Our Structure is Very Beautiful: Jakob Tree
3rd Place Winner Inspiring Learning Contest 2024
In a letter by Francis Crick to his son Michael moments after the discovery of DNA's design, he wrote, "Our structure is very beautiful." While reading this tender and enthusiastic letter on my microbiology study abroad I was reminded of when I was sitting in the MARB for MMBIO 240. Dr. Steve Johnson was discussing DNA's intricacies and I felt a strong spiritual impression that the structure of DNA is divine. That celestial awe continued here in Amsterdam where this illuminated contemporary model of DNA encapsulates the reverent beauty and spiritual enlightenment I have come to treasure at BYU.
