Verena Resch

Scientific illustrator with a PhD in (bio)chemistry. Teaching design for scientists.
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[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

🌀New cover alert! The amazing work of
@FlorentWaltz and colleagues made it on the cover of
@ScienceMagazine and I had the honor to create the visuals!

#sciart #coverart #blender3d

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

In mitochondria, respiratory supercomplexes (blue) pump protons across crista membranes to create an electrochemical gradient, fueling adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase (pink) to regenerate ATP—the energy currency of life.

Now, cryo–electron tomography captures these supercomplexes in their native organization, illuminating how the coordinated action of these molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion.

Learn more this week in Science: https://t.co/2hN9Vb6Sf0

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

The recording has begun 🪄
Your wishlist was long but you had so many great ideas. It might take me a hot second to record all the tutorials but I'm on it and will keep you posted 😊

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@gleb_alexandrov Aww, really cool! I have the Pro version, and it is 100% worth it, it's truly one of my favorite assets. It's such a time saver, and I love how customizable it is.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@evankiefl Baking textures (and light?) in Blender onto the file might get you closer, but this is just and educated guess.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

I have been experimenting with a lot of different materials for my biomolecules lately, but I always come back to the gummy-worm-style 🐛

Protein colored by b-factor / rendered in Blender / pdb struktur loaded with #molecularnodes

#blender3d #scientificillustration

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@evankiefl True, many of the nice features are lost with glTF, and the result looks quite flat. In my understanding, the main bottleneck here is lighting. The file format saves the geometry and basic colors but lacks the complete lighting environment (that ultimately gives the squishiness).

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@aritraroy24 Good idea! I will look into it. In the meantime you might want to check out Joe's channel. If I remember correctly, he did a tutorial on it as well. https://t.co/05BZQdDKdP

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

🧪Help needed!

I am currently gathering ideas for a new and updated Blender course tailored for chemists. Besides importing molecules into Blender, what topics or features would interest you the most?

Any input is highly appreciated 😊

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@adricu1 Awesome, I added them too the content list 😊

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@evankiefl That would be really awesome, but I'm probably the wrong person to answer this. Since simple online-molecular-viewer exist, I would assume it is doable somehow. But tbh, my knowledge in this department is too limited so it's more of a guess.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@mooreth42 That’s really cool work! It’s honestly a bit out of my league though, I'm afraid. My approach is more to use supporting software and Blender separately. So my experience in combining things like this is practically zero 😅

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@MycelFi Those are all great points! I will make sure to include it.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@Sculpturatus Animation, coloring, and textures is 100% on the list. I also plan to animate a simple reaction. This is a bit more advanced, but it's fun. So let's go for it 🙂

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@adricu1 Are you thinking of zeolites of maybe even MOFs? I think that would be a great thing to add.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@fenguita Thank you for your ideas and feedback! I agree, MD will definitely be part of the course, is was requested really often 🙂

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@eagleragh Super, MD is a frequent request. I will for sure include it.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@celulacecedista Those are all great points, thank you! I will make sure to include them.

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@DJ_Biophys That is perfect! Thank you so much 😊

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@waxmothchemical MOs are also requested multiple times! Will add something for sure!

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@miangoar Yes to all of this 😊
On my list it goes!

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@CAMattelaer Trajectories are in high demand 😊
They will definitely make an appearance!

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@DJ_Biophys I like both suggestions! I might just need some trajectories, since I never generated them myself, just used them. But if this is sorted out, I'm happy to include this 😊

[Verena Resch @luminous_lab]

@BioGeek @bradyajohnston @bradyajohnston's molecular nodes is a must and will definitely be part of it !