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.