Visual communication of complex ideas and mechanisms is essential to the biotech and healthcare industry.
Sci-illustrate, based in Munich, Germany, provides lifescience companies, universities and organizations with a reliable and scientifically informed platform for their design, business development, science communication & marketing needs.
Dr. Radhika Patnala
Founder & Director
A valedictorian with a doctorate specializing in Neuroscience and Epigenetics, and a Masters in Biotech - Cancer Biology, Dr. Patnala as Director of Sci-illustrate, leads teams to solve design and communication problems for biotech and pharma, while striving to bridge the line between science, art and design.
radhika@sci-illustrate.com
Press
WHO global conference Keynote Speaker WHO global conference on communicating science during health emergencies
BBC News International Women's Day: Illustrating the Covid-19 pandemic
Psychology Today What's the Connection Between Art and Science?
PopNeuro Neuromarketing Using the Power of Art and Illustration to Communicate Science, with Neuroscientist and Scientific Illustrator Dr. Radhika Patnala
EMBL Careers Career Profile: Radhika Patnala, Founder and Director of Sci-Illustrate
Inside Expomet Podcast How can we make science more accessible?
The Grand Tour: European Life Science Innovation Hubs Start-up profile:Sci-Illustrate
Charité Neuroscience (CNS) newsletter A conversation with the founder of Sci-Illustrate
GINSEP Women Entrepreneurship – Making it in Germany
ArtTheScience Creator Profiles Radhika Patnala
ASBMB Today Seeing is believing: Visualizing science through art and illustration
Dr. Arne Fabritius
Science Director
Dr. Fabritius received his doctorate in protein engineering at Max Plank Institute of Neurobiology. He is a recipient of the prestigious IMPRS Graduate Fellowship and The Young Scientist Award 2018 from the Max Plank Institute of Neurobiology.
He is passionate about scientific innovation in any form, be it engineering, robotics to biotechnology and protein engineering. Dr. Fabritus uses data and design to solve communication problems in the biotech industry, and holds years of expertise in scientific illustration, data visualization and visual communication of complex science.
arne@sci-illustrate.com
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MEET THE TEAM
ARTISTS
HARSHO MOHAN CHATTORAJ
Contributing Artist, Women in Science Sci-Illustrate stories
Harsho Mohan Chattoraj is a graphic novelist and illustrator based in Kolkata, India. He’s worked in the comic medium for fifteen years, on individual projects and for clients in India, UK, Australia and the US. Some of his recent graphic novels include ‘ Ghosts of Kingdoms Past’, ‘Destiny Awakes’, ‘Pagla Shaib’s Grave’, ‘Hyderabad Graphic Novel’ and ‘Kolkata Kaleidoscope’. Harsho also has worked as a journalist, visualizer, storyboard artist, voice-over artist and promo producer, but has always been a fan of comics since his first dosage of ‘Asterix’ at the wee age of five.
MILER XIMENA LÓPEZ
Contributing Artist Women in Science, Sci-Illustrate stories
Expressing myself graphically has always been a source of great satisfaction for me. With my work, I can provide many things to others in different positive ways, as well as get a lot in return, because in every goal achieved, in every process, there is a lot to learn.
DR. ELEONORA ADAMI
Content Editor/ Contributing Artist Women in Science, Sci-Illustrate stories
Eleonora Adami is a proud descendant of ancient Romans.
Eleonora did her doctoral research at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin with a focus on translational regulation in animal models for cardiovascular and metabolic traits. She is now a postdoctoral research fellow at Duke-NUS in Singapore in Prof. Stuart Cook’s lab.
Eleonora thinks of herself as a carrier pigeon, always on the go, trying to find new adventures and challenges. Ok, maybe pigeons are not very adventurous, but they were once useful to deliver important messages. One of the messages she likes to bring across is that we need more art in scientific practices. Creative thinking benefits both disciplines.
A passion for illustration has always accompanied her and percolates in her scientific work. She started the collaboration with the Sci-Illustrate team after attending their course on scientific illustration.
CONTENT EDITORS
DR. SUMBUL JAWED KHAN
Content Editor Women in Science, Sci-Illustrate stories
Dr. Khan received her PhD in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, where she studied the role of microenvironment in cancer progression and tumor formation. She is passionate about discovering the fundamental principles that regulate cellular growth in multicellular organs, and how their disruption leads to diseased state. This interest led Dr. Khan to pursue her postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and understand the gene regulatory networks that are important for tissue regeneration after damage or wounding.
Dr. Khan is committed to science outreach activities, to make scientific research understandable and relatable to the non-scientific community. She believes it is essential to inspire young people to apply scientific methods to tackle the challenges currently faced by humanity. In her new role at Sci-Illustrate, Dr. Khan endeavors to utilize art to effectively communicate science, and generate inspiration and excitement towards science.
DR. ROOPALI CHAUDHARY
Content Editor Women in Science, Sci-Illustrate Stories
Dr. Chaudhary has an MSc in Genetics (University of Waterloo, Canada) studying Drosophila embryogenesis (fruit fly embryo development), and a PhD in Cellular & Molecular Biology (McMaster University, Canada) studying intestinal inflammation in a novel mouse model. She furthered her career in a 3-year post-doctoral fellowship studying the immune memory in food allergies (McMaster University, Canada). Dr. Chaudhary's continually strives to make science accessible, be with through her edible science art (custom cakes), teaching or her outreach activities.