Gallery

Structure, rendered

3D visualizations made (mostly) in Blender — scientific renders of simulations, models and density maps, alongside more artistic explorations. Click any photo to zoom, or a video to play it. Please note most of the pictures are scientific illustrations, sometimes just to have fun, sometimes to illustrate paper ou presentations, or just to learn blender 😉.
Description of the pictures are for now AI generated, replacement in progress

Illustration of a cryo-EM map — Illustration of a cryo-EM mapA cryo-EM density map, illustrated with some lighting effects.

MetY dodecamer — MetY dodecamerIllustration of the HEV ORF1 MetY dodecamer with atiled floor.

ORF1 AlphaFold model animation, Goodsell styleanimation of our ORF1 Alphafold model, colored per PLDDT in the style of David Goodsell.

Norovirus in a bottle — PDB 4V60 — Norovirus in a bottle — PDB 4V60The VP1 dodecamer, preserved like a museum piece.

I2BC, molecule by moleculeThe institute's name emerges from a sea of molecules.

Viral capsid — Viral capsidAtomic surface with an open portal, colored by depth.

Neon dodecamer — lights onSubunits ignite one after another.

HEV ORF1 in a membrane — HEV ORF1 in a membraneThe replication polyprotein embedded in a lipid bilayer.

Molecular complexA multi-colored assembly, in motion.

Virus in a bottle — PDB 6QZ0 — Virus in a bottle — PDB 6QZ0A spiked particle, corked and displayed.

Union JackA flag, assembled atom by atom.

Membrane channel — Membrane channelA channel organizing itself inside a bilayer.

Hepatitis E in a bottle — Hepatitis E in a bottleA non-enveloped virus, kept on ice.

Membrane pore — Membrane poreMolecular dynamics snapshot, 50 nm scale bar.

AlphaFold model — loopSeamless rotation of the same complex.

Cholesterol uptake — Cholesterol uptakeA membrane protein shuttling cholesterol.

A street at 50 nmAn urban scene, scaled to the molecular.

APOE3 — APOE3Secondary-structure coloring, with bound ligands.

Neon dodecamer — loopThe lighting sequence, on repeat.

Norovirus in a bottle — alternate — Norovirus in a bottle — alternateAnother take on the PDB 4V60 scene.

X-ray beam — X-ray beamA stylized diffraction experiment.

Protein complex — PDB 2NQ2 — Protein complex — PDB 2NQ2A multi-subunit assembly on a neutral backdrop.

Transmembrane protein — PDB 1POA — Transmembrane protein — PDB 1POARibbon diagram with a bound ligand.

STARD4 — STARD4A translucent surface study.

APOE1 — APOE1The apolipoprotein, with its density.

AlphaFold model — reversedPlayed in reverse, with an emphasis ring.

PDB 0233, Goodsell style — PDB 0233, Goodsell styleRendered in the iconic illustration style.

Viral capsid — variant — Viral capsid — variantAlternate coloring of the portal view.

Membrane, 512 GPU cycles — Membrane, 512 GPU cyclesA large bilayer, after a long render.

Neon dodecamer — lights offThe sequence, played backward.

Convex hull — Convex hullA membrane region wrapped in its hull, with a crystal-like defect.

Material test 01 — Material test 01A plastic shading study.

Material test 02 — Material test 02Same idea, different light.

Simulation render — Simulation renderA frame from a longer study.

Electron density — Electron densityA density map brought to light.