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DNA animation (2002-2014) by Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno wehi.tv #ScienceArt

A compilation of molecular animations of DNA replication and gene transcription by Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno at WEHI, made with no narration. It shows molecular machinery at work inside cells.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended whenever people want to see the mechanical, jostling reality of molecular biology, which many find awe-inspiring.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
WEHImovies
Topic
molecular biology animation
Format
other
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
9
HN mentions in dataset
11
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • The thing that drove this home for me were the biovisions animations which got me to go back and basically learn high school biology. Seeing the mechanical nature of gene transciption and chemical signaling blew my mind. [VIDEO] [LINK] On the other hand, I don't …

    anm89 on Hacker News · 2020-11
    In I should have loved biology

  • It takes downloading one of these files, gunzipping them, extracting the tar and opening up a JSON file at random to really understand just how distant the title of the project is from its contents. I fully realize this is about natural language processing, but... …

    pp19dd on Hacker News · 2020-03
    In Covid-19 Open Research Dataset

  • Some other good ones: [VIDEO] [LINK] The GP is right in that our intuitions aren't cutting it down at the bottom. All these animations tend to edit out the water molecules so that the audience can understand better. The proteins aren't colored blobs at all. …

    Balgair on Hacker News · 2020-04
    In What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics

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