February 2019 – Beata Science Art

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!

Artwork
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…

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

Artwork / Journal Cover
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…