Casian Veselin - HTGAA Spring 2026
About me
10th grade highschool student in Romania. At the moment, I mostly study organic chemistry and biochemistry- favorite and most understood subjects: plant metabolic pathways, photosynthesis.
☣︎ Member of BioCoderDojo Timisoara.
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- Week 1 Biological Engineering application: governance, policy; Abstract: Raising the same crop species over large areas and long time periods increases the risk of disease and pest outbursts, limits biodiversity and requires huge amounts of amendments and fertilizers. By genetically modifying the already socially approved off and profitable maize specie, global warming can be slowed down.
- Week 2 Gel art, DNA processing; Abstract: The DNA molecule is an “information-packed” polymer, it encodes for proteins’ monomer- amino acids. Even more so, DNA is electronegatively charged and so, using electrophoresis, DNA fragments’ migration to the positively charged part of container can be controlled to constitute “gel art”. I: I used rcdonovan to iterate a design (after unselecting Ndel, PvulI and Xhol enzymes), that I could later modify to my liking. I used ↑and ↓ to change specific ladders.
- Week 3 Lab automation: Opentrons artwork; Abstract: Laboratory experiments and follow of protocols can lead to errors, thus in wrong assumptions. Automating lab work not only saves precious time, but also ensures quality of information delivered. I: I used rcdonovan’s site to iterate a design. Instead of manually creating the image I chose to import it from google and then make as many changes as I desired. Shown image is Aphex Twin’s, a famous British musician (“pioneering figure”), logo. Image copied from wikipedia. used colors: mkate2; electra2; mturquoise2.
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