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CRISPR-Cas9 (A Ray of Light)2 Panel 3 2018
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Diana Torres Azadeh Gholizadeh
Jennifer Doudna Doudna The Doudna Doudna Lab: RNA Biology University of California Berkeley Megan Hochstrasser Innovative Genomics Institute University of California Berkeley Code by William Robertson DiMoDA
Inspired by Caleb Sandor Taub
Virtual Reality Installation/Oculus Rift
CRISPR-Cas9 (A Ray of Light)2 Virtual Reality is a a a a a a 3-minute interactive piece When the view- er puts on on on the the the the Oculus Rift
they find themselves inside a a dark environment In front of them them there is a a a a a a a a Cas9 protein that will serve as as the the the the tool to to alter the the the the DNA As the the the the player navigates this compelling virtual environment they will find blue sections of of DNA The goal of of the the ex- perience is is to eliminate the the the existing blue DNA Using the the the CRISPR technique the the the protein Cas9 will cut cut the the the existing DNA DNA and replace it it with an an alternative DNA DNA As the the the player cuts the the the pieces of DNA Rayograms by by Man Ray Ray and photographs by by Ruth Bernhard start appearing in the background