Insulin

Motilin

The Molecules of Life Project flows creatively with Motilin. Monday, the 15th October in Mrs Grant’s second grade class at Oxford Elementary School, thanks to the Motilin Maidens, Becka Viau (BA, NSCAD) and Karen Schurman (BSc SMU), all eyes were drawn into the intestine as hands squeezed mimicking the peristalsis motion of the digestive tube. [...]

Bradykinin

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006, Halifax, NS, 2nd graders captured a Jararaca snake in Brazil as they were transported to 1949 and the event of the discovery of Bradykinin, thanks to Stephanie Melanson (BSc DAL) and Emmelyne Pornillos (MDes NSCADU). All were intrigued as Emmelyne traced the silhouette of a volunteer student on a large piece [...]

Vasopressin

Friday, November 24th, 2006, Halifax, NS, 2nd graders grasped their kidneys and learned about vasopressin, thanks to an impressive performance by three MLP students Katie Nizio (BSc SMU), Anna Sprague (MFA Concordia) and Cody Stephenson (MFA NSCAD). Starting out with basic questions about water its importance in the body, particularly in blood, Katie brought us [...]

Angiotensin

The Molecules of Life Project feels its blood pressure rise with Angiotensin Wednesday the 15th November in Mrs Grant’s second grade class at Oxford Elementary School, Amy Trottier (BSc DAL) was asked to pump up the peptide jam solo. Providing a solid background on the circulatory system and that most important muscle the heart, Amy [...]

October 6, 2011 in Peptide

MLP tastes as sweet as gingerbread cookies presenting Insulin.

Monday, the 23rd of October in Mrs Grant’s second grade class at Oxford Elementary School, thanks to Britta Fluevog (BA Sculpture, NSCAD) and Laura Foster (BSc DAL), we were guided into that tadpole-shaped yellow body behind the stomach called the “pancreas” where insulin is made. The importance of insulin in the disease diabetes was illustrated by Laura as the students guessed the symptoms portrayed by different cartoon characters indicative of high and low blood sugar. Using the power of cookie dough, Britta showed how nature turns a snake-shaped linear peptide into the ladder shape of Insulin. Everyone made and tasted yummy insulin-inspired ladder cookies as we chatted about Frederick Grant Banting, the Canadian who discovered insulin and was later awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery. With nine more peptides to go, MLP thanked team Insulin for a sweet taste of MLP creativity at Oxford.

Britta Fluevog (BA Sculpture, NSCAD) and Laura Foster (BSc DAL), presenting the effects of high and low blood sugar.

Insulin-inspired Ladder Cookies

Finding the Pancreas

Thumbs-up for Insulin-Inspired Ladder Cookies and MLP!

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