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These processes are too small to be seen directly, even with the best microscopes,
這些過程太小了以至于無法看到，即使是用最好的顯微鏡，
so animations like this provide a really powerful way of visualizing a hypothesis.
因此，像這樣的動畫就提供了一個強大的工具把一個假說可視化。
Here's another illustration, and this is a drawing of how a researcher might think that the HIV virus gets into and out of cells.
這是另一個例子，這幅圖展示了研究人員是如何猜想艾滋病毒進入與離開細胞的。
And again, this is a vast oversimplification and doesn't begin to show what we actually know about these processes.
同樣，這是一個極大的簡化，而且還沒開始顯示，我們對這些過程實際的了解。
You might be surprised to know that these simple drawings are the only way that most biologists visualize their molecular hypotheses.
你可能會驚奇的發現，這些簡單的圖畫就是絕大多數生物學家可視化他們分子假說的唯一途徑。
Why? Because creating movies of processes as we think they actually occur is really hard.
為什么？因為將我們認為實際上發生的過程用電影的形式創作出來是非常困難的。
I spent months in Hollywood learning 3D animation software, and I spend months on each animation,
我在好萊塢花了數個月學習三維動畫軟件，每一個動畫我都花了數月來制作。
and that's just time that most researchers can't afford.
這些時間對大多數研究員來說太長了。
The payoffs can be huge, though.
但是，回報也是巨大的。
Molecular animations are unparalleled in their ability to convey a great deal of information to broad audiences with extreme accuracy.
分子動畫是前所未有的，它們能向廣大的觀眾傳達大量精準的信息。
And I'm working on a new project now called "The Science of HIV"
我現在正從事一個新的項目，它的名字叫“艾滋病病毒的科學”，
where I'll be animating the entire life cycle of the HIV virus as accurately as possible and all in molecular detail.
在這個項目中，我會盡可能準確地將HIV病毒的整個生命周期用動畫描繪出來，所有的這些都會細致到分子級別。
The animation will feature data from thousands of researchers collected over decades,
動畫會取材于數千名科學家在近幾十年來收集的數據，
data on what this virus looks like, how it's able to infect cells in our body,
這些數據告訴我們這種病毒的形態，它如何感染我們身體中的細胞，
and how therapeutics are helping to combat infection.
以及如何對感染進行治療。
