Val Altounian

Sr. Medical Animator + Illustrator at Cognition Studio | Former Sr. Illustrator at Science/AAAS | views my own

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

This was such a fun cover to work on, at an historic moment for science and medicine. Congratulations @minkbaek @UWproteindesign #proteinfolding #roseTTAFold #DeepLearning

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Babbling baby bats, the fracking concern with water quality, and deep learning takes on protein folding.

📕 Check out the latest in Science: https://t.co/gCbcKMnAVt

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

Attention medical illustrators! Here is the posting for my old position at @ScienceMagazine. DC area or remote. Be the next senior scientific illustrator @ScienceVisuals. Go for it! #sciviz #SciComm @AMIdotorg https://t.co/4vbgfB3s8M

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

@shashanka_indri @ScienceMagazine @ScienceVisuals @ShavitKeshet @BenpalmerLab Zbrush, Cinema4D with Redshift, Photoshop

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

1/4 Today's issue of @ScienceMagazine was my final cover as Senior Scientific Illustrator @ScienceVisuals. So lucky to have gone out on a paper with such fantastic authors as @ShavitKeshet @BenpalmerLab (tag others I couldn't find handles for!)

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

@BriceRuss @ScienceMagazine @ScienceVisuals @ShavitKeshet @BenpalmerLab @CognitionStudio Thank you, Brice! Hope you are well.

[PalmerLab @BenpalmerLab]

So excited to share this one - A tunable reflector enabling crustaceans to see but not be seen @ScienceMagazine a fantastic collaboration between @ShavitKeshet, Avital Wagner @bengurionu and @jshaataj @SchertelLukas @Cambridge_Uni and @oooitsplasma
https://t.co/cW7PwLkJoQ

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

4/4 In a few weeks I will be starting a new chapter with @CognitionStudio continuing my mission to educate and support scientific and medical endeavors. I'm excited to get started.

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

3/4 Science offered me the platform to do so and I am so grateful to have had any modest impact on scientific communication at that level. I grew *a lot* over the years thanks to my supportive colleagues and the often-challenging subjects that came across my desk.

[Science Visuals @ScienceVisuals]

For her illustration of the nuclear pore, Senior Scientific Illustrator @oooitsplasma won the Premier Award for Graphic Design Media at the 2022 BioImages Competition by @BCA_update.

Read more about her journey illustrating the tiny protein complex ➡️ https://t.co/7PzS3II7UZ

[Stella Hurtley @SMHSci]

You must, absolutely must look at this week's @ScienceMagazine interactive cover online - stunning! @oooitsplasma @cbickel27

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

We at @ScienceVisuals and @NewsfromScience have been working hard to create a visual atlas of #SARSCoV2 proteins and their roles in their fight against our immune system. Our interactives editor @kelpf is a beast! Explore here: https://t.co/xvTbQBkTUW

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

@RuneKidmose Thank you! Yes we are lucky to have a full Visuals team including illustrators, designers and photo editors who create original covers. Depending on a multitude of factors we do from time to time run images submitted by authors.

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

I had a little fun making a lava lamp golgi because why not?

[Jake Yeston @JakeYeston]

Because @SMHSci is prescient😉, we've got a gorgeous cover of @ScienceMagazine today (illustrated by @oooitsplasma) that highlights the latest collaborative LYSET work from @CarolynBertozzi!!! https://t.co/7mHMuvWBFt

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

The blog I wrote about the nuclear pore complex cover illustration is out! #medicalillustration #ami2022 #scientificillustration #chimerax #maxon #cinema4d #proteins #sciviz

[Science Visuals @ScienceVisuals]

In a new blog, Senior Scientific Illustrator @oooitsplasma details her journey illustrating the nuclear pore—a tiny protein complex that first caught her eye in high school biology—for the 10 June cover of @ScienceMagazine. https://t.co/xTq51xwEkM

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

Crowdsourcing a protein structure: Anyone have intel on the SARS-CoV-2 protein encoded by ORF7b? Could anyone with the chops run a prediction for me? This elusive fellow is a missing link for an upcoming project... #SARSCoV2 #scicomm

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

@youngmckenna Thank you, Christine!!! It is very exciting!

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

@Biocinematics Thank you!

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

Was an honor to illustrate the impressive progress on the NPC since last time 6 years ago. Thanks to everyone who provided the bits and pieces that went into creating this! @StefanPetrovicc @aobarska @s_mosalaganti @MSiggel And stay tuned for a @ScienceVisuals blogpost

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

Medical illustration recent grads! Seriously don't miss this opportunity to apply to be the next Scientific Illustrator at Science: https://t.co/EFNP86HTYc
#medicalillustration @AMIdotorg @ScienceMagazine @ScienceVisuals

[Val Altounian @oooitsplasma]

We're adding another Scientific Illustrator to our @ScienceVisualsteam at @ScienceMagazine !! Come join us! Description and apply here: https://t.co/EFNP86HTYc #scicomm #medicalillustration #scientificillustration #medart #SciArt @AMIdotorg