Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Custom protein models

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. Now it is all possible with a new service by a small company 3Diversity. They have 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 occuring protein and used the protein model as GFP lapmshade.

GFP: protein model as a LED candle shade

GFP-lamp

GFP-lamp: colored version


If you are not happy with this one you can chose from the already designed protein models in their shop or order the custom molecular model

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