#animal model

[spuds-n-soup]

A thing I saw

[raingerr]

RAINE'S 3D MODEL COMMISSIONS!!

i can create, for you, a custom 3D low-poly model of whatever you want!

i can also do animations!

i have also made and coded for minecraft-based models for use in resource packs!

these are not all of the models i've made, you can find more of my work on my Artstation

prices range greatly depending on model details + other aspects like animations and textures, but i would expect prices to start around $30+ for creating a model from scratch. animations, textures, and model complexity will influence the price.

if interested, you can DM me on here or shoot me an email (in bio)!!!

[darlingdeerart]

Friendly Halloween cryptid~

[sh4rkh4ts-art]

Sockeye Salmon hold a special place in my heart ❤🐟

[thedutchsighthound]

Dreamy pup Photo by Marijke Beekhuizen

[bpod-bpod]

A Worm’s Word

First symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) include limb weakness and loss of muscle control, worsening as death of brain and nervous system cells progresses. It’s the most common form of motor neuron disease, with an estimated 1,700 people in the UK being diagnosed annually, and has a life expectancy of two to five years. Here, innovative imaging and behaviour quantification techniques are being used to study the molecular mechanisms of ALS in a worm model bearing a gene mutation like that underlying a form of the human disease. Compared to control worms (top) proteins implicated in ALS accumulate in the worm model (red, lower panel). Observing neurodegeneration and locomotor defects in these worms allows comparison with ALS observations in humans. Translating this research into the clinic could provide novel treatments for ALS patients and generating other such worm models could also help unpick the complex molecular basis for a myriad of rare genetic diseases. 

Research in collaboration with the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences' Behavioural Phenomics group

Written by Daniella Gimbosh

Image from work by Yoshifumi Sonobe and colleagues

The Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology, and Human Behavior, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Nature Communications, November 2021

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[ericafrotaf]

Partners in crime.