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Cellular components of the immune system.

Omicron spike protein mutations

Close up view of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Areas affected by Omicron mutations that evade antibodies are highlighted in red.

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Delta Variant Mutations' effects on SARS COV 2 viral life cycle — Delta’s defining mutations

SARs-CoV-2 virus

Inside the Coronavirus Illustrations

A Visual Guide to the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus

Supercharging messenger RNA

Supercharged mRNA is translated by a ribosome. Unmodified mRNA is degraded by a red protein. Cell nucleus and organelles in the background

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Cryo-Electron Microscopy: Technique Overview

CRISPR-Cas9

The Loopy Genome

This 1.5 page spread for Scientific American illustrates the relationship of DNA to chromatin, the density of chromatin packing in the nucleus, and schematically show how chromatin loops are formed that both prevent entanglement and allow for gene regulation. Created with Maxon Cinema4D, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. Illustration for Aiden EL. Untangling the Genome. Sci Am. 2019 Mar;320(3):54–5.

How the ZooMS Method Works

Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) helps scientists identify who the bone fragments found at archaeological sites belonged to – Humans? Bears? Horses? – by analyzing the bone’s unique collagen fingerprint. Oh and it uses a laser. Because science is awesome. Illustration for Scientific American: Higham T, Douka K. Needle in the Haystack. Sci Am. 2018;319(6):44.

Mechanism of Nerve Signaling

The prevailing theory of nerve signal propagation holds that signals are transmitted via depolarization of membrane potential. This involves voltage gated ion channels and cross-membrane ion movement (top left inset). A more recent theory of nerve signaling (the Heimburg model) describes the signal instead as a physical wave through the axon membrane (bottom right inset). This visual was created with Maxon Cinema4D, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.