5 September 2023

ISBUC LEGO Molecule Masters

ISBUC lego molecule masters

This summer, ISBUC held its first-ever LEGO Molecule Masters competition. For one afternoon, the junior researchers of ISBUC flexed their LEGO building skills to see who could make the best molecule out of LEGO. Big congratulations go to Conchita Fraguas Bringas whose ribosome molecule won the competition. It was a great afternoon and we look forward to round two in 2024.

LEGO ribosome

Ribosome by Conchita Fraguas Bringas, PhD fellow at NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research. 

LEGO transmembrane protein
Transmembrane protein by Omar Alhady, PhD Fellow at the Biotech Research and Innovation Center.
LEGO Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin by Kira Devantier, PhD Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Biology
SARS-CoV-2 virus LEGO
SARS-CoV-2 virus particle with glycosylated (orange bricks) spike proteins (red bricks) as well as membrane and envelope proteins (yellow and green bricks). By Thea Klarsø Schulze (PhD Fellow), Aarien Symon Rauh (PhD Fellow) and Matteo Cagiada (Postdoc) from the Department of Biology.
RAS protein LEGO
RAS protein by Daniel Saar, PhD Fellow, Department of Biology
LEGO cell membrane
Cell membrane by Rebecca Möller (Postdoc), Pernille Yde Rainer (Postdoc), Ulf Tiemann (Assistant Professor) from theBiotech Research & Innovation Centre.
LEGO protein family
Viewing the domains of PPARγ as distinct personalities: one exhibits a strong enthusiasm for interacting with all neighboring entities, another focuses solely on monitoring the highly interacting ones, and the third consistently makes time for conversations with others. By Elisabeth Gjøe Kvist Thomsen, PhD Fellow, Department of Biology.
LEGO homotetrameric transmembrane helix
Homotetrameric transmembrane helix by Kira Devantier, PhD Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Biology

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