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Diving into the heart of the molecules of life
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Taking atomic snapshots is very important to biologists who want to understand 
the architecture of the macromolecules that make up our cells. However, these 
nano-objects are far too small to be observed with a microscope. This is why 
other methods such as X-ray crystallography are needed to provide accurate 
images at an atomic scale. This film, "Diving into the heart of the molecules 
of life," follows the different steps of a crystallographic study and describes 
the work of researchers at CNRS (ARN laboratory, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire 
et Cellulaire, Strasbourg), from the purification of a macromolecule from living 
cells, its crystallisation and the analysis of the crystals using synchrotron 
radiation, to the assembly of a three-dimensional image. This movie covers several 
aspects of scientists' work which are not widely known: the cloning of biomolecules, 
the use of large instruments such as synchrotron X-ray sources, and 3D visualisation.

This film is distributed under the Creative Commons licence.

Direction : 			   Dominique Sauter
Script and scientific supervision: Marie Sissler & Claude Sauter
Production : 			   Dominique Sauter & Claude Sauter
Contact: 			   c.sauter@unistra.fr