Science through a different lens
Lab Art
Journal covers, molecular illustrations, and simulation movies from the Gur Laboratory.
Created through our research, these images and movies reveal the structures and motions of the molecular world.
Molecular cargo transport · Gur Laboratory collection
Journal covers
Molecular science on the cover. Select an image to view it at full size.
Putting the brakes on dynein
Nature Chemical Biology · April 2024
Image: Mert Golcuk and Mert Gur. Cover design: Alex Wing.
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Spike meets ACE2
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · June 2021
Related research: Taka et al., “Critical Interactions Between the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein and the Human ACE2 Receptor.”
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Molecular illustrations
Different ways of seeing proteins, membranes, and molecular machines.
Dynein and Lis1
Original illustration for the April 2024 Nature Chemical Biology cover.
Image: Mert Golcuk and Mert Gur.
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Elastic networks and collective motion
A protein represented as a network of connected elements, with arrows indicating motion.
Related review: Gur, Golcuk and Bahar (2024).
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Membrane pore
A molecular view through a membrane, showing a water-filled opening.
Gur Laboratory collection.
Movies
Molecular motion in action. Each movie plays only when you press play.
The dynein motor
From motor architecture to linker motion, viewed from several angles.
Research: Golcuk, Yilmaz, Yildiz and Gur (2024).
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Dynein linker motions
Two principal modes of linker motion shown against the motor ring.
Research: Golcuk, Yilmaz, Yildiz and Gur (2024).
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Nanobody, spike and ACE2
Simulation views of the spike receptor-binding domain (green), ACE2 (pink), and the H11-H4 nanobody (blue), comparing wild type, Alpha and Beta.
Research: Golcuk, Hacisuleyman, Erman, Yildiz and Gur (2021).
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Artwork and movies from the Gur Laboratory collection. Explore the related studies through the publication links above.