What is Bionanotechnology?

I am interested in using life's molecular building blocks to create new tools for science and medicine. Jason Brown and I made this animation to provide a basic introduction to my research in bionanotechnology.

Check out the following links to learn more:
http://biomod.net/ (biomolecular design competition for university students)
http://cadnano.org/ (open-source CAD software for DNA origami)
http://wyss.harvard.edu/ (where I work)

Created by:
Shawn Douglas http://www.shawndouglas.com/
Jason Brown http://jasonbrownart.com/

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Science & Technology

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• nanotechnology
• biotechnology
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• jason brown
• biomod
• cadnano
• abraham lincoln
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[srushaggs]

Good work on the video. Thank you for sharing.

[benefactumgames]

koocat has a good point re: awareness of the fact that your lecture is going to be animated... part of the beauty of the RSA Animate videos is the way the artist often pokes gentle fun at certain turns of phrase while still upholding the basic message. If you're writing your script specifically to be animated, you miss out on that a bit.

[italouruguayricano]

Is somebody in your school working in scaleup and bioreactor design?

[LotusDragon09]

So if I took classes on this (theres actually a bionanotechnology class at my community college, believe it or not), would it later involve me doing stuff like...making nanobots that would improve immune systems or improve muscle strength, etc? From what you are talking about, it sounds like this field could also lead to jobs involving genetic engineering.

[sth5desldr]

How do you draw like that ?? It has always fascinated me coz Im a visual person.

[stabenw]

you sound like a pro! great job. thanks

[koocat]

not bad for your first try :) - Although the dialog should have more flow. there's no real reason to write the question on the screen and say it at the same time. also the success of RSAnimate is that most of the videos are from prerecorded sources such from a large lecture hall. its just a man speaking to a actual crowd. when you recorded your dialog you were clearly well aware that everything you said was going to somehow be animated on a whiteboard.. that conscious awareness is evident

[Leonetta07]

Does anyone knows where can I get the link of this video in Spanish? thanks... great animations! love it..

[DrWatsonification]

When are you doing a video on Military Bionanotechnology?

Mwa-ha-ha

Excellent.

[Ayinall]

Think... Nanobots could be being rained on us right now from the Chemtrails. Want that?