Art 23. Pink Carnation of Tomogram

Artwork by 525/N104, photography by Han

Materials and Methods:

Vaccinia virus (VV) substructures were negatively stained by phosphotungstic acid. 120 kV TEM electron tomography (ET): Nominal magnification, 30 kx = 0.296 nm/pixel; angular range, -60° to +54°; increment, 2°. Tomogram was reconstructed and modeled by IMOD software packages.

Description:

To celebrate Mother’s Day, paint the VV tomogram pink to look like a carnation.

Submitted by Tzu-Han Hsu