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Alex Snow (He/Him/His)
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Structural biology postdoc based in Leeds who also makes random stuff. Supporter of science by anyone for everyone! All opinions my own. He/Him/His. Snowentific on 🐦/Etsy/insta
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As a postdoc I don't take my work home often enough - there might be 15 whole minutes where I'm not thinking about science. So I decided to print an ultracentrifuge rotor for my tree so even when I'm in the holiday spirit I know I will always belong to the lab.
A 3D printed Ultracentrifuge rotor. The rotor body is in black with silver edging to simulate wear and tear. The rotor lid is red and the cap is silver. The lid and cap are on the side of the body, and all three are on a wooden surface. Whoever you are you're amazing just for being you! A 3D printed Ultracentrifuge rotor. The rotor body is in black with silver edging to simulate wear and tear. The rotor lid is red and the cap is silver. The lid and cap are in place screwed onto the body. The whole thing is hanging from a tree I found in the common room of my workplace. Whoever you are you're brilliant, and I wish you nothing but happiness!
November 28, 2023 at 11:19 PM
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Squad goals. Now all that's needed are some tiny plants to put in them!
A trio of AKTA pures, specially modelled to be miniature plant pots. They're on a wooden table with a brick background.
October 16, 2023 at 9:58 PM
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Printing magical science boxes and turning them into tiny plant pots might be my new favourite thing. This little dude is only 8cm tall!

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A 3D printed AKTA pure, specially modelled to act as a plant pot. It's on a wooden table with a brick background. A 3D printed AKTA pure, specially modelled to act as a plant pot. It's on a wooden table with a brick background. A 3D printed AKTA pure, specially modelled to act as a plant pot. It's on a wooden table with a brick background.
October 16, 2023 at 9:56 PM
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I love #sciartseptember - the trees might be losing their leaves but those on glucooligosaccaride oxidase stay evergreen...

#sciart #blender3D #B3D #scicomm
A depiction of the protein glucooligosaccaride oxidase (GOOX), overgrown with plant life in red, green and pale cream. The leaves are from a variety of plants. Am oligosaccharide is shown in red as a cylinder view. The protein is a ribbon depiction.
September 14, 2023 at 2:27 PM
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My latest #3Dprinting adventure! Two months in the making, the client wanted to show the idea of protein-protein interactions. Both these structures can be taken apart and put back together!

#3Dprint #sciart #scicomm #PDBart
A 3D print of the met requestor complex (surface view). The protein subunits are in blue and purple and the DNA is in orange. The complex is on a decorative stand with a black stalk and wood base, with a silver sign saying "met repressor complex PDB 1MJ2". A 3D print of the auxin response factor 1. The protein subunits are painted in an orange-yellow gradient, and the DNA is painted blue. The protein is laid on a wood background. A 3D print of the auxin response factor 1. The protein subunits are painted in an orange-yellow gradient, and the DNA is painted blue. The protein is split into the subunits on a wood background. A 3D print of the auxin response factor 1. The protein subunits are painted in an orange-yellow gradient, and the DNA is painted blue. The protein is stood on a decorative wood-effect stand with a silver sign saying "auxin response factor 1 PDB 4LDX.
September 7, 2023 at 2:23 PM
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Not science, but I've been loving making these #3Dprinted moose toys! All 4 legs and the head can move, and I've done a few different colours by now.
A 3D printed moose painted primarily in a brown wood-effect, with ice-blue antlers, nose and hooves. The eyes are jet black. A 3D printed moose with a purple body. The nose and eyes are jet black and the hooves and antlers are an orange-yellow gradient.
August 26, 2023 at 4:15 PM
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Howdy! For those of you I knew on the former bird place, good to see you again! For everyone else, I'm a structural biology postdoc based in Leeds, UK. I also like to make things with blender and 3D print some of them!
A render of a 3D structure of the insulin receptor, presented as a desk model. The receptor is in green, insulin in white and the membrane in cream. The stand is black and white. The structure is in atomic view. Whoever you are, you matter and I'm glad you exist :)
August 22, 2023 at 8:41 AM