Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Alba [Glowing
rabbit]
- Alba was an albino rabbit engineered by splicing the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of a jellyfish into her
genome.
- Eduardo Kac, the artist who created a flurry by making her a work of art
- ‘Alba’ is a transgenic albino rabbit
- She contains a jellyfish gene that makes her glow green when illuminated with the correct light.
- Alba was created by French scientists who injected green fluorescent protein (GFP) of a Pacific Northwest jellyfish into the fertilized egg of an albino rabbit.
- It was taken with an ultraviolet light and a yellow filter, which removes the blue light and reveals the
fluorescence
- this photo was taken with an ultraviolet light and a yellow filter, which removes the blue light and reveals the
fluorescence
- Born in April 2000, the rabbit is part of a transgenic art project called “GFP Bunny” by Chicago artist
Eduardo Kac.
- “GFP Bunny” has raised many ethical questions and sparked an international controversy about
whether Alba should be considered art at all.