Images

Here are some scientific illustrations I’ve created, in Inkscape. Feel free to use them, just please credit my name.

cartoon image of a mechanoreceptive ion channel in closed and open conformation

Mechanoreceptor ion channel opens when cell membrane is deformed.




A basic cartoon schematic to show the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the inflammatory glial response includes activated microglia and astrocytes. The neurofibrillary tau tangles are interneuronal, and the amyloid plaques, surrounded by diffuse halos of amyloid-Beta, are extracellular.

Basic cartoon schematic of Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology.


Cartoon to show how AFM is conducted on a cell

Cartoon schematic to show how AFM indentation is conducted on a cell, with applicable labels for the Hertz model.



cartoon microglia

Not very scientifically accurate, but very cute microglia in various states of activation.





Cartoon to show basic traction force microscopy experiment, with fluorescent beads embedded in a gel, with an example cell on top.