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For those just seeing a huge mess: This is a visualisation of most (everything?) we know about what's in a human cell. It shows molecules (except water some stu

For those just seeing a huge mess: This is a visualisation of most (everything?) we know about what's in a human cell. It shows molecules (except water some stuff dissolved in it) in their full 3D structure (to scale) . We can actually see the macro structure those can take, e.g. DNA (blue strand at the bottom) is actually a coiled coil, cell membranes (pale golden stuff) is a bilayer, etc. It really shows how busy and complex life is.

sabujp 6y ago
it's not everything at all, it's missing all the cell cycle circadian rhythm stuff
- userman 6y ago
  Fly hacker
- twic 6y ago
  It's a tiny fraction of what we know.
folli 6y ago
It really is only a small amount of what we know. Look for example at the KEGG pathway list (https://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway.html https://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway.html), which is a curated list of pathways (so also only a part of what we know, albeit a larger). And this visualization depicts a dozen or so of these pathways.
- genidoi 6y ago
  That metabolic pathway diagram is utterly insane.
- flobosg 6y ago
  The Roche Biochemical Pathways posters are also a nice display of the complexity within biological systems: http://biochemical-pathways.com/#/map/1 http://biochemical-pathways.com/#/map/1
wuschel 6y ago
One word: Amazing. How was this done? Raytracing? If yes, what was the resolution of the spacial data?
- blacksmith_tb 6y ago
  Must be big, I see that the full-sized render is 2000x2400: http://www.digizyme.com/images/pf_cstlandscape_full.jpg?crc=3850864131 http://www.digizyme.com/images/pf_cstlandscape_full.jpg?crc=...
mitjam 6y ago
Would love to experience a VR version of this
zoomablemind 6y ago
> It really shows how busy and complex life is. ...and it's "just" a cell, we have billions of them. Some die, some come into being every moment. The individual cells may depend on each other for survival, but it's still a mystery how all of this function and cling together into a big warm blob without falling apart into individual pieces.

sabujp 6y ago

it's not everything at all, it's missing all the cell cycle circadian rhythm stuff

userman 6y ago
Fly hacker
twic 6y ago
It's a tiny fraction of what we know.

folli 6y ago

It really is only a small amount of what we know. Look for example at the KEGG pathway list (https://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway.html https://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway.html), which is a curated list of pathways (so also only a part of what we know, albeit a larger). And this visualization depicts a dozen or so of these pathways.

genidoi 6y ago
That metabolic pathway diagram is utterly insane.
flobosg 6y ago
The Roche Biochemical Pathways posters are also a nice display of the complexity within biological systems: http://biochemical-pathways.com/#/map/1 http://biochemical-pathways.com/#/map/1

wuschel 6y ago

One word: Amazing. How was this done? Raytracing? If yes, what was the resolution of the spacial data?

blacksmith_tb 6y ago
Must be big, I see that the full-sized render is 2000x2400: http://www.digizyme.com/images/pf_cstlandscape_full.jpg?crc=3850864131 http://www.digizyme.com/images/pf_cstlandscape_full.jpg?crc=...

mitjam 6y ago

Would love to experience a VR version of this

zoomablemind 6y ago

> It really shows how busy and complex life is. ...and it's "just" a cell, we have billions of them. Some die, some come into being every moment. The individual cells may depend on each other for survival, but it's still a mystery how all of this function and cling together into a big warm blob without falling apart into individual pieces.