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ArticleeLife2021

Nanoscape, a data-driven 3D real-time interactive virtual cell environment.

Shereen R Kadir, Andrew Lilja, Nick Gunn, Campbell Strong, Rowan T Hughes, Benjamin J Bailey, James Rae, Robert G Parton, John McGhee

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mesoscale explorer: Visual exploration of large-scale molecular models.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2024
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  2. Mesoscale Explorer - Visual Exploration of Large-Scale Molecular Models.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  4. Building Structural Models of a Whole Mycoplasma Cell.Journal of molecular biology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shereen R Kadir3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3960-988X
Andrew Lilja3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8311-3702
Nick Gunn3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Campbell Strong3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Rowan T Hughes3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5618-381X
Benjamin J Bailey3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
James RaeInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Robert G PartonInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7494-5248
John McGhee3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab, School of Art and Design, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9264-7535

Funding

ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-nano Science & Technology CE140100036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of cellular and structural biology has reached unprecedented levels of detail, and computer visualisation techniques can be used to create three-dimensional (3D) representations of cells and their environment that are useful in both teaching and research. However, extracting and integrating the relevant scientific data, and then presenting them in an effective way, can pose substantial computational and aesthetic challenges. Here we report how computer artists, experts in computer graphics and cell biologists have collaborated to produce a tool called Nanoscape that allows users to explore and interact with 3D representations of cells and their environment that are both scientifically accurate and visually appealing. We believe that using Nanoscape as an immersive learning application will lead to an improved understanding of the complexities of cellular scales, densities and interactions compared with traditional learning modalities.

Indexed as

Cell Physiological PhenomenaLearningUser-Computer InterfaceImaging, Three-Dimensional3D visualisationcancer biologycell biologynonereceptorsscience educationscience forumtumour environmentvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID34191720
PMCPMC8245131

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