Announced: The PDB Molecule of the Month for December is the flagellar motor! An informative article paired with a beautiful artwork by Dr. David Goodsell. https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/300 #Science #Discovery #PDB

An old picture of my grandfather's shop where he worked on electrical motors. Next picture is of the bacterial motors I work on in my lab.🛠️🔬
Ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01674-1

Engineering Protein Assemblies: Envisioning the future workbench for integrating structural biology and engineering. Learn more about these proteins here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01674-1

My grandfather built motors that powered big machines. In a lab not so different from his workshop, my colleagues and I uncovered the assembly of the bacterial motor. This discovery was published in @Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01674-1 #science #animation