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The spherical capsid
02.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

This is an image constructed from high-energy x-ray diffraction of the protein coat, consisting of around 5 million atoms, used by hundreds of viruses to protect their double-stranded RNA genomes.
Anatomy collection
11.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

PBA Galleries of San Fransisco is auctioning the library of the late Gerald I. Sugarman MD – and what a library it is. While most of the texts are a bit pricy (Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni is potentially selling for $30,000USD), it is worth a glance for any of you interested in the art of [...]
The beauty of science: Lennart Nilsson Award
10.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

These are the amazing images of Anders Persson, director of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMISV) at Linköping University, and winner of the 2008 Lennart Nilsson Award.
Anders Persson’s imaging methods combine the use of cutting-edge technology with clear communication value, accomplished with an artistic sensibility. He reveals the hidden mysteries of the [...]
The beauty of science: Embryogenesis of the zebrafish
10.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

“John Sulston got his Nobel not for sequencing the human genome or unravelling molecular signalling pathways, but for sitting down in front of a microscope and drawing pictures of cells. This is the same thing: just more cells — and no drawings.”
Read the full story here.