UCL GRADUATE SCHOOL UCL Logo UCL Graduate School ›› Events / Competitions ›› 2011 2012 ›› Research blank Home Introduction /Staff Essential Information Funding / Scholarships Events / Competitions Societies Contact Us Graduate School Systems: Skills Development Research Student Log Ethics Research Images as Art – Art Images as Research Cross-Disciplinary Competition/Exhibition 2011/2012 Your entry number is 36, please attach this to your image. NOW please remember to send us your image! You will receive an email confirming your entry shortly. Title: Dr First Name: W B Surname: Langdon Department: Computer Science Student/Staff: Staff Email Address: w.langdon@cs.ucl.ac.uk Tel Number: 54125 Supervisor/Tutor (if student): Title of Artwork: Genes Jump the Silicon Barrier Description: Please provide a description (in plain English, 150 words max) of what the artwork shows. This text will be exhibited alongside your artwork. Tetratych showing Mendel\\\'s discovery of the essential digital nature of inheritance; Barbara McClintock\\\'s discovery of Transposons in Maize whereby genes move not only from parent to child but also along chromosomes; Micrograph of genetic transfer along a pilus linking two bacteria (1959 Akiba and Ochia discovered the first interspecies gene transfer); 2011 mycoplasma bacteria genes are transfered between computers, including into the reference human genome DNA sequence held by GenBank. How was it produced? (Photograph, line drawing, painting, rubbing, electron micrograph, confocal micrograph, etc.) xfig Copy at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/W.Langdon/WBL_2011.html#Langdon:RN1114 What form will your submitted image take? Digital Image - via Email Please note that images should not be larger then 5MB when being emailed. For any images larger then this, please use the UCL Drop Box servce or submit it on a CD. How will you be submitting the image? Email Once you click the Submit button you will receive an email with information on how to send us your image. Yes I acknowledge that my entry is my own work. Yes I give permission to University College London to publish the submitted image on its web site and in its publications. « Return to the Research Images As Art index page. Page last updated: 18th October 2011. University College London - Gower Street - London - WC1E 6BT - Telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 2000 - Copyright © 1999-2005 UCL * Disclaimer | * Accessibility | * Privacy | * Advanced Search | * Help Search by Google