BioEssays for Wiley Online Library

Project Title: BioEssays for Wiley Online Library

Description: Words that can be read the same backward as forward, such as racecar or level, are called palindromes. In DNA, palindromes are inverted repeats in a section of a gene sequence, the functions of which are still poorly understood. Members of the Digital Initiatives, Scholarship, and Collaboration (DISC) team worked with the Research & Instructional Design (R&ID) team to produce a concise, comprehensive video for Rhea Datta, Associate Professor of Biology, as a complement to her recent publication — in association with Jens Rister, Associate Professor of Biology at UMass Boston — on the purpose of palindromes in gene expression. Colorful images and animations elucidate Datta’s voiceover narration. Viewers learn that the function of perfect and imperfect palindromes ranges from controlling immune responses in mammals to regulating photoreceptor differentiation in drosophila (fruit flies). In the video, these descriptions are clarified respectively through clips of rats and swarming insects, granting the viewer a more connected and integrated understanding of the publication’s purpose.

Deliverables: Video

Date: 2022