The National Science Foundation produced a video called Synthetic Proteins Science Nations, which features NYU Chemistry Professor Kent Kirshenbaum explaining the basics of proteins and the biomimetic research he conducts in his lab. The video includes shots of graduate student James Eastwood, undergraduate summer researcher (through the REU program in Chemistry Biology) Zakiyyah Jones, and Chemistry Department X-Ray Crystallographer Chunhua (Tony) Hu. Check it out, posted on:
NSF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/US.NSF/videos/vb.30037047899/785855831789591/?type=2&theater
NYU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYU/posts/10157556655958689
The work was highlighted by the research news site Futurity, which compiles hot science from a variety of sources: https://www.futurity.org/synthetic-proteins-2095182/