Thumbnails:
List:
Year:
Category:
Session:
Poster:
Getting poster data...
Mol Mir (1000 East 50th St)
This artwork depicts three respiratory epithelial cells progressing through SARS-CoV-2 infection. Visible in the middle and bottom cells, endoplasmic reticulum has been transformed into a replication organelle, featuring double-membrane vesicles where viral RNA synthesis occurs. A close look reveals a molecular pore spanning this double membrane, releasing the RNA so that it can be encapsidated, travel to a virus assembly site, and bud into an endosome as a new virus. The pink cell in the bottom corner is releasing many new viruses, allowing infection to spread to new cells, tissues, and people.