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Apart from this article, do we have any visual representation [a CGI, may be] of the full activity inside a cell?

by lolive 5y ago

vasili111 5y ago
We can't visualize what we do not know. Full activity inside cell is not known and we are pretty far from knowing that.
- p1esk 5y ago
  What do you mean? Didn’t they just simulate the full activity of a cell on a molecular level?
  - vasili111 5y ago
    It seems they did not. For more details please read this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30114645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30114645
    - p1esk 5y ago
      The thread you linked to seems to confirm this is a molecular level simulation.
lolive 5y ago
I have always been amazed by these 2D representations: https://www.digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html https://www.digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html
- Traubenfuchs 5y ago
  All of this incomprehensible complexity just so our genes can compete against other genes in their mindless drive for survival. It's kind of sad.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - jjoonathan 5y ago
    Things really got out of hand after that first self-replicating gizmo, didn't they?
  - lolive 5y ago
    The boilerplate to make a double click with your mouse do something relevant is also completely mind blowing. #complexity
- maze-le 5y ago
  That's fascinating, thanks for sharing!
- dekhn 5y ago
  one note- as lovely as those are, they don't make the point that everything in the cell (all the proteins, etc) is constantly grinding against each other (there's almost no room for water).
01100011 5y ago
I always appreciated the work of David Goodsell at UCSD: https://ccsb.scripps.edu/goodsell/ https://ccsb.scripps.edu/goodsell/ He paints cell internals. I also like the Biovisions videos from Harvard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmbpAo9JR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmbpAo9JR4
- lolive 5y ago
  Youtube proposed me that one, which was really nice too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR80Huxp4y8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR80Huxp4y8
unemphysbro 5y ago
vmd is a standard biological system simulation rendering software

Apart from this article, do we have any visual representation [a CGI, may be] of the full activity inside a cell?

by lolive 5y ago

Apart from this article, do we have any visual representation [a CGI, may be] of the full activity inside a cell?

vasili111 5y ago

We can't visualize what we do not know. Full activity inside cell is not known and we are pretty far from knowing that.

p1esk 5y ago
What do you mean? Didn’t they just simulate the full activity of a cell on a molecular level?
- vasili111 5y ago
  It seems they did not. For more details please read this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30114645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30114645
  - p1esk 5y ago
    The thread you linked to seems to confirm this is a molecular level simulation.

lolive 5y ago

I have always been amazed by these 2D representations: https://www.digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html https://www.digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html

Traubenfuchs 5y ago
All of this incomprehensible complexity just so our genes can compete against other genes in their mindless drive for survival. It's kind of sad.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- jjoonathan 5y ago
  Things really got out of hand after that first self-replicating gizmo, didn't they?
- lolive 5y ago
  The boilerplate to make a double click with your mouse do something relevant is also completely mind blowing. #complexity
maze-le 5y ago
That's fascinating, thanks for sharing!
dekhn 5y ago
one note- as lovely as those are, they don't make the point that everything in the cell (all the proteins, etc) is constantly grinding against each other (there's almost no room for water).

01100011 5y ago

I always appreciated the work of David Goodsell at UCSD: https://ccsb.scripps.edu/goodsell/ https://ccsb.scripps.edu/goodsell/ He paints cell internals. I also like the Biovisions videos from Harvard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmbpAo9JR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmbpAo9JR4

lolive 5y ago
Youtube proposed me that one, which was really nice too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR80Huxp4y8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR80Huxp4y8

unemphysbro 5y ago

vmd is a standard biological system simulation rendering software