Protein synthesis: an epic on the cellular level

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Directed in 1971 by Robert Alan Weiss for the Department of Chemistry of Stanford University and imprinted with the "free love" aura of the period, this short film continues to be shown in biology class today. It has since spawn a series of similar funny attempts at vulgarizing protein synthesis. Narrated by Paul Berg, 1980 Nobel prize for Chemistry.

Channel: Education
Uploaded: June 6, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Author: miraclemart

Length: 00:13:23
Rating: 4.77
Views: 389005

Tags: Protein synthesis 1971 Weiss Chemistry Berg University Stanford Nobel biology ribosome amino acids rna initiation

Video Comments:
Peagl0ssNinja (November 17, 2008 at 11:21 pm)
this is freaky deaky shizz
neocon70 (November 15, 2008 at 9:00 am)
dude....im tripping balls now...
Cybertoco (November 14, 2008 at 6:15 pm)
WTF? Is this supposed to be taken seriously?
gravisan (November 12, 2008 at 11:30 am)
much too much bell
briggsb1 (November 11, 2008 at 6:08 am)
That lovely. It's nice to see Cal Berkeley hasn't changed their curriculum. I used to date a girl that lived in one of the tree house dorms on campus.

This is 13 minutes of my life I will never get back and that makes me sad.
maxlich (November 8, 2008 at 4:26 pm)
This is prokaryotic translation though
levesque2177 (November 15, 2008 at 11:53 am)
yeah but replication, transcription, and translation of any organisms' genome is within the realm of molecular biology.
f14chris (November 5, 2008 at 8:02 pm)
I've seen this video at an intro bio class, but i always thought it was made in UC Berkeley...around the hippie yrs
orangecrushed42 (November 5, 2008 at 4:19 am)
One of the best videos EVER
manchuriandictator (November 4, 2008 at 4:19 am)
I love biologists...they're so connected with the culture!