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Monument to the laboratory mouse

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31: 145: 360:«Здесь сочетается и образ лабораторной мыши, и ученого, потому что они связаны между собой и служат одному делу. Мышь запечатлена в момент научного открытия. Если всмотреться в её взгляд, можно увидеть, что эта мышка уже что-то придумала. Но вся симфония научного открытия, радость, «эврика!» ещё не зазвучали», — описал проект его автор, новосибирский художник Андрей Харкевич. 238:
Sculptor Alexei Agrikolyansky, who made the statue, confessed that it had not been easy to capture that moment as the mouse was obviously not human and yet he had to produce a character and emotions for the mouse that were believable and, while maintaining the anatomical proportions, create something
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Andrei Kharkevich described his design, stating, "It combines both the image of a laboratory mouse and a scientist, because they are interconnected and serve the same cause. The mouse is captured at the moment of scientific discovery. If you look closely at her eyes, you can see that this mouse has
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artist Andrey Kharkevich, who made more than ten sketches before settling on a final design. It was from among the different versions of the classic and stylized image animals that a mouse knitting the DNA helix was selected.
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The foundation stone of the monument was laid on June 1, 2012, in honor of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics. The design for the mouse was the creation of the
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The monument commemorates the sacrifice of the mice in genetic research used to understand biological and physiological mechanisms for developing new drugs and curing of diseases.
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already come up with something. But the whole symphony of scientific discovery, joy, "eureka!" have not sounded yet."
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Monument of a laboratory mouse, wearing glasses perched on the end of its nose, sitting atop a granite pedestal
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Installed by the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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holds knitting needles in its paws and is shown knitting a double helix of
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The mouse holds needles in its hands, knitting the twin spiral of DNA
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that neither looked like a cartoon character nor a real mouse.
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With the financial support of CJSC "Medico-Biological Union"
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Exhibit of the Museum of the History of Genetics in Siberia
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54°50′55″N 83°06′24″E / 54.848675°N 83.10655°E / 54.848675; 83.10655
Akademgorodok
Novosibirsk
Russia
Novosibirsk
Akademgorodok
Siberia
Russia
Institute of Cytology and Genetics
Russian Academy of Sciences

granite
laboratory mouse
pince-nez
mouse
DNA
Z-DNA
B-DNA
Novosibirsk
Tomsk
"This Russian Monument Honors the Humble Lab Mouse"
"A monument to laboratory rats and mice"
Boing Boing
"«Мыши, вяжущей ДНК» исполнилось 10 лет — Федеральный исследовательский центр"
Archived
"В Новосибирске открыли памятник лабораторной мыши"
the original
Categories
Laboratory mice

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