DNA Music

Thanks for posting this video. My microbiology teacher told us to look on the net for 'DNA music' and I'm glad I found this video because it explains so much. I'm using what I learned here for extra credit on my exam tomorrow.

Who made the decision to keep the camera focused on the good Professor as he aimed the laser-pointer at the slides of his topic, and basically ignoring what the good Professor wanted us to see?

I am a musician-turned medical assistant. This is very thought-provoking!

He can put the entire human genome on a CD. Literally everything about you on a disk. That's pretty good if you ask me. (There are around two million complicated DNA bases in the human genome.)

I really wish the Presentation was posted along with this... so we could really see what he's pointing at. :( great video though.

On a second note, I, in common derpheaded fashion, said DNA bases when I meant Genes. As you can see I am the epitome of intellect.

Actually, he meant to say our DNA is about 3 meters long (or around 6 feet)...not 3 feet.

Cool, from experience and a hunch I can tell you that frequencies and intervals are very very important. So IMO for music to have effect it should be as direct as possible ie. the right frequencies and harmonies. I'm not sure about timing now.

agreed! we miss out on a late not seeing those slides

interesting, but i would've loved to have seen the slides the speaker was referring to, slightly disappointing.

Good vid, thanks for sharing :)

Interesting stuff! It might be in the rudimentary stages at this point, but it is still quite impressive. I found the 'insulin music' to be a bit too 'sweet' tho - lol!

Who made the decision to keep the camera focused on the triangel in the red shirt? Games people play.

The mapping is so biased. Arbitrarily assigning musical notes... T = E just for fun. A used to be called La , C -> Do, G -> Sol. The mapping makes no sense. DNA is so complex. Even if you make 64 notes (the chemical language of DNA) you wouldn't be able to address the complexity. A natural language might be present in DNA, like the languages that we speak, but this is definitely not the method. The infrared signatures make a lot more sense, but the model is still too simple and is interesting form an artistic point of view, but the science needs to be beefed up.

sorry, meant to say "slide"

Oh yeah, I forgot everything made has to be good for the functioning of society.

Hmmm, I always thought that 3 meters was almost 10 feet, but I guess biologists don't need to know math ;-)

wish we knew what the fuck he was pointing to, god damn!

It does no good for the functioning of society. It merely makes use of time, energy and resources. Just to let you know, "two million" is a mass underestimation! It's well over 3 billion. I also lol at your use of the word 'complicated' :)

haha