1971 Protein Synthesis Dance Video

"Rarely have science and art merged as enduringly, or as endearingly, as in 'Protein Synthesis: An Epic on the Cellular Level,' a twenty-minute educational film that has become a classic to generations of high-school and college science students. On an open field at Stanford University in 1971, several hundred students convened to undulate and impersonate molecules undergoing protein synthesis by a ribosome. A few were trained dancers, wearing costumes and colored balloons to identify their roles; most were recruited with the promise of fun and refreshments.


But make no mistake: despite the flower-power feel and psychedelic strains of the 'Protein Jive Sutra,' this is serious science. The narrator is Nobel laureate Paul Berg, who explains the process in a prologue that introduces the leading players, such as 30s Ribosome, mRNA, and Initiator Factor One. "


Google Video
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Kenyon College : Molecular Happening (Re-enactment)
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