- David S Goodsell: Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. goodsell@scripps.edu
Data from electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and biophysical analysis are used to create illustrations of viruses in their cellular context. This report describes the scientific data and artistic methods used to create three illustrations: a depiction of the poliovirus lifecycle, budding of influenza virus from a cell surface, and a mature HIV particle in blood serum.