Janet Iwasa

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molecular animator, cell biologist, biochemist & head of the Animation Lab at the University of Utah
lab websitehttp://animationlab.utah.edu
Janet IwasaJan 25, 2023
Looking forward to visiting the Dept of Chemical & Systems Biology at Stanford next week where I will be giving a series of talks and workshops! Happy to meet with folks interested in talking about animating molecules!
Show threadJanet IwasaJan 9, 2023

If he’s not tending to his own plants, he is out in nature looking for plants in their native habitat. Alex enjoys hiking and traveling. His best experience yet has been trekking through the Ecuadorian Amazon!

Thanks to Alex and Grace for this great collaboration!

Show threadJanet IwasaJan 9, 2023
In his free time Alex can be found tending to his plant collection. He is most interested in epiphytic and caudiciform plants. To Alex, it's more than just collecting the plant, he loves to research everything about them—especially the native habitats and ethnobotany.
Janet IwasaJan 9, 2023
For #SeeingDiversity we’re featuring Alex Stevens! As a grad student with Sam Reck-Peterson, Alex focuses on using evolutionary guided approaches with the Daugherty Lab to uncover novel conflicts btw viruses & the host intracellular trafficking machinery, illustrated here by Grace Hsu.
Janet IwasaDec 21, 2022
Beautiful illustration from postdoc Margot Riggi (@MargotRiggi on Twitter) depicting a cross-section of Asgard archaea with actin filaments within. Based on recently published work from the Pilhofer Lab: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05550-y
Actin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon - Nature

Culture and analysis of ‘Candidatus Lokiarchaeum ossiferum’—a member of the Asgard phylum—reveals an elaborate cell architecture with extensive membranous protrusions.

Nature
Show threadJanet IwasaDec 14, 2022
Krystle loves music: she’s been the lead singer of 3 bands & played with an all steeldrum band during grad school. The steeldrum is the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, where it was invented & Krystle is originally from! Check this album she is on: http://www.dynamicmusic.com/caribbeanchristmascarnival.html (also on Spotify!)
Caribbean Christmas Carnival - Alfred St. John’s Trinidad & Tobago Steelband / Dynamic Recording Studios

Show threadJanet IwasaDec 14, 2022
Krystle’s lab solves microbial protein structures, using X-ray crystallography along with other biochemical & biophysical methods. She is also interested in best practices in science pedagogy, focusing on methods to improve retention of women & underrepresented groups.
Janet IwasaDec 14, 2022
For #SeeingDiversity this month, meet Krystle McLaughlin, an Assistant Professor at Vassar! This illustration by Margot Riggi highlights Krystle’s working hypothesis of the step-wise assembly of the relaxosome, a multiprotein complex involved in bacterial plasmid conjugation.
Janet IwasaDec 14, 2022
Hello Mastadon! Here's my #introduction: I'm an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Utah specializing in molecular and cellular visualization, particularly 3D animation. We're interested in thinking about how to use visualization in scientific research, communication, education, and outreach. Here's a little montage of animations I've worked on over the years. Do you recognize any?