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。令人兴奋的生物医学进展正在不断取得我们的理解的结构和功能的微小的生物机器内的细胞负责生命。关于这些分子的发现--它们长什么样，如何工作，如何出错--以及如何导致癌症或糖尿病等疾病--继续推动着英国生命科学领域的重要进步。我们的项目-- Life-3D --为大学生探索和可视化分子、基因和细胞的世界提供了一种新的方式。使用最先进的物体识别，3D打印和增强现实，我们的目标是产生生物科学学生可以轻松地操纵，拆开和探索在他们手中的分子的真人大小的高分辨率物理模型。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，展示更多关于分子在细胞中的位置，其功能是什么，以及它在健康或疾病中的作用如何变化。该项目的目的是为学生提供分子生物学教学的参与度，知识和成就的一步变化，以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.