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Molecular Mechanisms of Opioid Action

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October 2019

Gaming Structural Biology for General Audiences: Deep Learning, Citizen Science & Puppies: The path towards segmentation of a cryoEM dataset of a virus infected cell by Michele Darrow, Ph.D. and XFEL Crystal Blaster: an educational game by Fiacre Kabayiza and Bill Bauer, Ph.D.

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Irving Geis (1908-1997) was a gifted artist who helped illuminate the field of structural biology with his iconic images. The Geis Digital Archive features many of his illustrations in the context of their molecular structures.

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Collagen

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Hemoglobin S

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Induced Lac Repressor

Crambin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

B-DNA

Lysozyme (512)

A-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Deoxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin

Myohemerythrin

Lysozyme (488)

Lac Repressor

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c

Oxyhemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Hemoglobin

Myoglobin Fold

DNA

Trypsin

The Molecular Landscapes by David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells.

Illustrations are free for use under a CC-BY-4.0 license