PEOPLE

Wes Sundquist, Director
Pamela Bjorkman
Debbie Eckert
Nels Elde
Adam Frost
Chris Hill
Tom Hope
​Janet Iwasa 
Grant Jensen
Michael Kay
Anthony Kossiakoff
Neil King
Walther Mothes
Elisabetta Viani Puglisi
Barbie Ganser-Pornillos
Greg Voth
Mark Yeager

Scientific Advisory Board

Collaborative Development Program Awardees

Janet Iwasa

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​Janet Iwasa uses 3D animation software to create accurate and dynamic visualizations of molecular and cellular hypotheses.  These animations are used to describe scientific concepts to a wide variety of audiences, from researchers to the general public.   In collaboration with CHEETAH and its sister centers, Iwasa is currently developing an animation showing the full life cycle of HIV.  The goal of this project, called the Science of HIV, is to inform and educate diverse audiences on our current understanding of how HIV is able to invade and infect human cells.

Links/media relevant to the HIV project:
 
April 9, 2015
RSCB PDB Education Corner
Janet presents the Science of HIV website in the Education Corner section of the RCSB PDB's spring 2015 newsletter.

Janet Iwasa, PhD
Department of Biochemistry
University of Utah
15 N Medical Drive East RM 4100
Salt Lake City UT 84112-5650 USA
Tel:  (801) 581.2117
Fax:  (801) 581.7959
Email: jiwasa@biochem.utah.edu
Web page: http://biochem.web.utah.edu/iwasa

​March 16, 2015
TED Ed: Why It's So Hard to Cure HIV/AIDS
Janet worked together with TED Ed and animator Javier Saldeña to create a TED Ed lesson about HIV.
 
January 22, 2015
Cool Videos: HIV in Action
Science of HIV animations and illustrations are featured in the NIH Director's Blog.
 
August 15, 2014
 
Meet Janet Iwasa

An interview on Biomedical Beat, NIGMS news blog.

August 7, 2014
 
​How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis

Janet's TED talk at TED2014 is now viewable online!