Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Protein model - your customized piece of science or, maybe, art

Ever wanted to make proteins? Of course you make them all the time, but if your goal is to make some foreign to your body protein? From from a jellyfish, for example. A 3D printed a "mutated" version of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from a jellyfish. As the name tells it is green, and especially so under the UV light. 3Diversity went beyond the mere representation of the naturally occurring protein and used the protein model a lampshade.

GFP: protein model as a LED candle shade



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