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Regulatin’ genes
Most of the time scientists develop Youtube videos to illustrate a concept, they usually result in creations which only a mother could love. That’s why when there is a good video, we should celebrate. Enter Tom McFadden, a Human Biology course associate at Stanford University who, in addition to helping students grasp biology, dabbles in a little hip-hop on the side.
Here’s McFadden “explaining” the role of Hox in regulating body pattern development to the tune of what sounds like Jay-Z’s “Money Ain’t a Thang”:
There are more videos at McFadden’s youtube page – I’m a big fan of “I Just Want a Function” – which takes some basic population ecology and spits it out to the tune of Jay-Z’s “I Just Want to Love Ya”:
I’m a population (population) – of big cane toads (gotta love the toads).
It aint where I live, but where I’m about to grow (talkin’ about australia).
I just want a function, to show who I am (exponential baby),
To see if I’ll crash (mo’ toads, mo’ problems), or if I’ll expand.
Now that’s applying technology (YouTube, social media) to science!