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 DNA Model - Berkeley, CA Posted by:  saopaulo1
N 37° 52.776 W 122° 14.794
10S E 566257 N 4192724
A model of a DNA strain in front of the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley.
Waymark Code: WM7P59
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2009
Views: 7
From the inventory: "A free-standing, eight hundred million-to-one scale model of a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule. The sculpture is a representation of a double helix made with stainless steel spirals holding brightly-colored "chemical bases" that form the genetic code. The bases are colored green, yellow, blue, and pink, and are connected by stainless steel rods representing hydrogen bonds. The sculpture is placed on a rubber mat and anchored to the ground with five explanatory exhibit panels placed around it.
The sculpture is a gift from Kenneth H. Hofmann, with partial funding from The Dow Chemical Company. It was designed by Michael E. Jantzen, and engineered by the Materials Engineering Center of Dow Plastics and Western Division Manufacturing, both business groups of the Dow Chemical Company. The sculpture was fabricated by In-Land Technologies Service. The sculpture is part of an educational program developed at Lawrence Hall of Science for children to learn about DNA and is designed as a teaching tool for them to climb on."
TITLE: DNA Model
ARTIST(S): Jantzen, Michael E., designer. In-Land Technologies Service, fabricator. Dow Chemical Company, Materials Engineering Center of Dow Plastics, engineering firm. Dow Chemical Company, Western Division Manufacturing, engineering firm.
DATE: 1992.
MEDIUM: Plastic and stainless steel.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001016
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, California 94720
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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