3D Animator Helps Fight the Zika Virus

3D Animator Helps Fight the Zika Virus

John Liebler’s curiosity and interest in creating a 3D model of the Zika Virus inspired Dr. Sean Ekins, CEO, Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to try to model every protein in the Zika virus…which directly led to writing a groundbreaking paper with homology...

Zika/Dengue Virus Comparison gif

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about the structure of the Zika virus envelope, here is an animated gif overlaying the Dengue Virus envelope structure with the homology model of the Zika Virus structure....
3D Animator Helps Fight the Zika Virus

Will the real Zika virus please stand up?

We’ve seen a lot of news coverage recently of the ZIka virus. The World Health Organization has declared Zika a Global Emergency and scientists from around the world are collaborating, sharing information to help combat the disease. Zika is a mosquito-borne...
Art of the Cell T-shirts Posters and Prints

Art of the Cell T-shirts Posters and Prints

Want a print or t-shirt of your favorite scientific cell, virus or molecule? Through the magic of the internet (Ok, actually it’s Redbubble) , we are now able to offer many Art of the Cell images on T-shirts, posters, prints, and a variety of other products. The...
Antibody, Red, White, and Blue

Antibody, Red, White, and Blue

In this week’s scientific image, a monoclonal antibody framed by two cellular membrane bilayers in a composition inspired by Georgia O’Keefe. This image, as well as most of the images on Art of the Cell is available for licensing. Details can be found,...
Scientific Illustration of Antibody | Art of the Cell

Scientific Illustration of Antibody | Art of the Cell

Another scientific illustration of an antibody. I’m gearing up for a medical animation involving antibodies, and experimenting with new looks and ideas to make it look different from the antibodies I’ve done before. This one uses Van Der Waals spheres to...