A beautiful, engaging and educational water color poster by scientist, author and artist David Goodsell, PhD, that takes you on a journey from the nucleus to the outer cell membrane.

Dr. Goodsell creates cellular landscapes that accurately illustrate the size, shape, and distribution of proteins in their natural environment of the cell. These unique water color images connect the molecular world, inferred by X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, with the cellular world, observed by light and electron microscopy.

The Tour of a Human Cell^© Panorama and Grand Panorama illustrate how DNA in the nucleus is wrapped around histones, which forms nucleosomes. RNA polymerase unwraps the DNA and makes mRNA, which is delivered through nuclear pore complexes to ribosomes where antibody proteins are made and delivered into the endoplasmic reticulum. Vesicles carry the protein through the Golgi, and kinesin motor proteins pull the antibodies to the cell membrane – a wonderful example of the immunology of your flu shot.

The Tour of a Human Cell^© Grand Panorama measures 23”x11’. The Tour of a Human Cell Panorama measures 11”x70”. Each laminated cellular poster is sold separately.

3D Molecular Designs and the Milwaukee School of Engineering Center for BioMolecular Modeling continually develop and update lesson plans and other resources for our educational products. Teacher notes, student handouts and other supporting documents vary based on the applications and activities of the kit or model. We appreciate your feedback and encourage you to submit your own lessons, assessments and videos.

Materials on our Tour of a Human Cell© Teacher Resources page include:

Tour of a Human Cell^© Student Activity Sheet
Tour of a Human Cell^© Journal Article
Next Generation Science Standards