Life-3D: A New Tool for Interactive Visualisation of 3D Molecular Interaction

Life-3D: 3D分子相互作用交互式可视化的新工具在过去的20年里，我们对活细胞内发生的过程的理解发生了革命。在我们对细胞内负责生命的微小生物机器的结构和功能的理解方面，生物医学不断取得令人兴奋的进展。关于这些分子的发现——它们是什么样子的，它们是如何工作的，它们是如何出错的——以及它们是如何导致癌症或糖尿病等疾病的——继续推动着英国生命科学领域的重要进展。我们的项目Life-3D为大学生探索和可视化分子、基因和细胞的纳米世界提供了一种新方法。使用最先进的物体识别，3D打印和增强现实，我们的目标是生产出生物科学学生可以轻松操作，分解和探索的真实大小的高分辨率分子物理模型。通过使用实时对象跟踪技术，他们所持有的物理模型的图像将显示在计算机屏幕上。当他们移动物理模型时，虚拟模型也会移动，从而引发丰富而相关的教学材料，更多地展示分子在细胞中的位置，它的功能是什么，以及它在健康或疾病中的作用如何变化。该项目的目的是在分子生物学教学中为学生的参与、知识和成就提供一个台阶，以一种全新的方式将分子带入生活。

Life-3D: A New Tool for Interactive Visualisation of 3D Molecular InteractionsThe last 20 years have seen a revolution in our understanding of processes that occur within living cells. Exciting biomedical advances are continually being made in our understanding of the structure and function of the tiny biological machines inside cells that are responsible for life. Discoveries about these molecules – what they look like, how they work, how they can go wrong - and cause diseases like cancer or diabetes – continue to drive important advances across the UK Life Sciences sector.Our project - Life-3D - proposes a new way for university students to explore and visualise the nanoworld of molecules, genes and cells. Using state-of-the-art object recognition, 3D printing and augmented reality, our aim is to produce life-size high-resolution physical models of molecules that bioscience students can easily manipulate, take-apart and explore in their hands. By using real-time object-tracking technology, an image of the physical model they are holding will be displayed on a computer screen. As they move the physical model, the virtual model moves too, triggering rich and relevant teaching material that shows more about where the molecule is found in a cell, what its function is, and how its role changes in health or disease.The aim of this project is to provide a step-change in student engagement, knowledge and attainment in molecular biology teaching, bringing molecules to life in a completely new way.