Rendering Life Molecular Myers Natasha
Rendering Life Molecular Myers Natasha What are living bodies made of? Proteins twist and wriggle as they carry out the activities that keep cells alive. Protein modelers tell us that our cells are…
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Rendering Life Molecular Myers Natasha
What are living bodies made of? Proteins twist and wriggle as they carry out the activities that keep cells alive. Protein modelers tell us that our cells are composed of millions of proteins, intricately folded molecular structures on the scale of nanoparticles.
Natasha Myers explores what protein modelers must do to render three-dimensional, atomic-resolution models of these lively materials. Figuring out how to make these unruly substances visible, tangible, and workable is a challenging task, one that is not readily automated, even by the fastest computers. Rendering Life Molecular shows that protein models are not just informed by scientific data: model building entangles a modeler's entire sensorium, and modelers must learn to feel their way through the data in order to interpret molecular forms.
Myers takes us into protein modeling laboratories and classrooms, tracking how