{"id":1177,"date":"2012-01-14T18:41:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2012-01-14T18:41:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T17:41:21","slug":"moving-molecules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2012\/01\/14\/moving-molecules\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Molecules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers will know that molecules are my thing, that my scientific endeavours are devoted to revealing the intricate architecture of proteins \u2014 the molecular machines that sustain life.<\/p>\n<p>They will also know that I have at times\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2011\/02\/09\/small-and-very-far-away\/\">struggled<\/a> with the problem of how to write about molecules in a way that might grab the attention of those who rarely think about them. I have tried variously reporting on our <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/09\/17\/monsters_in_the_details\/\">own results<\/a>, or telling stories that link molecules to <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/08\/06\/a_molecule_of_life_and_death\/\">history<\/a> or to some of the bizarre claims of <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/04\/17\/homeopathy_and_the_structure_of_memory\/\">alternative medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In each case I have used words and pictures \u2014 and, very occasionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/08\/06\/a_molecule_of_life_and_death\/\">video<\/a>.\u00a0But none of my attempts at video come anywhere close to the films made by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drew_Berry\">Drew Berry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animations of unseeable biology | Drew Berry | TED\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFCvkkDSfIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Berry, a legend in the world of animation, has pioneered the use of 3D animation to try to give a real feeling for the molecular action hidden inside ourselves. To get a sense of what he has achieved, please take a look this recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/drew_berry_animations_of_unseeable_biology.html?awesm=on.ted.com_ABkV\">TED talk<\/a> in which he showcased some of his work.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the molecular artistry of <a href=\"http:\/\/mgl.scripps.edu\/people\/goodsell\/\">David Goodsell<\/a> (about whom I have <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/08\/30\/the_crowded_cell\/\">written before<\/a>), Berry has not only added the dimension of time to our view of our cellular machinery, but brought a truly cinematic vision to it as well. Even those of us who are immersed daily in the world of the atom and the molecule struggled to imagine how they all work together. Berry&#8217;s work relieves us of that burden and is a compelling revelation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em><strong>P.S.<\/strong> For more examples of Berry&#8217;s work (and that of other animators), check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.molecularmovies.com\/showcase\/\">MolecularMovies.Org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers will know that molecules are my thing, that my scientific endeavours are devoted to revealing the intricate architecture of proteins \u2014 the molecular machines that sustain life. They will also know that I have at times\u00a0struggled with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2012\/01\/14\/moving-molecules\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[140,141,29,322],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protein-crystallography","category-science","tag-animation","tag-drew-berry","tag-molecules","tag-protein-crystallography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}