If you do, there’s potentially an amino acid jigsaw in it for you!
A couple years ago, I worked with my friends at the IUBMB (International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) to print out some jigsaw puzzles with my amino acids graphic and it’s been a huge hit – the IUBMB doesn’t sell them, but they use them as prizes for various contests and raffles – as well as bait to lure people to the IUBMB booth at conferences!
And people want more. So we want to give you more! So tell us, what puzzle do you want to have a chance to win in the future?
I have made a lot of graphics over the years, and I’ve picked out some of my favorites for you to choose from. The puzzle won’t be identical to these – rather the winning one(s) will serve as inspiration for a more puzzle-friendly layout/design.
Vote for your favorite here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/vote_for_next_puzzle
And if there’s some other graphic of mine you have in mind, feel free to let us know so we can consider it for the next next puzzle (thinking big here!)
There’s an option to put in your email address if you want to be entered into a raffle to win a copy of the original amino acids puzzle.
P.S. Since people are inevitably going to ask, I make my graphics in Adobe Illustrator, and I’ve done several posts on that, including: blog: https://bit.ly/adobe_illustrator_fundamentals ; YouTube: https://youtu.be/3bHYtCK7QXQ ; download: https://bit.ly/bumbling_uploads
A free alternative is InkScape
Thanks everyone for your help!
And thanks to the IUBMB for doing this!!!! It’s so cool to see my work broken into pieces! 😛
This post is part of my weekly “Bri-fings from the bench” for The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Be sure to follow the IUBMB if you’re interested in biochemistry! They’re a really great international organization for biochemistry.
Here’s their website: https://iubmb.org
And here’s more information about the IUBMB Trainee Initiative: https://iubmb.org/iubmb-trainee-initiative/
