A Pac-Man Toxin in Tuberculosis!

A Pac-Man Toxin in Tuberculosis: A newly discovered toxin triggers cell death by 'eating up' the NAD+ within the bacterium.

A Pac-Man Toxin in Tuberculosis!

Post category:Artwork
Post published:February 18, 2019

Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The disease-causing bacteria, called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, are depicted in the drawing in red. To overcome stress…

Cell Division in a Worm Embryo

Post category:Artwork
Post published:February 13, 2019

This logo depicts the main research topics in the labs of Karen Oegema and Arshad Desai at the University of California San Diego focusing on the molecular mechanisms of cell…

Combining a drawing with a real protein structure to show how incorporation of tRNA compensates for structural changes during evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution cover, February 2019.

Cover for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Post category:Artwork Journal Cover
Post published:February 10, 2019

Crocheting the mitoribosome - a combination of a hand-drawn illustration with a real structure of the human mitochondrial ribosome. Ribosomes are giant machineries composed of protein and ribosomal RNA that…