{"id":444628,"date":"2022-05-10T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T08:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chemistry-professor-utilizes-virtual-reality-to-give-students-unique-look-at-proteins\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T08:27:04","slug":"chemistry-professor-utilizes-virtual-reality-to-give-students-unique-look-at-proteins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chemistry-professor-utilizes-virtual-reality-to-give-students-unique-look-at-proteins\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chemistry professor utilizes virtual reality to give students unique look at proteins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc5ef8d8bb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc5ef8d8bb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chemistry-professor-utilizes-virtual-reality-to-give-students-unique-look-at-proteins\/#%E2%80%9CChemistry_professor_utilizes_virtual_reality_to_give_students_unique_look_at_proteins%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Chemistry professor utilizes virtual reality to give students unique look at proteins&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChemistry_professor_utilizes_virtual_reality_to_give_students_unique_look_at_proteins%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Chemistry professor utilizes virtual reality to give students unique look at proteins&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/chemistry-professor-ut.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/chemistry-professor-ut.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Francis Yoshimoto's Biochemistry II laboratory students were able to explore proteins in a unique way by utilizing virtual reality headsets in UTSA's VizLab. Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/chemistry-professor-ut.jpg\" alt=\"Chemistry professor utilizes virtual reality to give UTSA students unique look at proteins\" title=\"Francis Yoshimoto's Biochemistry II laboratory students were able to explore proteins in a unique way by utilizing virtual reality headsets in UTSA's VizLab. Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio\" width=\"680\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Francis Yoshimoto&#8217;s Biochemistry II laboratory students were able to explore proteins in a unique way by utilizing virtual reality headsets in UTSA&#8217;s VizLab. Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Francis Yoshimoto, assistant professor in the UTSA College of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s&#8217; Department of Chemistry, is introducing his Biochemistry II laboratory students to a new way of learning\u2014using virtual reality headsets to observe and analyze protein structures.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Yoshimoto&#8217;s students utilized the Department of Computer Science&#8217;s VizLab to set up these virtual reality (VR) headsets. Students created snapshots of a protein using traditional computer software\u2014such as Chimera or Pymol\u2014and then went to the same region of the protein in ProteinVR, a web-based molecular visualization program that allows one to see proteins with a VR headset.<\/p>\n<p>After comparing the two images, the students prepared 3D snapshots of other proteins and their interactions with ligands or protein partners by searching the protein databank for other human health-related proteins, such as the SARS CoV-2 spike protein, which the coronavirus uses to invade human cells.<\/p>\n<p>The 3D VR headsets proved an effective way to instruct students about protein structures\u2014immersing them in a unique learning experience. Under the ProteinVR viewer with the Oculus headset, students could change their viewing angles of the protein and navigate forward and backward using the joystick on the Oculus hand controller. With the headset on, students could <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> inside the protein. If they wanted to move in a different direction around the protein, they could simply tilt their heads while wearing the headset and continue to move forward and backward with the joystick.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For over 15 years, I have been looking at proteins just on my computer screen,&#8221; Yoshimoto said. &#8220;Putting a virtual reality headset on to go inside an actual protein was truly an eye-opening experience for both myself and my students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Virtual reality <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> is already in use in the biomedical industry. It has, for example, been used to aid pharmaceutical businesses in their work designing novel drugs\u2014a recent advancement for developing new medicines. By receiving exposure and training in VR technology, Yoshimoto&#8217;s students were able to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly the skills they learn in the classroom in a way that is relevant to a future career in biomedical research. The project is representative of UTSA&#8217;s commitment to programs that provide students with a greater understanding of marketable skills needed in the workplace and are particularly important in linking classroom success to life after graduation for historically underserved populations.<\/p>\n<p>Yoshimoto and his lab instructors partnered with the university&#8217;s Research Computing Support Group to arrange this VR learning experience.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-medium text-info mt-2 d-inline-block\" href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-01-ces-virtual-reality-headset-worn.html\">CES 2022: This new virtual reality headset can be worn like a pair of glasses<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    University of Texas at San Antonio<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Chemistry professor utilizes virtual reality to give students unique look at proteins (2022, May 10)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 10 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-05-chemistry-professor-virtual-reality-students.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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