Archives: Smycken
Glucagon earrings with silver and goldtag
Earring of glucagon in 1mm silver wire with both a silver bullet and gold ball. Glucagon is a blood sugar-regulating hormone. It stimulates the breakdown of glycogen to glucose that raises blood sugar levels
Human growth hormone
Pendant of human growth hormone in 1 mm silver wire. Human growth hormone is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans.
Calcitonin
Pendant of calcitonin in 1.2 mm silver wire. Calcitonin is peptide hormone. It acts to reduce calcium in blood.
Insulin earrings
Insulin earring in silver wire. Insulin is a hormone which lowers blood sugar levels..
Nobel Prize in Medicine 1923 & Chemistry 1958.
DNA helix earring
Earring of DNA helix in 1mm silver wire.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins for the structure of DNA.
Leptin
Pendant of leptin in 1.2 mm silver wire.
Leptin is a hormone that helps to regulate energy balance by inhibiting hunger.
MS2 virus protein
Pendant of MS2 coat protein in 1.2 mm silver wire.
MS2 is a bacterial virus. This jewelry shows one of 180 identical coat proteins forming the viral shell that protects the nucleic acid. This was my first crystal structure and the first three-dimensional structure of a bacterial virus coat protein.
Myoglobin
Hänge av myoglobin i silvertråd. Myoglobin är ett viktigt protein som bidrar till syresättning i musklerna. Det var det första proteinet som strukturbestämdes för mer än 60 år sedan.
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