Polymerase chain reaction thermal cycler, clinical analysis laboratory

That is quite a blog title, let me explain each word. Polymerase is the name of an enzyme, that is a protein that transforms one thing into another, more specifically this enzyme can replicate ribonucleic acid (RNA). RNA are the messages the body uses as instructions to make other things. Chain reaction is the name of the chemical steps that cause RNA to be replicated, just a few RNA molecules can turn into millions and billions. The thermal cycler is the machine you see in the foreground of the painting, it will automatically change the temperature of the reaction over the course of several hours, which makes the chain reaction keep going. Finally, clinical analysis is the name of the laboratory area where the device is located. In the background you see a cell culture area, where immune cells can be grown in incubators with carbon dioxide tanks, and the box with the chair is a sterile area where the cells can be handled. This painting is actually going to be a gift for one of the masters students who recently graduated. Its been a tradition for the last few years that graduates get a painting, although not always a lab painting but in this case it was requested after the last one, western blot apparatus, was a big hit with the lab members.

Thermal cycler, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, October 2024