Center for Gene Expression at Copenhagen Culture Night

Our mini-lab “From DNA to Protein – explore the secret language of cells” was a huge success.

How to explain gene expression in a kid’s friendly manner?

Kids could make a colorful bracelet as mRNA, take it on an exciting trip through the nuclear pore and crack the code of life to find out what type of protein their bracelet encoded for.

Afterwards they could make their protein in play dough, while the adults could see living cells in a microscope and hear about our research.

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