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Dressed to Fluoresce

Dressed to Fluoresce

The protein which inspired the image for May in our 2019 calendar has become a workhorse of molecular and cell biology as well as the subject, and medium, for a lot of art.

Getting on the front foot

Getting on the front foot

Our featured structure for April in our 2019 calendar is based around a beautiful image of a virus that causes devastation to the world’s livestock population.

Growth

Growth

Soon, spring will be in the air again (at least here in the northern hemisphere) and plants are already getting ready for it.

Detecting Pain

Detecting Pain

The poor diet and minimal exercise of a desk-bound bioinformatician has finally caught up. A rare bit of exercise brings on sharp pains in the chest, the sure sign of a blocked artery and ischemic heart disease.

Connection

Connection

The new PDBe calendar for 2019 starts with an image representing the connection and communication between nerve cells mediated by the AMPA-type glutamate receptor.

Waves of Trouble

Waves of Trouble

The image for December in our 2018 calendar depicts Hepatitis A virus and a common route of human infection with the virus, shellfish from polluted water.

Signalling in motion

Signalling in motion

The image in PDBe’s 2018 calendar for November shows nerves and muscle tissue, and the molecule which we use to send signals between them.

The enemies of our enemies

The enemies of our enemies

The image in our calendar for October shows a virus which can kill a bacterium. A bacterium that is responsible a disease which affects over 15 million people each year.

Opening up a Wormhole

Opening up a Wormhole

The image for September in our 2018 calendar depicts Lysenin, a molecular hole punch produced by garden earthworms. Revealing Beautiful Biology

Understanding Antibiotics

Understanding Antibiotics

Our calendar image for August focuses not on a protein, but on one of the thousands of small molecules in the Protein Data Bank.

Typhoid Mary and the Indestructible Bacterium

Typhoid Mary and the Indestructible Bacterium

Dengue Virus: A Trojan Horse of the Molecular World

Dengue Virus: A Trojan Horse of the Molecular World

The image for June in our 2018 calendar depicts the Dengue Virus (DENV).