LAB
MEETING
LAB
MEETING
26.03.2019
What is Felipe doing now that the paper is submitted ?
ILLUSTRATIONS
BIG PLAN
Why is he still here ?
Is he staying forever ?
Drawing is a real job now ?
Does this means he will keep complaining about our colormap choices ?
what's
now
different
?
CURRENT STATE
SCIENCE &
SOCIAL MEDIA
PAPERS
VISIBILITY
1
2
3
4
CURRENT STATE
is there any chance this is actually going to work ?
CURRENT STATE
CURRENT STATE
Thion, M. S., & Garel, S. (2017).
On place and time: microglia in embryonic and perinatal brain development.
Current opinion in neurobiology, 47, 121-130.
Including taxes, we need 39.000 € annually to keep the Illustrator position
This means a monthly income of 3.250 € per month
As an platform service,the value is estimated according to time needed for the project
One figure in average range from 600€ to 900€, varying with complexity
What's the estimated cost of a publication ?
What's the estimated cost of a publication ?
1000 €
One year of post-doc salary
[1]
[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/FR/Job=Postdoctoral_Research_Associate/Salary
What's the estimated cost of a publication ?
1000 €
One year of post-doc salary
[1]
Consumable material
[2]
[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/FR/Job=Postdoctoral_Research_Associate/Salary
[2] https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-what-it-actually-costs-to-run-a-university-scienc-5827381
What's the estimated cost of a publication ?
1000 €
One year of post-doc salary
[1]
Consumable material
[2]
Publication fee
[3]
[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/FR/Job=Postdoctoral_Research_Associate/Salary
[3] https://www.nature.com/news/open-access-the-true-cost-of-science-publishing-1.12676#price
[2] https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-what-it-actually-costs-to-run-a-university-scienc-5827381
What's the estimated
cost of a
1000 €
One year of post-doc salary
[1]
Consumable material
[2]
Publication fee
[3]
Illustration
[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/FR/Job=Postdoctoral_Research_Associate/Salary
[3] https://www.nature.com/news/open-access-the-true-cost-of-science-publishing-1.12676#price
[2] https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-what-it-actually-costs-to-run-a-university-scienc-5827381
good
publication ?
less than 2% of the total investment
Are there alternative forms to complement the income ?
SCIENCE &
SOCIAL MEDIA
SCIENCE &
SOCIAL MEDIA
SCIENCE &
SOCIAL MEDIA
do scientists have a social life ?
Intagram
Dribbble
Behance
quick examples
A strong presence on twitter could help with client prospection for the platform !
PAPERS
PAPERS
PAPERS
can we make real publications about design and science ?
For a long time, the bad use of colormaps drives me mad...
For a long time, the bad use of colormaps drives me mad...
Spectrum
or Rainbow
Physics
or Jet
Viridis
For a long time, the bad use of colormaps drives me mad...
Spectrum
or Rainbow
Physics
or Jet
Viridis
Glasbey
VISIBILITY
VISIBILITY
VISIBILITY
if the clients cannot find us, how are we going to work ?
scientific illustrations
Article about anatomy and biology drawings
Article about anatomy and biology drawings
Kind of society for anatomy and biology drawings
figure editing paper
English proof reading, no figures service
Proof reading app. No figures service
Question on research gate about software to make illustrations (post from 2013)
Question on research gate about software to make illustrations (post also from 2013)
Article about software to create figures
figure design
Normal design studio, not scientific
Article from Broad Institute about good practices for figures. Not really a service, but it has a "make an appointment" button
Book about drawings
Book about drawings
Course about making good scientific figures
help to design figure paper scientific
Research gate question about software to make illustrations (post from 2013)
Research gate question about software to make illustrations (post from 2013, same as before)
Paper about making scientific figures (short but interesting) [link]
Article about software (same as before)
Article about making figures with quality. Focus more on raster images and resolution
tutorial figures scientific
Presentation about a tutorial on how to use Inkscape. Focus on making figures for publications.
List of tutorials about Illustrator, with focus on figures for publications
Article about using Illustrator to make scientific figures.
Series of video tutorials on how to use Illustrator to make scientific figures
Selling a big video tutorial of how to use Illustrator to make figures. They say they are a community of "scientists, graphics professionals, students and educators interested in scientific visualization."
none of them offer links to illustration services !
tips for good scientific illustratons
Tips for making better figures. They also offer editing services, including illustrations (but no portfolio online) [link]
Service for Scientific Illustrations. Last updated in 2015, don't know if they are still working. [link]
Article about drawings in biology (same as before)
Tutorial about how to make good figures for paper. It's attached to a university, and they offer a consulting service [link]
Article about drawing medical illustrations
improve paper figures
PLOS paper about guidelines for better figures. [link]
Tutorial about making figures for papers, focus on more on raster (same as before)
Research gate question on software for editing images (post from 2016)
Article about better figures and quality of research. They provide illustration services with focus on 3D. Same as before. [link]
Article about better using colors
research
summary
research
summary
research
summary
But... Where's our platform in the results?
scientific illustration platform
another Illustration service
again those guys !
article, more about inforgraphics
tool to create illustrations online
scientific illustration platform
Google's search engine algorithm is mostly a secret...
...but some guidelines may help us !
SUMMARY
Short term
- Contact with PIs at IBENS
- Weekly Design open desk
- Workshops & Talks about design
Long(er) term
- Assure a next contract (PSL grants ?)
- Colormap paper
- Become a twitter celebrity
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