GATTACA

 

After Vincent genetic test:

Vincent: What about the interview?

Dr. Lamar: That was it.

 

Basically GATTACA  is a movie about a future where your DNA becomes your Curriculum Vitae.

What does “GATTACA” means?

In the movie, it is the name of the facility where the action occurs, and apparently, it was the better way that was found by the creators of the movie for arranging the four “bases”  in the DNA (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine) in such a way that it sounds like a name.

The title sequences highlight these letters that represent the nitrogen bases in the DNA:

 

 

GATTACA main message is:

“There is no gen for the human spirit”

 

 

For additional information about this movie, please visit the Moviecular Biology page.

About Dragon Metabolism (again).

Of course, the post “New lights on Dragon Metabolism”, posted on April 1^st. was a joke for April Fools day. I invented

the whole Dragogenin issue!

Some clues that could have allowed the readers to detect that it was a joke:       

-          The date of the release of the information, April 1^st., is repeated three times along the post.

 

-          The News Agency:  It is not Reuters, or UPI, or AP or AFP, but an imaginary AMP (Adenosin MonoPhosphate agency!).

 

-          The place where the information was released: Nogare, an imaginary place, whose name is the name of the famous dragon movies “Eragon” written backwards.

 

-          Komodo University: Of course, an imaginary University.

 

-          The reference to imaginary, mythological creatures as ancient dragons that were living in Europe in the V -VII centuries.

 

-          And of course, the note at the end of the post: “This post was released on April, 1^st, 2009 (Happy A.F.)”, meaning Happy  April Fools!

 

Conclusions: Do not believe everything you read, mainly if it is on April Fools!

 

 

There is Biochemistry also in “Twilight”!

“And Edward was staring at me curiously, that same, familiar edge of frustration even more distinct now in his black eyes.

I stared back, surprised, expecting him to look quickly away. But instead he continued to gaze with probing intensity into my eyes. There was no question of me looking away. My hands started to shake.

“Mr. Cullen?” the teacher called, seeking the answer to a question that I hadn’t heard.

“The Krebs Cycle,” Edward answered, seeming reluctant as he turned to look at Mr. Banner.”

 

 

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