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Over the years, I found that animations aren't just useful for communicating an idea,
多年以來，我發現動畫不僅僅便于交流思想，
but they're also really useful for exploring a hypothesis.
它們同樣在探索假說上發揮作用。
Biologists for the most part are still using a paper and pencil to visualize the processes they study,
許多生物學家仍使用筆和紙來將他們研究的過程可視化，
and with the data we have now, that's just not good enough anymore.
使用的也是我們目前已有的數據，但這遠遠不夠。
The process of creating an animation can act as a catalyst that allows researchers to crystalize and refine their own ideas.
創作動畫的過程可以像催化劑一樣，讓研究人員把想法清晰化，使之完善。
One researcher I worked with who works on the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases
我與一位研究員合作過，她的研究方向是神經變性疾病的分子機理，
came up with experiments that were related directly to the animation that she and I worked on together,
她提出一些與動畫有直接相關的實驗，于是我和她齊心協力，
and in this way, animation can feed back into the research process.
這樣，動畫就能反饋到研究過程中。
I believe that animation can change biology.
我相信動畫能夠改變生物學。
It can change the way that we communicate with one another, how we explore our data and how we teach our students.
它可以改變我們與他人的交流方式，我們如何分析數據以及我們如何教育學生。
But for that change to happen, we need more researchers creating animations, and toward that end,
但要想這些改變發生，我們需要更多的研究人員創作動畫，為實現這一目標，
I brought together a team of biologists, animators and programmers to create a new, free, open-source software
我召集了一支由生物學家、動畫師和程序員組成的團隊，開發了一款全新的、免費的、開源的軟件，
we call it Molecular Flipbook -- that's created just for biologists just to create molecular animations.
我們稱它為“分子原始動畫”，它為生物學家而生，專門用來創作分子動畫。
From our testing, we've found that it only takes 15 minutes for a biologist who has never touched animation software
測試顯示，僅需要15分鐘，一個從未接觸動畫軟件的生物學家，
before to create her first molecular animation of her own hypothesis.
就可以將她的假說猜想創作成她的第一個分子動畫。
We're also building an online database where anyone can view, download and contribute their own animations.
我們同時也建立了一個在線數據庫，任何人都可以查看、下載以及上傳他們自己的動畫。
We're really excited to announce that the beta version of the molecular animation software toolkit will be available for download today.
我們非常激動地宣布這款分子動畫制作軟件的測試版今天就可以下載了。
We are really excited to see what biologists will create with it
看到生物學家用它來創作東西
and what new insights they're able to gain from finally being able to animate their own model figures. Thank you.
以及他們從自己創作的動畫中得到的啟示，我們為此感到激動不已。謝謝。
