DNA origami

Then there's a little asterisk, which is that every now and again we borrow from biology.

One area in DNA nanotechnology is called DNA origami.

And with DNA origami, one starts with about a seven kilobase molecule of DNA and then cause it to fold or undergo different kinds of transformations.

So if one were a grad student in your lab, would one be like coming up with a sequence of nucleotides to email the company to and then get them back and pour them in the test tube?

That's what one does, yes.

It's actually more like a little needle that scrapes along a surface, feeling the bumps.

And so your molecules are bumps.

And if you, you know, one of the famous examples is DNA origami that folds a piece of DNA into a smiling face.