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Life Sciences diagram templates
Phylogenetic trees, pathways, gene networks, anatomy.
Biology — Carbonic Anhydrase (PDB 1CA2)
A zinc enzyme that interconverts CO2 and bicarbonate.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Thrombin (PDB 1PPB)
The clotting protease that converts fibrinogen to fibrin.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Phylogeny: monocots
Major monocot groups (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Phylogeny: protist supergroups
A simplified tree of eukaryotic protist groups (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — ATP Yield of Respiration
ATP accounting across the stages of respiration.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Microbial Growth
Binary fission, generation time and exponential growth.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Resting Membrane Potential
Ion pumping and the resting potential of a neuron.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Epidemiology (R0)
Basic reproduction number and herd immunity.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Pentose Phosphate Pathway
The oxidative branch producing NADPH and ribose-5-P.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Blood Pressure Control (RAAS)
The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Carbon Cycle Network
Carbon reservoirs and the fluxes between them.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Cell Cycle Checkpoints
The phases of the cell cycle and their control checkpoints.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Glycolysis: Investment & Payoff
The energy-investment and energy-payoff phases.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Organelle Functions
Key organelles and what they do.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Food Tests
Biochemical tests for the main food groups.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — ABO Blood Groups
Antigens and antibodies of each blood group.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Three Domains of Life
The modern three-domain classification.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Plant Tropic Responses
Directional growth responses to stimuli.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Ras GTPase (PDB 5P21)
The signalling GTPase mutated in many cancers.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Superoxide Dismutase (PDB 2SOD)
The antioxidant enzyme that detoxifies superoxide.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Phylogeny: bacterial phyla
A simplified bacterial tree (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Phylogeny: eukaryote kingdoms
Animals, fungi, plants and protists (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Genetic Drift
Drift variance, inbreeding and effective population size.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Allometric Scaling
Power-law scaling of traits with body mass.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Cooperative Binding (Hill)
The Hill equation for cooperative ligand binding.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Pharmacokinetics
First-order drug elimination and clearance.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Neuronal Cable Theory
Length/time constants and the Hodgkin–Huxley current.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Apoptosis Pathways
Intrinsic and extrinsic routes to programmed cell death.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Respiration Overview Network
Glucose through the stages of aerobic respiration.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Synaptic Transmission
Events at a chemical synapse.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — HIV Replication Cycle
Stages of the HIV life cycle and drug-target points.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Signal Transduction
A generic cell-signalling cascade.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Apoptosis Overview
Hallmarks of programmed cell death.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Control of Gene Expression
Levels at which gene expression is regulated.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Modes of Speciation
Allopatric and sympatric speciation.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Sulfur Cycle
Movement of sulfur through the environment.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Deoxyhemoglobin (PDB 2HHB)
The tense (T) state of hemoglobin.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Nucleosome (PDB 1AOI)
DNA wound around the histone octamer.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — ATP Synthase F1 (PDB 1E79)
The rotary motor that makes ATP.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — HIV Protease (PDB 1HHP)
The unliganded HIV-1 protease dimer.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Phylogeny: tetrapods
Land vertebrates and their lungfish outgroup (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Phylogeny: deuterostomes
Chordates and echinoderms (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Bicarbonate Buffer
The blood pH buffer and its physiological control.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Polygenic Inheritance & Epistasis
Continuous variation and modified dihybrid ratios.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Protein Quantification
Colorimetric assays and the standard curve.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Ecological Efficiency
Energy transfer between trophic levels.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Fatty Acid Synthesis
Building a fatty acid two carbons at a time.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Purine Biosynthesis (overview)
Building the purine ring on ribose-5-phosphate.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Catecholamine Synthesis
From tyrosine to adrenaline.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Cancer Signalling
Oncogenes and tumour suppressors around the cell cycle.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — CYP450 Drug Interactions
Interactions mediated by cytochrome-P450 enzymes.
Drug-interaction networkBiology — Serotonin Syndrome Risks
Serotonergic drug combinations that raise risk.
Drug-interaction networkBiology — Beta-Oxidation
Breaking fatty acids down to acetyl-CoA.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Gluconeogenesis
Making glucose from non-carbohydrate precursors.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — DNA Repair
Excision repair of damaged DNA.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Nervous vs Endocrine Coordination
Comparing the two coordination systems.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Actin (PDB 1ATN)
The cytoskeletal and muscle filament protein.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Tubulin (PDB 1TUB)
The building block of microtubules.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Rubredoxin (PDB 1RB9)
A small iron–sulfur electron-transfer protein.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Ferredoxin (PDB 1FXD)
An iron–sulfur protein of photosynthesis and respiration.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Phylogeny: archaeal phyla
Major archaeal groups (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Phylogeny: gymnosperms
Conifers and their relatives (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Types of Natural Selection
Directional, stabilising and disruptive selection.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Gene Flow & Migration
How migration changes allele frequencies.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Photosynthetic Efficiency
Energy conversion efficiency and limiting factors.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Phosphorus Cycle Network
Phosphorus movement through rocks, soil and organisms.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Water Cycle Network
The hydrological cycle as an interactive network.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Nephron Network
Flow of filtrate through the nephron.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Double Circulation Network
Pulmonary and systemic circuits through the heart.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Stages of Meiosis I
The phases of the first meiotic division.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — ADH & Water Balance
Antidiuretic hormone control of water reabsorption.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Pest Control Strategies
Chemical, biological and integrated pest control.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Primary vs Secondary Succession
Two forms of ecological succession.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis
What limits the rate of photosynthesis.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Papain (PDB 9PAP)
A cysteine protease from papaya.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Ribonuclease A (PDB 7RSA)
A classic enzyme of protein-folding studies.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Concanavalin A (PDB 3CNA)
A carbohydrate-binding lectin.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Elastase (PDB 3EST)
A serine protease that digests elastin.
3D Molecules (3Dmol)Biology — Phylogeny: rodents
Major rodent groups (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Phylogeny: marsupials
Kangaroos, koalas and opossums (branch lengths ≈ MYA).
Phylogeny (Newick)Biology — Chemiosmosis
ATP synthesis driven by a proton gradient.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Fermentation
Anaerobic regeneration of NAD⁺.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Thermoregulation
Maintaining body temperature by negative feedback.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Types of Mutation
Point and chromosomal mutations.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Transcription
Synthesising and processing mRNA.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Translation
Decoding mRNA into a polypeptide.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — CRISPR–Cas9
Programmable genome editing.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Stem Cell Potency
Degrees of stem-cell potency.
LaTeX (KaTeX)Biology — Arthropod Classes
The major classes of arthropods.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Leaf Structure
Layers of a leaf and their functions.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Animal Tissue Types
The four primary tissue types.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Human Organ Systems
Major organ systems of the body.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Brain Regions & Functions
Major brain regions and what they do.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Types of Immunity
Innate vs adaptive and active vs passive.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Threats to Biodiversity
The main drivers of biodiversity loss.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Conservation Methods
In-situ and ex-situ conservation.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Food Preservation
How preservation methods limit microbial growth.
Graphviz (DOT)Biology — Blood Cell Lineage
Differentiation from the haematopoietic stem cell.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Menstrual Cycle Hormones
Hormonal control across the menstrual cycle.
Cytoscape (Network)Biology — Circadian Clock
A transcription–translation feedback loop.
Cytoscape (Network)