My drawing in a TEDx talk!

My drawing is in a TEDx talk! The topic is inheritance of memories in C. elegans, which I illustrated as a worm family tree made …
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A Pac-Man Toxin in Tuberculosis

A Pac-Man Toxin in Tuberculosis!

Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The disease-causing bacteria, called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, are depicted in the drawing in red. …
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RNA Editing for Self Tolerance

EMBO Reports Cover

My new cover for EMBO Reports – illustrating how editing of RNAs prevents autoimmunity! Our immune system is extremely efficient in protecting us from foreign pathogens, …
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Worms in Space Mission Patch

Mission Patch for Worms in Space!

I designed a patch for a worm space mission!  The Molecular Muscle Experiment will be sending worms into space to study the negative effects of spaceflight on …
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A Scientific Star Map

It’s a wonderful honor to present my new drawing for this year’s ASCB|EMBO meeting! Take the ASCB Model Organism quiz to find out what model organism you are! The intricate …
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Growing Brain Cancer in Petri Dishes

Growing Brain Cancer in Petri Dishes

Brain tumors are aggressive and deadly cancers, yet it has been difficult to study them in the laboratory. A new Nature Methods paperreports a ground-breaking method to …
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Epigenetic Landscape

An Epigenetic Jungle

A gibbon is swinging across a river within an epigenetic landscape, which regulates compaction and expression of our DNA. The arid desert illustrates loosely packed DNA containing …
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A Knitted Network of DNA

A Knitted Network of DNA

During division, cells disassemble their nucleus and release many independent chromosomes – but how are all those chromosomes enclosed in a single nucleus after mitosis? The protein …
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Worm Secrets

Making C. elegans Reveal Its Secrets

I made this drawing to illustrate Sriram Sundaramoorthy’s research, who presented the illustration at the ASCB Meeting 2016 in San Francisco. Sriram explains the story behind the drawing: “My research involves studying …
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Poster for The Cell Cycle Meeting

Genes to Genomes Feature!

My scientific illustrations were featured on Genes to Genomes, a blog from the Genetics Society of America. Their GSA-Art series creates a wonderful space for sharing the creative works of scientists, …
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The Final Cut

The Stories Behind My Drawings

You can read about the stories behind my scientific illustrations on The Node. I am so excited for my artwork to be featured in a scientific blog! “I …
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Mitotic Spindle

Mechanical Forces in Cell Division

Before DNA is segregated during cell division, chromosomes are held near the center of the cell by the mitotic spindle, which connects to the chromosomes by a …
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Failed Experiment

Failed Experiment

Oh no! An unsuccessful experiment can bring up very intense emotions, which every scientist is certainly familiar with! An unsuccessful experiment can bring up very intense emotions, …
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Poster for the 14th Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium

Basic Research ‘apps’

As part of the organizing committee, I had the wonderful opportunity to design an illustration for the upcoming VBC PhD Symposium in Vienna titled ‘Mind the App’. I …
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The Five-Second Rule

The Five-Second Rule

What happens when you drop food on the floor? According to the myth of the “five-second rule”, bacteria will wait patiently so you have time to …
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