Fondant Cream Viruses

I was so impressed with molecular Maya I have created a  whole boxful of mouth watering viruses complete with menu card.  The images are created by importing PDB files (which describe the arrangment of atoms in the virus and are derived from X-ray crystallography) into maya.

papilloma virus

Late major capsid protein of Human Papilloma virus 16.  Created with molecular maya. The green image is created using baked ambient occlusion and rendered in maya hardware renderer.