http://www.metafilter.com/tags/MichaelRossman Posts tagged with 'MichaelRossman' at MetaFilter. Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:34:40 -0800 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:34:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/96060/The%2Dbeauty%2Dof%2DMolecular%2DCell%2Dand%2DMicrobiology There has been a new discipline developing in molecular biology for some time now, Bioanimation! Projects have ranged in size from <a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/about_wehi-tv">WEHI</a>'s <a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/body_code_drew_berry_2003/">colossal compilation</a> to <a href="http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/">Harvard Biovision</a>'s <a href="http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_innerlife.html">magnum opus "Inner Life of the Cell"</a> to <a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/pathology-of-ra/">commercially produced masterpieces</a> to smaller projects by university PIs and enthusiasts. <small>much</small> Biomedical Animators <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/drew_berry.htm">Drew Berry</a> and Etsuko Uno are supported by <a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/">WEHI</a> as they create their marvelous films: <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jtmOZaIvS0">An explanation of the DNA replication complex found in <em>Escherichia coli</em></a> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwVjYxcDQ5I">An explanation of how DNA is packed into chromosomes</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/dna_central_dogma_part_1_-_transcription/">A demonstration of bacterial transcription; showing the initiation, elongation and termination of a novel messenger RNA strand (Yellow)</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/dna_central_dogma_part_2_-_translation/">A demonstration of eukaryotic translation showing a ribosome (Blue/Purple) binding to a messenger RNA strand (Yellow) and producing a protein, in this case globin (Red), using transfer RNA (Green)</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/haemoglobin_and_sickle_cell_anaemia/">A demonstration of how a single amino acid change (Green) can produce sickle cell anemia by causing hemoglobin (Red) to polymerize.</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/malaria_lifecycle_part_1_human_host/">An explanation of the malarial life cycle in the human host</a> <a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/malaria_lifecycle_part_2_mosquito_host/">(Part 2 in the mosquito host)</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/the_immune_system/">An explanation of how Clonal Selection was discovered and is used by the adaptive immune system to fight infection</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/colony_stimulating_factor_csf-1/">An explanation of how Colony Stimulating Factor helps to activate the adaptive immune system</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/restriction_enzyme_ecor1/">A demonstration of restriction enzyme EcoRI binding to plasmid DNA, diffusing along the double helix, and finding its palindromic binding sequence before cutting. A piece of DNA then binds to the plasmid and is ligated</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/apoptosis_and_signal_transduction/">A demonstration of a signaling pathway which leads to apoptosis</a> <li><a href="http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/insulin_production_and_type_1_diabetes/">An explanation of healthy insulin production and the molecular cause of Type 1 diabetes</a> <small><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85304/Molecular-Visualizations-of-DNA#2752462">Previously</a></small> <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell.html">David Bolinsky</a> and his colleagues at <a href="http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/">Harvard Biovisions</a> have been working slowly, but producing amazing work: <li><a href="http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_mitochondria.html">A new sequel to "The Inner Life of the Cell" looking closely at the mitochondria</a> <li><a href="http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_extravasation.html">A 2d animation detailing Leukocyte extravasation shown in "The Inner Life of the Cell"</a> <small><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/66737/Surrealistic-Lilliputian-Realm">Previously</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/55875/Meat-is-Neat-Cellular-biophysics-video">Previouslier</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/54629/Inside-a-cell"> Previousliest</a></small> <a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/about/overview/">Hybrid Medical</a> commercially produces its films: <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/demo/2010-promotional-reel/">Gorgeous promotional reel</a> <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/mechanism-of-action-of-alimta/">An explanation of the use of folic acid in nucleotide metabolism</a> (sponsored by Eli Lilly) <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/pathophysiology-of-crohn%E2%80%99s-disease/">An explanation of the Pathophysiology of Crohn’s disease</a> (sponsored by HUMIRA) <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/enhancing-immune-response/">An brief explanation of compliment mediated immunity</a>(sponsored by Biothera) <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/cholesterol-and-micelles/">An explanation of how intestinal micelles contribute to blood cholesterol</a> (Sponsored by Merck &amp; Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals) <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/antigenic-shift/">A demonstration of influenza infection</a> <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/the-stages-of-mitosis/">A demonstration of the stages of mitosis</a> <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/t4-bacteriophage/">A demonstration of T4 binding</a> <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/uncategorized/streptococcus-pneumoniae/">A video demonstrating<em> Streptococcus pneumoniae</em> growth</a> <li><a href="http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/beating-heart-with-blood-flow/">The beating heart with blood flow</a> <a href="http://www.digizyme.com/about/team.html">Ga&#0235;l McGill at his company digizyme</a> has also been making <a href="http://www.digizyme.com/portfolio/multimedia.html">beautiful films</a>: <li><a href="http://www.molecularmovies.com/movies/iwasamcgillastrachan_dengue.html">An explanation of Dengue virus entry</a> <li><a href="http://www.molecularmovies.com/movies/mcgilliwasa_reovirus.html">An explanation of early events in Reovirus entry</a> <li><a href="http://www.molecularmovies.com/movies/gp41_061008.html">An explanation of HIV entry into the cytoplasm</a> He also curates his own collection of <a href="http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/">some of the best work out there</a> <small><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/78735/Molecular-Movies">Previously</a></small> <a href="http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/media/human_emb_dev-lg.mov">An explanation of embryonic development</a> and <a href="http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/media/differentiation-lg.mov">Embryonic differentiation</a> sponsored by HHMI <a href="http://www.seyet.com/bacteriophage-t4">T4 infection process</a> commissioned of Seyet by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rossmann">Michael Rossman</a> <a href="http://dadiddly.biochem.uiowa.edu/Elcock_Lab/Movies.html">Productions</a> by <a href="http://dadiddly.biochem.uiowa.edu/Elcock_Lab/Home.html">Adrian Elcock's lab</a> at the University of Iowa Finally here are two interpretive dance productions <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9dhO0iCLww">Protein Synthesis: an epic on the cellular level</a> by Robert Alan Weiss for the Department of Chemistry of Stanford University <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-RxbUyrmT4&feature=related">Dancing DNA</a> by the OSU Biology program <small><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/82184/Protein-Synthesis-Explained-via-Interpretive-Dance">Previously</a></small> Enjoy!</li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li> tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.96060 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:34:40 -0800 3D animation apoptosis Art Bioanimation biology Biovisions cholesterol chromosome clonalselection Colonystimulatingfactor compliment crohn'sdisease DavidBolinsky dengue diabetes DrewBerry education Elcock embryo embryonicdevelopment embryonicdifferentiation Evolution flu folate folicacid hemoglobin HIV Hybridmedical influenza Innerlifeofthecell malaria MichaelRossman Microbiology mieosis mitosis molecular Molecularmoviescom phage Reovirus restrictionenzyme science streptococcuspneumoniae t4 teaching transcription translation video Blasdelb