Monument to laboratory Mouse, Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia
The Monument to the Laboratory Mouse can be found in a courtyard at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Akademgorodok, Russia, a research facility associated with Novosibirsk State University that seeks to better understand the nature of DNA. The mighty mouse is of the anthropomorphic variety, with glasses, dressed in a lab coat, and studiously knitting a DNA double helix.
The wise-looking rodent symbolizes the gradual progress of DNA research through the years, to a large extent thanks to the sacrifice of countless numbers of his own species.
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