At #bps2026 : I loved the special acknowledgement of the @rcsbpdb.bsky.social and the MANY researchers who generated the experimental macromolecular structures that made it possible to build AI models for structure prediction.
You can create images like this in a couple minutes using 100% free software. Check out tutorials by @bradyajohnston.bsky.social
PyMol + Blender is cool. Learned this from @bradyajohnston.bsky.social
💪 NEW VIDEO:
Flying over the A-band of an atomic-scale model of a vertebrate muscle sarcomere. Let's explore the molecular mechanics that make your muscles work.
Rendered using @bradyajohnston.bsky.social 's molecular nodes
Model based on the incredible work of the @raunser-lab.bsky.social lab
Weekend well spent learning Blender and Molecular Nodes by the great @bradyajohnston.bsky.social
My first animation: "Interpretation of NRC2 resistosome assembly on the plasma membrane"
Happy to share our new preprint today! And it looks so nice that I couldn't help myself and made a little video 📺
Great teamwork as always Prof. @medbioinorgchem.bsky.social Prof. Gagliardi, Dr. Wragg and Julia Stebani!
Check it out here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Hope you like it a lot!
Day 15 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
The PhotoSystem II supercomplex in plants contains light-gathering antenna complexes (yellow). More antennas means better photosynthesis in low-light conditions (like the version shown with SIX antennas).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Today's new protein is Arc, a protein found in the brain, which can form icosahedral capsids (like viruses) containing its Arc mRNA cargo. They are linked to regulation of synaptic plasticity and forming long-term memories.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
How do trypanosomes evolve resistance to sleeping sickness drugs?
Mutations in TbAQP2 🔵 can block melarsoprol and pentamidine 🟠 from entering the cell.
It was a pleasure to create this animation for Simone Weyand.
Read more here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#blender #b3d #animation #science
Yes I’m definitely going to play around with something like this. Are you doing elastic network simulations on the alpha carbons?
I _really love_ the resulting aesthetics on this. I've played around with motion blur on structures before but this approach of many more frames & using alpha is a much nicer final look
Proteins are dynamic structures, but structural biology often shows them as static snapshots. Inspired by long-exposure photography and generative art, I built ProteinCHAOS, an artistic tool inspired by molecular dynamics to capture protein flexibility over time, much like long-exposure images.
A few years ago I was tinkering around in Blender, trying to figure out better ways to import molecular data for nicer visuals. I eventually and came up with an add-on that I released 100% free and open source: github.com/BradyAJohnst...
Strange for that to have a life of its own
If there is big biotech announcement happening, #MolecularNodes is being used for it. I only had the realisation in the past day, but it's strange to have my software very quickly become the visual face for $100M announcements and massive scientific breakthroughs.
Some animations I recently created for profluent.bio. As a structural biologist, I’m genuinely fascinated by their work in generative protein design. Congratulations to the team on their new round of funding!
#molecularnodes
Your go-to tutorial for simulating mesoscale membranes is here. Look no further for:
-Understanding the state of the field
-A guide for creating new models for your science
-Hands-on tutorials to simulate your very own membranes
See tinyurl.com/punk3tcu and the below 🧵 start your journey 💻
Bringing invisible ideas to life.
#sciart #blender3D #illustration
*illustrations created for Mary Munson’s Lab website at UMass Chan Medical School*
I am thrilled to release ProteinDJ: a high-performance and modular protein design pipeline. Our open-source workflow incorporates #RFdiffusion, #ProteinMPNN, #FAMPNN, #AlphaFold2 and #Boltz-2. It is a fast, free, and fun way to design proteins (1/5)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.24.678028 #proteindesign
Also, shoutout to @blender.org and @bradyajohnston.bsky.social for making it so easy to turn protein structures into nice images!
5/5
so proud to share @jhuapl.bsky.social neuroscience research at #blenderconference2025 @blender.org ❤️
also shoutout to #microscopynodes by @aafkegros.bsky.social, here's to awesome new collabs born at blendercon!!!
Hello! I'm Behnoush, structural biology scientist from the Broad Institute. I also like to combine proteins structures and other scientific topics with art. Here are some journal cover arts I've created recently. Hope to find old and new friends here.
#Blender #b3d #MolecularNodes #GeometryNodes
New video about caffeine linked here:
youtu.be/fNR-GY-WoAI
Rendered in #blender3d using @bradyajohnston.bsky.social 's brilliant Molecular Nodes extension.
Make sure you check out the incredible coffee from @thegooddotstore.bsky.social 's Keats & Co by visiting keats.watchclockwork.com
What's the opposite of Artificial Intelligence? Naturally Occurring Stupidity?
Whatever it is, that's what I'm here for!
Check out my new film here - made with love, by humans, for humans: youtu.be/iNMxVBnIrwQ
#animation #shortfilm #blender #b3d
Please wait a few seconds and try again
Most complex golden gate wins
RosettaFold 3 is here! 🧬🚀
AtomWorks (the foundational data pipeline powering it) is perhaps the really most exciting part of this release!
Congratulations @simonmathis.bsky.social and team!!! ❤️
bioRxiv preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Never meet your heroes
Thrilled to share my first corresponding author paper as a project leader in @hillerlab.bsky.social Amazing work from first author @annaleder.bsky.social We discovered multi-chaperone condensates in the ER that revolutionise the current vision of protein folding!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Will it ever live up to the memories though??
🕒 NEW VIDEO 🕒
How can a cell know the time? Let's explore the beautiful 24-hour cycle produced by #KaiC proteins in the cyanobacteria S. Elongatus. Rendered in #blender3d with @bradyajohnston.bsky.social's brilliant Molecular Nodes add-on. #biology
