Equinox Graphics
@e-nox.net
Science illustration and animation studio, based in Cambridge UK. We take science and engineering and make it pretty!
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Equinox Graphics
@e-nox.net
· Sep 18
hello world! I'm Dr Jon Heras
I make science / engineering artwork and animations.
Functional, accurate and pretty.
You can hire me to do all of those things.
flickr.com/equinoxgraph...
equinox.graphics // [email protected]
#sciart
I make science / engineering artwork and animations.
Functional, accurate and pretty.
You can hire me to do all of those things.
flickr.com/equinoxgraph...
equinox.graphics // [email protected]
#sciart
Day 16 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
These are secretory antibodies, which defend mucosal linings in the body. They contain multiple arms, which bind to many sites on a pathogen, strengthening the interaction.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
These are secretory antibodies, which defend mucosal linings in the body. They contain multiple arms, which bind to many sites on a pathogen, strengthening the interaction.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Day 16 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
These are secretory antibodies, which defend mucosal linings in the body. They contain multiple arms, which bind to many sites on a pathogen, strengthening the interaction.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
These are secretory antibodies, which defend mucosal linings in the body. They contain multiple arms, which bind to many sites on a pathogen, strengthening the interaction.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 15 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
The PhotoSystem II supercomplex in plants contains light-gathering antenna complexes (yellow). More antennas means better photosynthesis in low-light conditions (like the version shown with SIX antennas).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
The PhotoSystem II supercomplex in plants contains light-gathering antenna complexes (yellow). More antennas means better photosynthesis in low-light conditions (like the version shown with SIX antennas).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Day 15 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
The PhotoSystem II supercomplex in plants contains light-gathering antenna complexes (yellow). More antennas means better photosynthesis in low-light conditions (like the version shown with SIX antennas).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
The PhotoSystem II supercomplex in plants contains light-gathering antenna complexes (yellow). More antennas means better photosynthesis in low-light conditions (like the version shown with SIX antennas).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 14 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
The equine encephalitis virus doesn't just affect horses, it's zoonotic and passes between animals & humans - being most prevalent circulating in bird species. It has 240 surface glycoproteins ready to go
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
The equine encephalitis virus doesn't just affect horses, it's zoonotic and passes between animals & humans - being most prevalent circulating in bird species. It has 240 surface glycoproteins ready to go
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Day 14 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
The equine encephalitis virus doesn't just affect horses, it's zoonotic and passes between animals & humans - being most prevalent circulating in bird species. It has 240 surface glycoproteins ready to go
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
The equine encephalitis virus doesn't just affect horses, it's zoonotic and passes between animals & humans - being most prevalent circulating in bird species. It has 240 surface glycoproteins ready to go
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 13 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This is the human apoptosome, which is part of the mechanism for cells to self-destruct when problems occur. Normally the sub-units float around harmlessly, but when danger calls, APOPTOSOME ASSEMBLE!!!
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This is the human apoptosome, which is part of the mechanism for cells to self-destruct when problems occur. Normally the sub-units float around harmlessly, but when danger calls, APOPTOSOME ASSEMBLE!!!
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Day 13 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This is the human apoptosome, which is part of the mechanism for cells to self-destruct when problems occur. Normally the sub-units float around harmlessly, but when danger calls, APOPTOSOME ASSEMBLE!!!
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This is the human apoptosome, which is part of the mechanism for cells to self-destruct when problems occur. Normally the sub-units float around harmlessly, but when danger calls, APOPTOSOME ASSEMBLE!!!
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 12 (I've made it halfway!!!) of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This earthworm haemoglobin (erythrocruorin), which is enormous compared with our own (144 chains cf. our measly 4 chains).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This earthworm haemoglobin (erythrocruorin), which is enormous compared with our own (144 chains cf. our measly 4 chains).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Day 12 (I've made it halfway!!!) of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This earthworm haemoglobin (erythrocruorin), which is enormous compared with our own (144 chains cf. our measly 4 chains).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This earthworm haemoglobin (erythrocruorin), which is enormous compared with our own (144 chains cf. our measly 4 chains).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Reposted by Equinox Graphics
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
Day 11 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This the Zika virus, which has an interesting repeating unit (five copies makes a starfish; and repeats twelve times).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This the Zika virus, which has an interesting repeating unit (five copies makes a starfish; and repeats twelve times).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Day 11 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This the Zika virus, which has an interesting repeating unit (five copies makes a starfish; and repeats twelve times).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This the Zika virus, which has an interesting repeating unit (five copies makes a starfish; and repeats twelve times).
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 10 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This the human papillomavirus, which attacks cells in skin and mucous membranes. It is usually harmless but very occasionally can cause cancer.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This the human papillomavirus, which attacks cells in skin and mucous membranes. It is usually harmless but very occasionally can cause cancer.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Day 10 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This the human papillomavirus, which attacks cells in skin and mucous membranes. It is usually harmless but very occasionally can cause cancer.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This the human papillomavirus, which attacks cells in skin and mucous membranes. It is usually harmless but very occasionally can cause cancer.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Reposted by Equinox Graphics
“A way of doing something original is by trying something so painstaking that nobody else has ever bothered with it.”
—Brian Eno
—Brian Eno
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“A way of doing something original is by trying something so painstaking that nobody else has ever bothered with it.”
—Brian Eno
—Brian Eno
Day 9 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This the clover-shaped "Acetohydroxyacid Synthase", which is involved in synthesising three critical amino acids in plants - which is why it's targetted by herbicides.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This the clover-shaped "Acetohydroxyacid Synthase", which is involved in synthesising three critical amino acids in plants - which is why it's targetted by herbicides.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Day 9 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This the clover-shaped "Acetohydroxyacid Synthase", which is involved in synthesising three critical amino acids in plants - which is why it's targetted by herbicides.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This the clover-shaped "Acetohydroxyacid Synthase", which is involved in synthesising three critical amino acids in plants - which is why it's targetted by herbicides.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 8 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
A resistosome is a molecular machine found in a plant's immune system, with unusual curved arms compared with imflammasome, the analogous complex in animals. It forms pores in infected cells & kills them.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
A resistosome is a molecular machine found in a plant's immune system, with unusual curved arms compared with imflammasome, the analogous complex in animals. It forms pores in infected cells & kills them.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Day 8 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
A resistosome is a molecular machine found in a plant's immune system, with unusual curved arms compared with imflammasome, the analogous complex in animals. It forms pores in infected cells & kills them.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
A resistosome is a molecular machine found in a plant's immune system, with unusual curved arms compared with imflammasome, the analogous complex in animals. It forms pores in infected cells & kills them.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 7 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This is a malaria pump (PTEX), which pumps malaria effector proteins out of the parasite and into red blood cells, to help remodel their new home. (Nice for them; bad news for us)
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This is a malaria pump (PTEX), which pumps malaria effector proteins out of the parasite and into red blood cells, to help remodel their new home. (Nice for them; bad news for us)
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Day 7 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This is a malaria pump (PTEX), which pumps malaria effector proteins out of the parasite and into red blood cells, to help remodel their new home. (Nice for them; bad news for us)
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This is a malaria pump (PTEX), which pumps malaria effector proteins out of the parasite and into red blood cells, to help remodel their new home. (Nice for them; bad news for us)
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 6 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This is a "nanodisc", which is a tiny section of lipid membrane, just big enough to hold a single membrane-bound protein, and holds the structure stable enough to probe its structure
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This is a "nanodisc", which is a tiny section of lipid membrane, just big enough to hold a single membrane-bound protein, and holds the structure stable enough to probe its structure
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Day 6 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
This is a "nanodisc", which is a tiny section of lipid membrane, just big enough to hold a single membrane-bound protein, and holds the structure stable enough to probe its structure
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
This is a "nanodisc", which is a tiny section of lipid membrane, just big enough to hold a single membrane-bound protein, and holds the structure stable enough to probe its structure
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 5 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today it's HLA-A2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of intra-cellular proteins to CD8+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today it's HLA-A2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of intra-cellular proteins to CD8+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Day 5 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today it's HLA-A2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of intra-cellular proteins to CD8+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today it's HLA-A2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of intra-cellular proteins to CD8+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Reposted by Equinox Graphics
#MicroMas is growing nearer in my little lab! Join the microbial world in celebration! #MicrobialEnthusiasts #MicrobialCentricity #DontFearTheMicrobe @asmicrobiology @univpugetsound @MicrobeTV
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#MicroMas is growing nearer in my little lab! Join the microbial world in celebration! #MicrobialEnthusiasts #MicrobialCentricity #DontFearTheMicrobe @asmicrobiology @univpugetsound @MicrobeTV
Day 5 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today it's HLA-2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of extra-cellular proteins to CD4+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today it's HLA-2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of extra-cellular proteins to CD4+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Day 5 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today it's HLA-2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of extra-cellular proteins to CD4+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today it's HLA-2, which is critical for the immune system. They present fragments of extra-cellular proteins to CD4+ T cells, which can initiate a targeted immune response.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Reposted by Equinox Graphics
City skyline made from bolts, screws, nuts and staples. #ArtAdventCalendar
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
City skyline made from bolts, screws, nuts and staples. #ArtAdventCalendar
Day 4 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today it's AAA+ protease (surely the best of all proteases?)
It has a protein pump to pull only the correct proteins into the central barrel, where they are destroyed. Maybe the AAA+ is their accuracy?
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today it's AAA+ protease (surely the best of all proteases?)
It has a protein pump to pull only the correct proteins into the central barrel, where they are destroyed. Maybe the AAA+ is their accuracy?
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Day 4 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today it's AAA+ protease (surely the best of all proteases?)
It has a protein pump to pull only the correct proteins into the central barrel, where they are destroyed. Maybe the AAA+ is their accuracy?
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today it's AAA+ protease (surely the best of all proteases?)
It has a protein pump to pull only the correct proteins into the central barrel, where they are destroyed. Maybe the AAA+ is their accuracy?
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 3 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today I've been playing with Apolipoprotein B-100, which helps deliver fats. It wraps around a lipoprotein, and as cells extract triglycerides for energy, it shrinks and ApoB100's belts shrink to fit
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today I've been playing with Apolipoprotein B-100, which helps deliver fats. It wraps around a lipoprotein, and as cells extract triglycerides for energy, it shrinks and ApoB100's belts shrink to fit
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Day 3 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar
Today I've been playing with Apolipoprotein B-100, which helps deliver fats. It wraps around a lipoprotein, and as cells extract triglycerides for energy, it shrinks and ApoB100's belts shrink to fit
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today I've been playing with Apolipoprotein B-100, which helps deliver fats. It wraps around a lipoprotein, and as cells extract triglycerides for energy, it shrinks and ApoB100's belts shrink to fit
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Today's new protein is Arc, a protein found in the brain, which can form icosahedral capsids (like viruses) containing its Arc mRNA cargo. They are linked to regulation of synaptic plasticity and forming long-term memories.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today's new protein is Arc, a protein found in the brain, which can form icosahedral capsids (like viruses) containing its Arc mRNA cargo. They are linked to regulation of synaptic plasticity and forming long-term memories.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Today's new protein is Arc, a protein found in the brain, which can form icosahedral capsids (like viruses) containing its Arc mRNA cargo. They are linked to regulation of synaptic plasticity and forming long-term memories.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Today's new protein is Arc, a protein found in the brain, which can form icosahedral capsids (like viruses) containing its Arc mRNA cargo. They are linked to regulation of synaptic plasticity and forming long-term memories.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
It's time for #ArtAdventCalendar!
Going to try to make a new protein render each day. Today is FOXP3, which is involved in controlling the expression of numerous genes. Here shows as a domain-swapped dimer that is able to bridge two(!) strands of DNA.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Going to try to make a new protein render each day. Today is FOXP3, which is involved in controlling the expression of numerous genes. Here shows as a domain-swapped dimer that is able to bridge two(!) strands of DNA.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's time for #ArtAdventCalendar!
Going to try to make a new protein render each day. Today is FOXP3, which is involved in controlling the expression of numerous genes. Here shows as a domain-swapped dimer that is able to bridge two(!) strands of DNA.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Going to try to make a new protein render each day. Today is FOXP3, which is involved in controlling the expression of numerous genes. Here shows as a domain-swapped dimer that is able to bridge two(!) strands of DNA.
More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/
#SciArt
Reposted by Equinox Graphics
"How do I find my art style?"
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"How do I find my art style?"
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
HydroGNSS launches TODAY 6.18pm UK, built by SSTL to measure our water cycle, land use, wetlands, permafrost & carbon storage, via reflected GPS signals.
The mission animation we made:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn68...
Insights on our technical setup:
e-nox.net/simulating-d...
#ESA #hydrognss #sstl
The mission animation we made:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn68...
Insights on our technical setup:
e-nox.net/simulating-d...
#ESA #hydrognss #sstl
HydroGNSS satellites for SSTL
YouTube video by equinoxgraphics
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
HydroGNSS launches TODAY 6.18pm UK, built by SSTL to measure our water cycle, land use, wetlands, permafrost & carbon storage, via reflected GPS signals.
The mission animation we made:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn68...
Insights on our technical setup:
e-nox.net/simulating-d...
#ESA #hydrognss #sstl
The mission animation we made:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn68...
Insights on our technical setup:
e-nox.net/simulating-d...
#ESA #hydrognss #sstl
Reposted by Equinox Graphics
September 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM