Knowledge of cellular structure and function has increased dramatically with the advent of
modern molecular and computational technologies. Helping students to understand cellular …

Meta! Blast (http://www. metablast. org) is designed to address the challenges students often
encounter in understanding cell and metabolic biology. Developed by faculty and students …

A cell is a minifactory in which structures and molecules are assembled, rearranged,
disassembled, packaged, sorted, and transported. Because cellular structures and …

Conversion of sunlight into chemical energy, namely photosynthesis, is the primary energy
source of life on Earth. A visualization depicting this process, based on multiscale …

The cellular Potts model (CPM) is a powerful in silico method for simulating biological
processes at tissue scale. Their inherently graphical nature makes CPMs very accessible in …

Our understanding of cellular and structural biology has reached unprecedented levels of
detail, and computer visualisation techniques can be used to create three-dimensional (3D) …

Abstract The Virtual Cell is an interactive, 3-dimensional visualization of a bio-environment
designed to teach the structure and process of Cellular Biology. To the students, the Virtual …

ABSTRACT MetaBlast! Virtual Cell (from now on referred to as VC) is a game design
solution to a specific scientific and educational problem; expressly, how to make advanced …

While the use of computer tools to simulate complex processes such as computer circuits is
normal practice in fields like engineering, the majority of life sciences/biological sciences …

Animations have long been used as tools to illustrate complex processes in such diverse
fields as mechanical engineering, astronomy, bacteriology and physics. Animations in …