<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 11 HW: Building Genomes :: 2026a-zeynep-begum-kara</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/zeynep-begum-kara/homework/week-11-building-genomes/index.html</link><description>Part A: The 1,536 Pixel Artwork Canvas | Collective Artwork Unfortunately, I missed the deadline, I guess I have to become a TA next year (hurray)! ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I thought the sense of community behind the project was really well designed, and I appericated the idea of many people contributing small pieces to one shared bioartwork.
This also made me think about my own project on protein steganography. It could be interesting to create a message-encoding project where people enter their names, messages, or short memories, and we encode them into DNA or protein sequences. Although this would not be as immediately visual as the pixel canvas, it could still be very aligned with HTGAA. One possible version could even involve producing the encoded DNA in bacteria and sharing it with committed listeners. Adrian from the Ottawa node also suggested that it might be beautiful to encode the information into a plant seed or something similar—a living memorial for HTGAA. :')</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/zeynep-begum-kara/homework/week-11-building-genomes/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>