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Michael Prattes

@hexamergraphics.bsky.social

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Molecular Biologist, Graphic Designer, Science Communicator Inspired by the vast beauty of proteins and nature in general Blender enthusiast & hobby photographer. #SciArt #SciComm #ProteinStructures

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🥳 The #CCeMMP 3rd Annual #BenchToArt Exhibition is live 💪 Check out all the graphics & videos and vote for your favourite: sites.google.com/monash.edu/b... Spoiler: I have a video there myself, celebrating those magnificent tiny giants 😉 #cryoEM #ScienceArt #SciArt @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

🔬 Ribosomes are hands down one of the most intricate molecular machines we know. Huge (for a cellular scale at least) complexes made of long RNAs (rRNAs) and proteins … a lot of different proteins. 1/6 (❗️Sound on!) @narjournal.bsky.social

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

👋 Amidst all these troubling and challenging global developments at the moment, it was time for a little uplifting fun #Blender3D #Protein project for me again. So, welcome with me the world’s most famous protein swing quartet: #StandUpForScience #ScienceNotSilence #FundScience 🧵 1/9

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Can't say no to a nice little jumping spider 👀

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Was playing around with #virus strucures in #blender #b3d and #MolecularNodes ... this one turned out to look like a dying star 😅💥 not really scientifically accurate, but this was rather for fun at the moment and to try out a few things for future projects 😇

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

📽 paper teaser oldie No. 3: One of the last projects I was working on at UniGraz. A story that required patience & some obstacles to overcome. Perseverance paid off in the end 💪 BerglerLab / Haselbach Lab www.nature.com/articles/s41... #b3d #MolecularNodes

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

📽 Paper teaser oldie No. 2: For all ribosome and (r)RNA enthusiasts out there: a recent RNAJournal method paper by the Bergler Lab, spearheaded by the magnificent Maggi Gerhalter! m.rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/30/7/8… #RNA #b3d #MolecularNodes (Music by PaoloArgento/Pixabay)

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

To populate my 🦋 profile here a bit, a few oldies: 📽 Paper teaser No. 1: A AAA-ATPase acting as a molecular machine on nascent ribosomes. Wonderful collaboration between the Bergler and Haselbach Labs doi.org/10.1038/s41594… Made in #blender using #MolecularNodes Sound on ;)

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Great idea with this starter pack! Definitely needed! 👏 Just made my bluesky initiation with a protein butterfly made in blender 🦋

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Michael Prattes @hexamergraphics.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Hi Bluesky 👋 I thought, I'd say hello with a protein butterfly 🦋 (pdb 6of3) I'm a scientist, graphic designer, blender enthusiast, science communicator, media relations specialist ... a bit of everything. Looking forward to the journey here! 🎶 "blue skies, smiling at me, nothing but blue skies ..."

A protein structure that is shaped like a butterfly on toon style with a white body and blue wings, both with black outlines. Below the words "Hello, Bluesky!".

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