Mid-2013 demo reel. Wahoo!

©theVisualMD 2011
Cell Division (mitosis).

For a project on the importance of telomeres (which are the protective tips of chromosomes– like the plastic thingies on the ends of shoelaces). I was responsible for basically the entire scene: research, modeling, animating/rigging, look & feel, lighting, effects.

You can how it was used at 0:33 here: http://thevisualmd.com/read_videoguide.php?idu=1033608852&q=telomeres

©theVisualMD 2013
Septin 9 DNA in the blood.

 

Septin 9 is a gene that can be overexpressed in cancer cells; fragments of septin 9 DNA are coming into vogue as testable biomarkers for, among other things, colorectal cancer.
 

I generally animated, set up the particles (blood and background), rigged the DNA, set up the look and feel (lights, shaders, renders), and composited the scene in 3ds Max and Fusion.

I modeled the vessel and the erythrocytes.
DNA was constructed/extrapolated from a short DNA fragment in the PDB.

©theVisualMD 2012
Field of pollen for allergy video.
Segmented pollen from scans, animated and composited in 3ds Max + Fusion.

©theVisualMD 2012
BDNF binding to TRKB receptors.

 

BDNF, or brain-derived neurotrophic factor, is a molecule.

We wanted to show this (excerpted from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-derived_neurotrophic_factor ):

"Exercise has been shown to increase the secretion of BDNF at the mRNA and protein levels in the rodent hippocampus, suggesting the potential increase of this neurotrophin after exercise in humans."

 

So this is an animation of BDNF binding to TRKB receptors... with, subsequently, *more* BDNF binding to TRKB receptors after exercise.

 

I was responsible for animation/rigging, rendering, and compositing.
I modeled the TRKB receptor based on fragments around the web, and constructed a homodimer of BDNF from a heterodimer available in the PDB.
The look and feel was developed by a colleague; I just implemented it.