CD80

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Three immunology students, Agathe, Aurélie, and Marion, created the stl. file at the University of Toulouse (http://www.univ-tlse3.fr/) to print the CD80 molecule. This project was part of a pedagogical scenario designed to introduce students to 3D structure examination and handling, resulting in a gallery of immunologically interesting molecules. The printing took place at CampusFab (https://fablab.univ-tlse3.fr/wiki/index.php/Accueil), the University's LabLab (twitter account: @fablabups). The printer settings used were as follows: - Printer Brand: MakerBot - Printer: MakerBot Replicator 2 - Rafts: Yes - Supports: Yes Here is how I designed this stl. file: To create the stl. file, I retrieved the 3D structure of the protein from the Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do) with accession number 1DR9, which I downloaded in the .gz format. Using Chimera software (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/), I adapted the structure for 3D printing and saved it as an stl. file. I printed this design on a MakerBot Replicator (http://www.makerbot.com/).