoresis.
PCR is something (completely) different.
7. Pillows - January 28, 2008 7:25 PM
6: Actually, Number 3 is correct this is a PCR. Gel electrophoresis is simply the process by which the DNA is separated/copied and able to travel in the gel, but without the PCR you wouldn't have the multiple strands of DNA throughout the gel. Copied fragments of a certain section of the DNA multiply and travel forward through the gel (the use the electricity to do this). Making the cool strands. :]
Even if I'm somewhat wrong.. o_O it isn't completely different...
8. dizzle - January 28, 2008 9:31 PM
3, 6, 7 -
It's a combination of PCR, restriction digests and gel electrophoresis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fingerprinting
9. Bob - January 28, 2008 11:45 PM
Everybody's both wrong and wright!
You don't necessarily need PCR to be able to do a gel of DNA/RNA and it could be any number of methods of gel electrophoresis including SDS! And then there is apparently some additional computer enhancing to make it look all cool-like!
There is more than one way of doing things! Be shocked and appalled!
Exclamation!
My question is why do they have two columns of marker proteins and why are they even included? I blame Scientology.
10. not_evil - January 29, 2008 2:59 AM
this has been seen in CSI.... i think, or some other crime series...
11. .Ben - January 29, 2008 8:05 AM
I never said PCR wasn't used....
But thats not what is shown here!
And at any rate. I don't understand the point of this. What is it actually showing? I mean, who says they don't just bung any old DNA in there with some random restriction enzymes to get similar results?
Hell, I could make art out of any of the SDS-PAGE gels I've been running for the last week and it would look pretty much the same.
12. rpmi160 - February 4, 2008 1:40 AM
#9, where do you see the protein markers? This is clearly an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel captured on a gel doc system. The bands are colored through some software that is revealing the areas of overexposure. I'll go a little bit further and guess that this corresponds to an image of a LAM PCR.