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The Synapse Revealed: “Central to the brain's web of neural circuitry, the synapse is the pivotal site from which all thought and behavior is generated.”
The Synapse Revealed: “Central to the brain's web of neural circuitry, the synapse is the pivotal site from which all thought and behavior is generated.” (The Howard Huges Medical Institute Bulletin fall 2004, www.hhmi.org. First place NSF/Science Magazine's Scientific Visualization Challenge 2005)
Cell Biology Poster: The artist created this image with a computer program he scripted (as well as a lot of hand-painting) to summarize the content of a textbook he has worked to illustrate since 1998. The poster follows the molecular details of a signal that induces a cell to replicate. (Textbook Cell Biology authored by Tom Pollard, Bill Earnshaw, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwart, Elsevier 2007)
Molecular basis of Progeria, and Muscle anatomy
Molecular basis of Progeria, and Muscle anatomy (Pedagogic figures from the Cell Biology textbook)
Chemical and Physical background: Used as a section overview, this figure summarizes the content of four chapters from a cell biology textbook illustrated by Graham that introduce and review basic-scientific principals to the reader. (Textbook Cell Biology authored by Tom Pollard, Bill Earnshaw, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwart, Elsevier 2007)
Membrane Structure and Function: Used as a section overview, this figure summarizes the content of five chapters that describe the anatomy and physiology of lipid bilayers and their resident proteins. Here, the “water fearing” chains of a lipid bilayer separate the cytoplasm of a cell (beige background- bottom) from the outside world (light blue background- top.) (Textbook Cell Biology authored by Tom Pollard, Bill Earnshaw, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwart, Elsevier 2007)
DNA Repair Mechanisms: Created for general audiences to explain a few of the mechanisms used by the cell to repair DNA damaged by UV light (shown as a photon rupturing a DNA strand in the top center of the image). Helical DNA is displayed with atomistic detail in the background and simplified to a diagrammatic ladder-like structure in the inset panels to simplify the story. (The Howard Huges Medical Institute Bulletin fall 2004, www.hhmi.org)
Molecular basis of Progeria, and Muscle anatomy
Molecular basis of Progeria, and Muscle anatomy (Pedagogic figures from the Cell Biology textbook)
A medical illustrator creating a series of quick gesture research sketches while training in the masters program. Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, John's Hopikns University
A medical illustrator creating a series of quick gesture research sketches while training in the masters program. Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, John's Hopikns University (NIH)
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