DNA animation (2002-2014) by Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno wehi.tv #ScienceArt

Edit created for V&A exhibition "The Future Starts Here" (2018)

No: narration
Yes: sound + text

[antoniodimaggio]

We should feel extremely lucky to have access to this huge amount of knowledge, all in just 7 min. The best thing I’ve seen in a while

[sekarwangi]

This 7 minutes animation sums up 500+ pages of textbook

[tired.....]

This is the most incredible thing I've ever watched on YouTube

[thirryharlin]

0:18 Gene Transcription
0:52 DNA being arranged into a chromosome
1:58 Cell division
2:29 DNA replication
3:40 Genetic transcription
4:02 Transcription mechanism (Zoom)
4:35 DNA structure
5:32 Epigenetic Control (Tags)

[kevindickey]

Unbelievable. One of the best things I've seen on YouTube. In a better world this would be viral.

[joeywall]

This is absolutely breathtaking. There are entire universes writhing around inside of every little piece of us.

[LilanDeSilva]

This is astoundingly beautiful. We all are extremely lucky to have hours and hours worth of biology lectures all summarised into a little more than 7 minutes.

[noxfox]

I'm a nurse student and I've been struggling to understand these biological principles because simplified illustrations don't express the absolute chaos of activity in the cell. This is really helping to both understand the amount of activity and the activity itself. Amazing and beautiful!

[nucleusmedicalmedia]

Drew Berry is the KING of cellular process animations!

[paulferry]

Twenty five plus years ago when I took biochemistry, a lot of times it was like being blind to what was going on. We had still photos that attempted to convey the process but nothing like this. I've learned more in seven minutes than what I did in a month. It really is enough to bring one to tears.

[Perpetualteachings]

This work is beyond appreciation. It didn't felt like an animation, it felt like I'm really witnessing them. The imagination and creativity is top tier. Feels like the animator or creator of this video really got some deep insight into cellular processes. TRULY AMAZING.

[DM-febc]

When I see this, I can't help but think about all the things that could possibly go wrong. All the right pieces in all the right places at just the right time. It's amazing.

EDIT: I refrained from editing my statement this long because I didn't think it was a big deal, but there are now too many responses implying that I think this process is infallible. So let me clarify--I do recognize that things go wrong, but it's amazing that things go well even as frequently as they do given how frequently these processes are executed. So I should have said, "all the right pieces in all the right places at just the right time (most of the time)."

[samuelsong]

look how busy these hard-working polymerases are while I am squandering my time here on yT.

[BlizzardtheWolf]

This might be the first time I've seen a 3D molecular biology video attempt to visually render Brownian motion to some degree, instead of just making everything look unnaturally static or smooth-moving. I like it so much better this way, it's not just more realistic, it's more dynamic, really kind of beautiful. You've made this biologist very happy 💖

[_GandalfTheGrey_]

The level of design and functionality of life is astounding.

[animeshrose]

I had to go through so many books and invested hours into it to understand this concept. Now even a novice can do it in 7 minutes. Glad to see such work helped me to revise and revisit many concepts. Thank you!

[peterszemes]

Mute: on = cute and interesting animation
Mute: off = my life's scariest horror video

[suace]

Amazing. And the sounds are terribly perfect for some odd reason.

[calgram]

Awesome and humbling at once. What a wonderful work producing this and thank you for sharing it!

[ApatheticNirvana]

Almost an entire molecular bio class perfectly encapsulated in visuals. Amazing and beautiful.