and Natural Sciences
Barcode scanner for DNA analysisWinner of the video contest in the category physics
7 July 2023, by MIN-Dekanat
Franziska Esmek took first place in the physics category with her video "A new Method for analyzing DNA." In her animated video, created with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects, she presents the novel laser scanning method BIOREAD, which can be used to read DNA molecules like barcodes for biomedical applications, such as cancer monitoring. A blood sample is sufficient to extract the relevant genetic information. The DNA strands contained in the sample are fluorescently labeled, elongated and pushed into a channel where a laser scanner collects the valuable information. Like a barcode, each DNA segment has its characteristic pattern. In this way, cancer genes can be identified and thus metastases detected at an early stage.
The competition: Show us your research videos!
Research at the MIN Faculty should become more visible! This was the motto of the MIN faculty's competition "Show us your research videos! In this series we present the videos of the winners of the individual departments, which were awarded by a prize jury.