"My tattoo is from an Irving Geis illustration of DNA. I was attracted to his attention to the molecular detail while also drawing in a representational spiral that doesn't ignore the basic beauty of the double helix. This particular sequence (I've BLASTED) is too short to be specific to only one gene, but one human gene it's found it is the 5' UTR of one of our tight junctions."-Matthew MacDougall, 4th year medical student
Is there no end to the science tattoos out there?
See the 70 I've gotten so far at the Flickr set.
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Is that tattoo genuine...? It doesn't look quite centered on his spine, which would be odd, it also looks very clear and detailed...almost as if it's been overlaid from a graphic in Photoshop or something...
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I know Matthew. It is indeed genuine and not a Photoshop job.
I've tried scrubbing (with soap). It will not come off. Whether that means it's genuine or not, I don't know.
That is so cool!!!! It really makes me want on.
That's a good one.
Bravo! You have invented a new field: Tattoo informatics.
Does anyone know where I could find the original image on the wall in this photo? Call me Mr Copycat, but I love this tattoo so much I'd like to get one similar.