About Protein Art
In this blog I would like to share my pictures. They are based on contours of different proteins. I vary and rotate the three-dimensional protein image by means of a special computer software until an interesting shape appears. Subsequently, I color and design the produced snapshot so that the image I saw becomes obvious to the viewer.
My goal is not only to show my drawings. I also attempt to provide you with some information about the different proteins. I prefer to do so in an informal and hopefully humorous way.
From Protein to Art
Protein Art 
Hi, thanks for following my blog, and best swishes for your blog!
Best wishes for you as well!
Hi, this is such an awesome idea! I love it, and look forward to seeing your wonderful art.
Thank you so much for your interest!
Love it. And Love the whole concept.
I’m so happy to read this!
gr8!!
thanks for visting my blog http://www.zedie.wordpress.com
may i know ur real name,location n work setup.
my id is dreammerchant.xxx@gmail.con
can i have ur mail id so we can share scientific thoughts.
ur blog is marvelous.
i’m chandan from India.
warm regards n happy new year.
chandan/zedie/oncozene/dreammerchant.
thanks for following my blog.
if ur on facebook u can find me my my gmail id..or by chandan aryan.
hope to c u there too.
Thank you! Now we can stay in touch via facebook.
Firstly, a big ‘thank you’ for your subscription to Learning from Dogs. You will find it a little different to Protein Art! Which is a very neat idea, by the way. Very innovative.
Thank you too for following my blog! And I look forward to learning more about dogs and hence about ourselves.
Hi. I’m now officially following your blog too. This concept of protein art is seriously one of the most original and interesting ideas that i’ve seen in a long time. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!:)
Hi May K,
thanks for taking a look at my blog and I hope you enjoy following it/me. It also gives me the opportunity to know about your blog—what a great idea. I will show it to my husband, who is a research microbiologist and has lots to do with proteins.
Thank you for following my blog as well! By the way, I’m open for suggestions, so if you or your husband has his “favorite” protein, I can try to draw it.
facinating project – you might like the basket weaving art of Tim Palmer who made installations inspired by cholesterol and synovial fluid from the human body. http://annemurrayceramics.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/fire-and-fibre-part-two/
Thank you for the interesting link!
This is really cool 🙂
Thanks!:)
Thank you for taking time to stop by BackwardsBuddhist part 2. I really enjoy thinking of others actually sharing time with me and my thoughts for the day. Your approach to your art and science is mst interesting. What a great wY to combine two interests, which most would see as too divergent to be shared in one person. It sounds brillantly creative.
Thank you too for your interest!
Love it!! What a great idea!! Each time I now will look at protein structure and do drug docking I will see your art.
May I use your picture of p53 in a talk to my lab? Ofcourse with the proper acknowledgments and links.
Hope you will continue…
Great!
Thank you for your great words! Of course you can use my picture, it would be an honor for me!:)
Thank you!
This is such an awesome idea! Well done. I’m going to have to pass your blog onto some of the chemistry people that I know.
Thank you!:))
Hi May K.,
Because I think you’re deserving, I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. You can accept your award here:
If you’ve already received one, just know I think you deserve another! Thank you for what you do.
Thank you so much!:)
You really deserve it, and you are always welcome!
your drawings are wonderful especially the way of sharing……you are very talented and intelligent, I admire you 🙂
Thank you, Sneh! Your compliment means a lot for me, as you are yourself an excellent artist!
wow, what a great idea 🙂
Thank you, Rosie! It’s so precious to me to be followed by real artists!)
You’re welcome 🙂
Wow, very cool!
Thanks:)
Wonderful blog. Thank you. I’m not sure how the protein photos are derived yet, but I will keep following.
Thank you, bumbas! Oh, I can try to explain how proteins can be observed:
The images of proteins are not really photos. Proteins are so small that their structure cannot be seen even through the microscope. One of the most common methods to visualize a protein is to produce a crystal consisting of the protein of interest. Once such a crystal is formed, it can be exposed to X-rays leading to a specific diffraction pattern. From this pattern the three-dimensional structure of the protein can be reconstructed. Thus, the resulting protein image is obtained indirectly. Of course I don’t crystallize and irradiate the proteins I draw by myself. There is a huge data bank for proteins (www.rcsb.org) where I search for interesting and “beautiful” proteins.:)
Thank you. I’ll need to read up a lot more, but your blog is a great start, and I’m working on it.
Hi May,
I have nominated you for the Liebster Blog award. You can accept, or do nothing, as you wish. It’s up to you 🙂
Wow, thank you so much for this great award!:)))
Hi, thanks very much for the follow! I love the idea for your blog very much, especially since I have just been on biology camp!
Thank you for your interest!)
WOW! Thank you very much for connecting. I am very interested in your work.
Thank you, same to you!
What a cool idea! I’ll have to show this to some of my protein-oriented co-workers.
Thank you:), I’m very happy to hear that you liked my idea!
Cool idea! Also thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂
Thanks! I like that your blog is so many-sided).
I’ve nominated you for a Liebster award. Do have a look here:
Thank you!:)))
Truly a distinct voice on the web. Do not be silent.
Thx, will blog more often!)