Description

Biochemist Dr. Tom Kwiatkowski shares how he incorporates Nanome Virtual Reality and AlphaFold AI into his instructional practice.

Host: Dr. Tom Pantazes

Closed Captions

Research Connection:

Berkmen, M. B., Balla, M., Cavanaugh, M. T., Smith, I. N., Flores‐Artica, M. E., Thornhill, A. M., ... & Peterson, C. N. (2025). An idea to explore: Use of the virtual reality app Nanome for teaching three‐dimensional biomolecular structures. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 53(3), 321-329. 

https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/bmb.21892?casa_token=yYxYU6oT3ecAAAAA:r_vYHLIiHoamRML5y0-1F2EKsK1yyV374kTayIxWD9e7TKnnaUvY8vtdbjoI69eJ_SRu6meAgHAlDzrb 

Calma-Roddin, N., Park, K., & Keighron, J. (2023). Exploring the Structure of Proteins and Other Biomolecules with a VR Museum: Lessons in Classroom Integration. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(7), 2574-2582. 

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c01015 

Show Notes:

Ready Player One

CHE 160. The Chemistry of Beer

Go For Launch: Mercury VR program

Nanome

AlphaFold