Education series: Discover proteins with 3D printing
Welcome to the first mini-series of educational blogs with 3D printing. In Discover Proteins, you will learn how to download and print complex 3D molecules such as proteins. Start exploring unique structures of proteins using your 3D printer. In this mini tutorial, you will see how easy it is to do this. With the ease and convenience to print pretty much any structure you can find in the protein database, there is really so much you can do for your classroom in this amazing field of science. Get the kids excited to learn more about the protein by exploring their 3D structures and let them feel, hold and visualize the proteins in their hands. A Hemoglobin Molecule In this blog, I have printed the hemoglobin molecule as a demonstration. It is really quite easy to download the files, convert them and send them to the 3D printer. This is a good opportunity for young kids to explore and learn about the World Wide Protein Data Bank ( www.r...