Animation of Biological Data

Frontiers in Bioinformatics - Research Topic

Animation of Biological Data: advancing biological insight through motion technologies

Animation offers powerful new ways to visualize, explore, and communicate complex biological processes across scales, overcoming limitations of static visualization by conveying dynamics, interactions, and temporal change. This Research Topic explores the potential of animation to advance biological research, education, science communication, and public engagement, with a focus on data-driven storytelling, multi-scale visualization, cognitive and educational impact, AI and immersive technologies, design principles, artistic license, and interdisciplinary approaches.

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Call for participation is now open! Submit your abstract or summary by September 30th 2026 and your article by January 31st 2027!

Topic Editors: Maja Divjak (Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia) and Erik Werner (Technische Universität Berlin und Erik Werner Moving Knowledge, Berlin)
Topic Coordinator: Seán I. O'Donoghue (University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia and VIZBI)

About the animation above: Cooperative binding of hemoglobin based on PDB structures 1LFL (desoxy hemoglobin, T state) and 1LFT (oxy hemoglobin, R state), see Biswal and Vijayan, Acta Cryst (2002) D58, 115-1161 (doi: 10.1107/S0907444902007138 ) and Stefan and Le Novere, PLoS Comput Biol (2013), 9(6): e1003106 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003106). Backbone represenation of the proteins and CPK represenation of the heme cofactor; used for the morph: mMaya (molecular Maya) by clarifi.