2010

Page from last years notebook that was designed thanks to Christine Santiago. back when I was completely InDesign illiterate.

Finger Dissection

Part one of the finger dissection. I managed to misplace a ligament. Its not like I don't have fingers for reference

you know that one electricity bulb everyone has

an old photoshop touchup on an even older sketch i did

Life Drawing but Painting

an ink nightcap

Microbiology Coursework

The following images were used for the einstein in the city student research conference. The material was developed with the assistance of Dr Zaitsev. 

Pancreatitis

 In this case a complication of mumps.

Chapter 2 Diagrams

Langer's Lines or Cleavage Lines depict direction of fibrous tension bundles in the skin. These were determined by cadaver studies. It seems that this method of incision is becoming out-of-date.

alice's adventure in the microbial forrest; a fitting beginning or ending to chapter 1 depending on how you look at it

this diagram depicts the microbes covered plus more in their family trees. It was an alice's adventures in wonderland concept that got away from me. The reason for the colored leaves and stump is to refer to the gram staining technique, which yields different result depending on the bacteria's protective wall.

Cartooning Microbio

The shigella bacteria wants to infiltrate the human epithelial cell of the large intestine. By injecting it with the type 3 secretion system through a syringe-like appendage it will induce the human cell to phagocytize it. The peculiar thing about this transactoin is that this particular intestinal cell lacks the ability of phagocytosis (notice lack of mouth before injection.)

Cartooning Microbio

 In order for bacteria to cause a disease, it has to adhere to the surface of the host cells, but adherence of bacterial cells to the intestinal cells is not a simple feat because the surfaces of both the microbe and the host are negatively charged (electrostatic repulsion). Bacteria causing cholera (Vibrio cholerae) has a special pili (depicted as hands in gloves). TcpA) (glycoprotein

On another end of bacterial cell the cholera toxin (Ctx) being released on a neighboring cell, Ctx penetrates the host cell and induces the increase in cyclic-AMP and cyclic-GMP. Both reduce the absorption of sodium ions and increase the secretion of chloride ions. The accumulation of slat ions (NaCl) in the lumen of the large intestine leads to a watery diarrhea (rice water). Which in some places will lead to infection of other individuals when poorly disposed sewage meets drinking water. d. zaitsev

Cartooning Microbio

The cozy chlamydial cell in the inclusion vacuole of its host call sticks out straw like appendages that feed off the host cytoplasm without leaving the confines of host’s protective vacuole

Cartooning Microbiology

Hepatitis A and hepatitis E viruses are known as "hit-and-run" viruses. They do not attempt to combat the immune system. After they get to the liver cells (hepatocytes), they replicate quickly in the hepatocytes injuring them prior to the immune response takes effect. Their escape plan is to get

into the intestines through the bile duct and exiting the intestines with feces. The predominant route of transmission is fecal/oral.

Chapter 1 Gag MicroBio

The basic reason behind portraying the following viruses as cartoons was to demonstrate a single action. As research develops on these little hell raisers it bexomes apparent that casting them off as "non-living" or "simple"* is nearly impossible. For example its been found that a virus can replicate utilizing damaged or even dead cells.
SO a humanistic portrayal, adequately portrays them as the withholding, complicated, and needy little things that they are.

*i don't know who i'm quoting either