Thread! It’s great to have been able to collaborate with @Scient_Art on a detailed model of the #SARS-CoV-2 virus particle, the cause of #COVID-19, using methods we’ve developed with @GSofASimVis @GSofA and @CVRinfo #scicomm #sciart (1/13)

These have been used by @snjasim to illustrate an @UKRI_News article on ‘Getting to know the new coronavirus’ https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/article/cad0010/ (2/13)

Thanks to @Scient_Art and @GlasgowLifeSci you can explore #SARS-CoV-2 in 3D on @SketchFab here: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sars-cov-2-virion-90d920eaea3643a388b0d5855cc38c27 (3/13)

And here, showing the interior of the #SARS-CoV-2 virus particle https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/half-view-of-sars-cov-2-virion-c9ac6b27205a445baa913d6b93989966 (4/13)

And also here, showing the #SARS-CoV-2 virus particle’s component parts https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sars-cov-2-envelope-section-400b397b402246eaab2d33436f43bcb5 (5/13)

You can view @Scient_Art’s video description of the #SARS-CoV-2 virus particle here (6/13)

And you can download all of the images and 3D models (for free) for your own #scicomm #sciart #visualisation and #graphics needs, here http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/1017/  (7/13)

There’s more! We also made a #ColouringSheet, if you want to colour in COVID, or want to explain the virus to someone who does. #SciComm #Sciart https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_723442_smxx.pdf (8/13)

To put this together we drew on published work on coronaviruses, notably from @DrBenNeuman, and on previous illustrations, in particular this superb painting by @dsgoodsell (9/13)

Our model builds on our collaborations with the joint @GSofA and @UofGlasgow MSc in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy https://tinyurl.com/yav9hv3r  especially with #NainaNair, who built this amazing influenza virus model with supervision from @dlivingstone (10/13)

… which @Scient_Art and @GlasgowLifeSci also put on @SketchFab for us https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/influenza-virus-b3ef4264dbcf4d59a75b3c551484fc96 … (11/13)

… along with another view of influenza viruses, here: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a-variety-of-influenza-virus-particles-9853fc3934c6435a9d46857e61428934 … (12/13)

We’re now working with @dlivingstone, other former @GSofASimVis students and @snjasim and @cggbamford to develop this further – as an AR app, which you can preview here https://tinyurl.com/yc8edw7a  and as a short paper. Watch this space! (13/13)