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I make mesmerising 3D scientific visuals that make you dream, with the highest respect for scientific accuracy.

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jan 9

Hello Bluesky!

I'm Núria, a scientist turned scientific illustrator based in Japan.

During my PhD I worked with microtubules and microtubule end binding proteins, so that is in my banner. It is a rather old image, but I still love it.

Something is tricky about this image 👇

Image of a microtubule in cyan with end binding proteins bound to it in yellow.

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing structure! 🤩

VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you Rafeeque! I really appreciate it.

VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · 10d

I don't think I will ever get a nicer review. ❤️

Everyday trying to give a better service.

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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · Aug 19

How did a brain gene end up behaving like a virus? Research has shown that there is an evolutionary connection between Arc, retroviruses, and virus-like genetic elements called retrotransposons.
More at Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...

A comparison of the structures of dArc1 (capsid: 6TAP; pentamer: 6TAR), the retrovirus HIV (capsid: 3J3Q; pentamer: 7URN), and the retrotransposon Ty3 (6R24). Pentamers are shown in orange, and hexamers in yellow in the upper panel. In the lower panel, pentamers are shown with monomers colored in different shades of orange.

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Aug 21

Such a beautiful talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYb...

The Only Trait for Success in the AI Era—How to Build It | Carnegie Mellon University Po-Shen Loh

YouTube video by EO

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Clockwork @watchclockwork.com · Aug 5

🕒 NEW VIDEO 🕒

How can a cell know the time? Let's explore the beautiful 24-hour cycle produced by #KaiC proteins in the cyanobacteria S. Elongatus. Rendered in #blender3d with @bradyajohnston.bsky.social's brilliant Molecular Nodes add-on. #biology

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · Jul 10

Today in the journal Science: BioEmu from Microsoft Research AI for Science. This generative deep learning method emulates protein equilibrium ensembles – key for understanding protein function at scale. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jul 11

Because we always see the grey matter surface of the brain, but the white matter shape is so beautiful that I just wanted to play a bit with it.

Which is your favourite imaging data?

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out this new review (with animations, natch) of mechanisms of licensing origins of DNA replication - a wonderful (and continuing!) collaboration with Bruce Stillman @cshlnews.bsky.social and John Diffley @crick.ac.uk! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 25

Sometimes 3 lines of code can save a lot of time.

What are you procrastinating today?

#Blender3D Python Coding.

VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 19

Lighting set up for the current scene is getting out of hands ^o^.

"I didn't have time to light a scene with few lights, so I put a lot instead"

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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · Jun 18

Download an image of H5N1
The image shows David Goodsell's artistic illustration of the H5N1 virion in cross-section and images of select H5N1 proteins created using Mol*
pdb101.rcsb.org/lear...

PDB101: Learn: Flyers, Posters, & Calendars: Posters: Influenza A H5N1 Virus

PDB-101: Training, Outreach, and Education portal of RCSB PDB

pdb101.rcsb.org

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 18

It became that season of the year to put ice pads under the fan of my laptop and unplug for rendering. 🤟

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · Jun 9

The Japan Pavilion at the #EXPO2025 was all about sustainability. The cutest room had Hello Kitty algae. Did you know that algae can absorb 14 times as much CO2 as a cedar tree? And produce 50 times as much protein as beef for the same amount of water? But could you eat these faces? Maybe yes.

Sixteen green hello kitty figures are hung on a wall. Each is clothed as a different type of algae, with different shaped heads and bodies.

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 17

Last night was very hot in Japan, I could not sleep and ended up rewriting my "about" page.

As many decisions in the middle of the night, might be a bad one and I may change it again soon.

Have a peep before I change it back and let me know if I should keep it or not. www.vizcie.com/about

About | VIZCIE

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 16

I really thought the car behind was a taxi from Barcelona 🫢

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 15

Barcelona?

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Very inspiring to hear sir Paul Nurse explaining his research and reflect about

- What is Life?

- Why working with yeast has been so important to understand cells also in humans,

- The consequences of natural selection,

- Our responsibility to steward nature.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhZv...

What is life? A Nobel Prize-winning scientist answers | Paul Nurse Full Interview

YouTube video by Big Think

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Weisbecker B&B Lab @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Today we’re publishing Ozboneviz, an open-access 3D atlas of Australian vertebrate (mostly mammal) bones: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Ozboneviz: an Australian precedent in FAIR 3D imagery and extended biodiversity collections

Abstract. Billions of specimens are in biodiversity collections worldwide, and this infrastructure is crucial for research on Earth's natural history. Thre

doi.org

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations Timon!
This is very inspiring. We learn by doing and teaching, so involving students in the production seems a great idea.

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RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) @riken-bdr.bsky.social · May 27

📣#RIKEN is calling for applications from early career researchers interested in heading their own lab under the Early Career Leaders Program.

Preregistration website opens Jun 3, 2025.
Deadline to register basic info is Aug 7, 2025

See more program details👇
www.riken.jp/en/careers/p...

FY 2025 Call for RIKEN ECL Team / Unit Leaders

www.riken.jp

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Rafeeque Mavoor @rafeeque.com · May 27

We built something new for plant researchers!
A library of scientific icons of plants!

If you would like to get early access, fill this form: tinyurl.com/u3wvdts5

Kindly share the post and help us reach more researchers.

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Aafke Gros @aafkegros.bsky.social · May 23

In the context of our @reviewcommons.org revision process, I'm happy to announce Microscopy Nodes v2.2.0!
This packs lots of new fun features, including new color management 🌈, clearer transparency handling 🫥, custom default settings 🔧 and more!
Preprint at doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · May 26

We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM

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VIZCIE | SCIENTIFIC VISUALS @vizcie.bsky.social · May 23

Wanna make better presentations?

Listen to Simon Sinek. He spends 2 minutes telling a story and only the remaining 1 minute with the take home message.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Tq...

Simon Sinek: What Noah Taught Me About Leadership (TRUE STORY) | Live2Lead 2016 【C:S.S Ep.2】

YouTube video by YAPSS Archive