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Happy Birthday, Irving Geis

10/15 

RCSB PDB News ImageMyoglobin Fold (1987). Used with permission from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (www.hhmi.org). All rights reserved.
RCSB PDB News ImagePhoto by Sandy Geis

Irving Geis (October 18, 1908-July 22, 1997) was a gifted artist who helped illuminate the field of structural biology with his iconic images of DNA, hemoglobin, and other important macromolecules. To celebrate Irving Geis' birthday, we invite you to tour the Geis Digital Archive.

Through a collaboration with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), which owns the Geis Archives, RCSB PDB has established a digital archive of Geis' molecular art. This resource displays many of Geis' illustrations in the context of the corresponding PDB structures and related molecular information. These images are also made available for download for noncommercial usage.

Under the direction of RCSB PDB team members, the Geis Digital Archive is being developed by undergraduates. Students created modern visualizations of the molecules featured in Geis' work, and researched the structures to provide background and supporting information about the illustrations. Alex Alvarado (University of Southern California) and Nicole Werpachowski (Fordham College at Lincoln Center) created the initial design of the resource as part of their Rutgers RiSE (Research in Science and Engineering) experience. Their work was funded during the summer of 2015 by an NSF REU. Rutgers students Belle Lin (2015-2016) and Christopher Markosian (2015-2016) continued work on the project. In 2016, Raheel Ahmad (Rutgers), Pamela Amechi (University of Maryland Baltimore Country), and Keyerra Daniels (Winthrop University) expanded the archive as part of the Rutgers RiSE program.

Thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for their work on this project. Questions about the HHMI Geis Archives should be sent to archives@hhmi.org.

RCSB PDB News ImageImage of Lysozyme by Irving Geis. Used with permission from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (www.hhmi.org). All rights reserved.
RCSB PDB News ImageImage of PDB ID 1LYZ can be launched in 3D using Jmol.
RCSB PDB News ImageAlex Alvarado, Sandy Geis (Irving's daughter), and Nicole Werpachowski
RCSB PDB News ImageBelle Lin and Christopher Markosian
RCSB PDB News ImageKeyerra Daniels, Raheel Ahmad, and Pamela Amechi

Past news and events have been reported at the RCSB PDB website and past Newsletters.