Presentation for non-science audience on the educational use of the virtual world Second Life in the context of an ongoing pilot build themed on the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

1. http://tidalblog.blogspot.com/ http://bit.ly/listfaq Graham Mills TBinSL:Thinking Big about the Very Small

2. Visualization: molecules, gene data, cells... Max Chatnoir demonstrates her giant cellon Elucian Isles

5. Added interactivity

6. Sculpted: HiroSheridan [3]

7. Added interactivity

8. Also: animated [4] and static textures [5], particles

9. SL Molecular Structures Group (AsorelTodriya)

10. Lang & Bradley (2009)http://journal.chemistrycentral.com/content/3/1/14

11. Molecules in Second Life 1 2 5 3 4

12. Metabolic browser Molecules by Hiro Sheridan’s Oracand stored inTroy McLuhan’s holoemitter

13. Prim-intensive protein models (backbone only) M. tuberculosis cellulase

14. Student work on A2M in the E. coli cell wall (2008) A2M

15. Sculpted protein (+ particle)

16. Student group work (2009) Students work on different genes Groups work on different species Link by teleport to giant TB genome

17. Datascape: Giant TB genome Genes encode proteins >4000 TB genes, alltouch-sensitive

18. Individual genes and their products Associations withother proteins (STRING) Contextual sub-map SLV 2.0 texture on marker

19. Take your analytical tools with you: shared media dashboard Follower is a mashup of Puppeteer and Scratch4SL

20. Cellscape: porins, alveolus, macrophage

21. Cityscape: The Cure

22. Robert Koch’s lab

23. TB timeline maze (under construction) TB started here And is a major problem here

24. Conclusions Progress has been made so let’s share it! It’s not content, it’s collaboration Reasons to be cheerful Some students (not all) like this!! Groupwork works Shared media (meshes next?)