Visualizing Biological Data Conference 2024
My poster design, "Musings on the Protein Alphabet," won the Art & Biology category at #VizBi2024 🎇🎉✨ I'm pretty happy about it and grateful to the attendees who voted for it 😁.
The conference was truly inspiring! Going from nano-molecular to ocean and ecosystem data visualization tools. I met incredible people and had insightful conversations about the future of science visualization #VizBi never fails to deliver! I'm already looking forward to the next installment.
The poster is a composite of illustrations following the social media trend #36daysoftype, popular amongst graphic designers. Diverging from the conventional approach, I incorporated a biological component by integrating crystal protein structures sourced from the Protein Data Base, previously curated by Mark Howarth.
All illustrations were crafted using Blender 3D, leveraging the #molecularnodes add-on or ChimeraX. PDBs used in the image from the top left: 2BNH. 2Q5R. 3J04. 4U48. 1XU9. 3B5N. 1B3U. 4OX0. 1UEB. 1OU5. 1Z85. 2WCD.
Art vs Artist 2023
A Review of my creative work, or how I’ve learned to focus on doing what I love and cancel the noise around me.
I started a new, very challenging job this year that allowed me to do a lot of creative work. I’m grateful for that chance. I’m looking forward to the next year and the collaborations that it will bring.
If you are a scientist looking for someone to turn your discoveries into scientific visuals, do not hesitate to contact me! I’ll be thrilled to chat, and work together😊!
I was invited to give my first talk as Scientific Illustrator and Scientific Outreach Program Manager
I had a wonderful time at the University of Washington. The Genome Sciences Association for the Inclusion of Minority Students (GSAIMS) invited me to give a talk at the Beyond Academic Careers in Biosciences Symposium. I met wonderful people and felt inspired by my fellow speakers. Thank you for inviting me, it was a pleasure and I felt so honored!
Moving out of the Bench!
In January of 2023 I'll be starting in a new position as Scientific Outreach Senior Program Manager. I'm not a postdoctoral associate anymore and I'm excited I'll be using my skills, and learning new ones, towards increasing the visibility and outreach of the amazing scientific discoveries of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology Department at UMASS Medical School. Yay! 🎉🙌✨
I was awarded the best poster in Art & Biology category at VIZBI2022 Visualizing Biological Data 2022
It's all about the little things and this one made me really happy!
I had this idea of creating something that could be on a children's book (although it's a Bio Vis academic conference). I wanted to have bits of info that would sparkle people's interest in Fungal Biology. Since there is a lack of structural data, I used alphafold predicted structures of some important proteins in cell wall synthesis in yeast, as a way to tell that a full understanding of the molecular mechanisms in cell wall synthesis is still a work in progress.