rapid prototyping models inspecting the model
Rapid prototyping models
Inspecting the models
 Comparing the models
rapid prototype --> wax
the wax room
Side-by-side
In the wax room



Wax models ready for touch-up
the molds
inside the mold
Molds for the membrane, particle, and capsid
Inside a mold




Rapid prototyping was used to create scaled plastic models from digital files describing the surfaces of the polio virus capsid (2.2A resolution), the capsid+receptor 'particle' (10A resolution), and the capsid+membrane complex (10A resolution), using experimental structural descriptors from the laboratory of Prof. James Hogle, Harvard University School of Medicine.
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