David Goodsell
David S. Goodsell, is an associate professor at the
Education
David Goodsell studied a BSc in biology and chemistry at University of California Irvine.[1] After this, he did a PhD in X-ray crystallography of DNA at the University of California Los Angeles, completed in 1987.[1][5]
Research
Since completing his PhD he has worked as a
Illustration
Goodsell has developed a signature style of scientific drawing. He started painting early in his childhood but did not study art in college.
Goodsell's signature style uses generally very flat shading, with strong and simple colour-schemes.[9] As is typical in medical illustration, the images are simplified representations of the subject that still retain accuracy of the important features.[10][11] His illustrations fall broadly into two categories: individual proteins, and cellular panoramas.
His images of individual proteins are typically computer generated, cell-shaded space-filling representations of proteins, often with cut-aways to show internal binding sites and cofactors. Conversely, his illustration of cell interiors (sometimes called molecular landscapes) are hand-painted in watercolours.[12] They are typically slices through a cell with highly simplified protein structures in a flat style in order to capture overall organisation without overwhelming detail.[13] These cell interiors are often displayed at an effective 1,000,000x magnification for consistency.[14][15] The paintings therefore share a consistent style, aiming to make interpretation easy and as intuitive as possible.[16]
His illustrations are published in the "Molecule of the Month" series by the Protein Data Bank (PDB), an archive of protein structures.[8] His illustrations are used as teaching tools,[17] in textbooks, in scientific publications,[10] and as journal cover art.[18]
Process
For individual proteins, Goodsell's illustrations are directly generated from solved protein structures deposited in the PDB using custom computer renderings that he wrote in Fortran (now released as an online illustration tool).[19]
Representations of large
Awards and recognition
In 2022 Goodsell was the recipient of the Carl Brändén Award.[22] The award honors an outstanding protein scientist who has also made exceptional contributions in the areas of education and/or service.
Bibliography
In addition to scientific papers, Goodsell is the author of several scientific books with a focus on illustration:[10][23]
- Atomic Evidence: Seeing the Molecular Basis of Life (Springer International, 2016)
- Bionanotechnology: Lessons from Nature (J. Wiley and Sons, 2004)
- Our Molecular Nature: The Body's Motors, Machines, and Messages (Springer-Verlag, 1996)
- The Machinery of Life (Springer-Verlag, 1993).
References
- ^ a b c d "CV of Goodsell, David". vivo.scripps.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Profile: David Goodsell". researchwithrutgers.com. Rutgers University. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- .
- ^ "PDB101: Goodsell Gallery". RCSB: PDB-101. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b Taylor, Michelle (2019-06-17). "The Intersection of Art and Science". Laboratory Equipment. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- S2CID 21569704.
- ^ Goodsell, David. "Goodsell Home Page: Science". scripps.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ a b c Miller, Mary K. "Interview with David Goodsell". exploratorium.edu. Exploratorium Magazine. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Zackowitz, Maggie (2016-05-28). "It's The Zika Virus In Action, Drawn By A Scientist-Artist". NPR.org.
- ^ a b c d Cohen, Jon (2019-04-11). "Meet the scientist painter who turns deadly viruses into beautiful works of art". Science.
- PMID 29885327.
- ^ Fessenden, Marissa (2016-06-21). "This Painting Shows What It Might Look Like When Zika Infects a Cell". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ Augenbraun, Eliene (2016-03-22). "Turning a Killer Virus into Award-Winning Art [Video]". Scientific American Blog.
- ^ Shikov, Sergei (2011). "David Goodsell: The master of mol art". www.asbmb.org. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Today.
- PMID 36407827.
- S2CID 37998506.
- PMID 29885327.
- S2CID 2731570.
- ^ "Non-photorealistic Biomolecular Illustration". ccsb.scripps.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ Calderwood, Kathleen (2016-07-08). "Finding beauty in deadly viruses". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ Lally, Robin (2011-02-24). "The Art of Science". Rutgers Today.
- ^ "Outreach and Education". cdn.rcsb.org. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Author: David Goodsell". americanscientist.org. 2011-06-12. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2019-07-11.