Journal Front Cover for Soft Matter Volume 17, Issue 4 SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview The Wettig Research Group in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo specializes in the design, synthesis and characterization of novel surfactants with applications in drug delivery. They had recently published a paper in the Royal Society of…
Journal Back Cover for PCCP Volume 22, Issue 45 SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview The Wettig Research Group in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo specializes in the design, synthesis and characterization of novel surfactants with applications in drug delivery. They had recently published a paper in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Physical…
Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MRI Laboratory WEBSITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Project Overview Professor Mitchell S. Albert leads the Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MRI Laboratory at Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute at Lakehead University. His lab focuses on using hyperpolarized noble gas MRI, an innovative technology that provides extremely detailed images of structures and processes within the…
BSC Annual Conference Website WEBSITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Project Overview The Biophysical Society of Canada (BSC) is a not-for-profit organization that aims to promote and showcase biophysicists across the nation. The BSC were in need of a streamlined website for their annual conferences that would allow them to easily upload their program schedule and…
Biophysical Society of Canada FLYER DESIGN PROJECT Project Overview The Biophysical Society of Canada is a national not-for-profit organization run by renowned biophysicists across Canada. Their mission is to promote recent biophysics research to both national and international audiences. One of the ways in which they do this is through Annual Meetings. CryoDragon was contracted…
UW4 Bacteria Mechanism SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview Indole-3-acetic acid is a plant hormone produced by plant growth-promoting bacteria, such as Pseudomonas putida UW4. CryoDragon was contracted to design a schematic that showcased this mechanism and the effects of UW4 on different areas of the plant root. This artwork was presented in a doctoral dissertation. Citation: Duca D.…
Tryptophan Biosynthesis Pathway SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) can be produced through various biosynthesis pathways starting from tryptophan. Apart from drawing a mechanism of how an IAA-producing bacteria affects plant roots, CryoDragon was also contracted to draw the full biosynthesis of tryptophan to IAA through various pathways. This work was presented in a…
Lung Surfactant Anatomy SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview Pulmonary surfactant, or lung surfactant, is a mixture of lipids and proteins that are secreted by Type II alveolar cells of your lung. They secrete surfactant onto the air-liquid interface of your lungs to reduce surface tension, making it easier for us to expand and compress our…
Detection of CB6 in Xenon/Oxygen Ventilated Rat SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview Dr. Mitchell Albert’s lab at the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute performed experiments where a rat was mechanically ventilated with an 80% Xenon and 20% Oxygen mixture after cucurbituril (CB6) cages were injected into the rat through its tail vein. As Xenon particles…
Atomic Force Spectroscopy Binding and Dissociation SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PROJECT Project Overview Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a useful technique that gives us the power to image nanoscale structures by measuring surface topography. Due to its wide range of applications, different accessories have been developed to obtain additional information regarding these structures. One of these spin-offs…
