{"id":17137,"date":"2019-08-27T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=17137"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:36:43","slug":"potw1935","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw1935\/","title":{"rendered":"Where science meets art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most basic building blocks of life are the biological molecules in our cells. While <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these molecules are too small to see with most microscopes, they have incredibly complex and beautiful structures.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/pdbe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theartssociety.org\/cantab\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Art Society CANTAB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/theartssocietygranta.org.uk\/OtherActivities\/YoungArts.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Art Society GRANTA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are working with local school art departments in Cambridgeshire, UK, to create artworks inspired by the molecules of life. In the PDB Art project, scientists help students explore the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/pdbe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDB database<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which stores 150 000 3D shapes of molecules, and show them different methods of depicting these molecules. The students, with the support of their teachers, use these structures as inspiration for creating artworks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The longstanding project shows that the fascination with how life works easily crosses the borders not only between scientific disciplines but also between science and art.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/potw1935_fullres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"2472\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/potw1935_fullres.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/potw1935_fullres.jpg 1998w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/potw1935_fullres-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/potw1935_fullres-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/potw1935_fullres-828x1024.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Image:&nbsp;Oana Stroe\/EMBL-EBI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most basic building blocks of life are the biological molecules in our cells. 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