A new tool for annotating scientific animations and supporting scientific dialogue

Hui Liu; Margot Riggi; Jen Rogers; Miriah Meyer; Janet H Iwasa

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001731

A new tool for annotating scientific animations and supporting scientific dialogue

PLoS Biol. 2022 Aug 4;20(8):e3001731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001731. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Authors

Hui Liu¹, Margot Riggi², Jen Rogers³, Miriah Meyer⁴, Janet H Iwasa²

Affiliations

¹ Art & Science Research Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
² Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
³ SCI Institute, School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.

Abstract

A new interactive annotation interface supports a detailed molecular animation of the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle. With this tool, users can interactively explore the data used to create the animation and engage in scientific discourse through comments and questions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2*