{"id":1681,"date":"2026-05-19T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:52:36","slug":"ernst-seq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/2026\/ernst-seq\/","title":{"rendered":"EKseq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_1688\"  _slug=\"ernst-seq\" data-title=\"ernst-seq\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumb=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-27.jpg\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_1688 = {\"outline\":[],\"backgroundColor\":\"#FFFFFF\",\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/koshika.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Ernst-seq.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I noticed how Ernst often forms many shapes using his body. I found some DNA nucleotides and decided to spell out some outrageously named protein sequences (or at least a part of them.) Check out EK seq and try it yourself here <a href=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ek_seq_v2.html\">https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ek_seq_v2.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dancing mutation CCR5d32<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" data-id=\"1671\" src=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DancingmutationCCR5delta32KoshikaYadava-ezgif.com-resize.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1671\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dancing-mutation.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"861\" data-id=\"1987\" src=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dancing-mutation-1024x861.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dancing-mutation-1024x861.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dancing-mutation-300x252.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dancing-mutation-768x646.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dancing-mutation.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" data-id=\"1986\" src=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ek-seq-small-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1986\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"885\" data-id=\"1988\" src=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines-1024x885.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines-1024x885.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines-300x259.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines-768x664.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines-1536x1328.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stop-codon-figurines-2048x1770.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, He Jiankui used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit the embryos of twin girls, Lulu and Nana. He wanted to replicate the naturally occurring CCR5d32 mutation to confer resistance to HIV.  I made another painting about it questioning his motivation. Here I used EK seq and Clay figurines to spell out what was missing: the consideration for the children themselves.  The Clay figures spell TGA, the stop codon in the mutation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed how Ernst often forms many shapes using his body. I found some DNA nucleotides and decided to spell out some outrageously named protein sequences (or at least a part of them.) Check out EK seq and try it yourself here https:\/\/koshika.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ek_seq_v2.html Dancing mutation CCR5d32 In 2018, He Jiankui used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/2026\/ernst-seq\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EKseq&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","category-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1989,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions\/1989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshika.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}