So I finally got to Decipher Code 2020 – and it was an awesome project by Lucy Wang and Natalie Woolger. It is an interactive space to explain the intricate procedures of gene-function analysis.
We had eight people and we each were a gene – I was Target G – and I needed to find Probe C.
Stumbling in the dark, below a disco ball, we needed to find our match, if we had a match.
The idea was to l
ook at how micro-array analysis works – how genes found matches, if they found matches, why some were discarded and why. This process isolates mismatched genes, potentially diseased, or rogue genes. It was heaps of fun where, with an awesome opportunity to meet other people at the Festival!
I also recieved a GeneChip – real DNA of a mouse. Pretty cool momento, huh?
I’m currently about to check out the Nomadic Hands documentary Ikiam, shot in Eucador, by Simone Francis. It should be really interesting!
On the way over I passed an awesome drumming circle, which I might just need to join on the way out! We can still hear them drumming outside!
Next stop, we’ll be checking out the Emotiv headset – a headset connected to brainwaves, where we can move objects in a digital environment. Super, super excited. *nerdy squee!*
Catch you soon!
-Rach.
- originally posted on 10daysofscience.com
