Collaboration is key to human development and critical to ensuring our survival in the coming millennia. As we enter increasingly difficult battles with superbugs, genetic diseases, and airborne viruses, we need to work together to understand and fight back with modern technologies. To design better drugs, we need to understand the molecular structure of threats. At the base level, viruses and bacteria are made from proteins- folded chains of chemicals called Amino Acids.

Macromolecule visualization in Virtual Reality with Nanome

Scientists around the world determine the structures of target proteins for diseases like HIV, Malaria and Ebola. Millions of these structures are complied on public databases, like the RCSB Protein Databank. These structures are so abundant that it is sometimes difficult to determine a target for drug design.

Solving protein structures is hard: a single misplaced residue can generate a massive misunderstanding and waste drug development efforts. A single mutation can cause diseases like sickle cell anemia. Structural biologists use expert precision to determine protein structure and function.