For this assignment, I wanted to create music that showed the prion infecting another protein. I decided to do this by starting off with a slow and steady rhythm and then moving on to a faster and faster one as … Continue reading
My piece shows part of the Prion Protein’s structure. I am attaching a photo of the Prion Protein as I found it: . I tried to show the structure by dipping the ink in the water and creating the atoms and … Continue reading
I found it very interesting that we combined dance and movement to the study of prions. I really liked the presentation about the different types of muscles and the movement associated with them. In fact, I found it very interesting … Continue reading
I found the article ‘From Prion Diseases to Prion-Like Propagation Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases’ quite difficult to understand, as I do not have any kind of scientific background to assimilate it. While the movies were helpful in giving a clearer … Continue reading
I was only able to stay for the biology part of this week’s lecture and not the movement workshop, which made this assignment a bit uncomfortable to do. I have no training in the artistic movement of the body, so … Continue reading
This is the PrPC to PrPSc. The painting depicts normal prions becoming infected by abnormal prions. For example, on the bottom right one can see an abormal prion using its tentacles to infect the normal prions in the middle, … Continue reading
For my movement piece, I depicted the downward spiral of PrPC to PrPSc. I used a song that I created. At the beginning of the video, the song starts out happily. I am a healthy and fluidly moving normal prion … Continue reading
This week’s lecture solidified what happens when the normal prion (PrP^C) transforms into the abnormal prion (PrP^Sc). In the tertiary structure of the normal prion, there is an high proportion of alpha helices relative to the proportions of beta sheets … Continue reading
This week a guest speaker came in and spoke to us about muscles and their anatomy and physiology. After this, another guest came in and danced with us, emphasizing on detail of movement. For this week’s assignment, we are to … Continue reading
In the short video including movement, I tried to represent a general overview of what we saw throughout the class Tuesday as a link to prions. The chain reaction that is demonstrated through our body mouvement serves a double purpose: … Continue reading