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Certified Medical Illustrator, CMI

Veronica Falconieri, the creative director behind Falconieri Visuals, received her certification in medical illustration (CMI) from the Board of Certification of Medical Illustrators (BCMI) this year. Certified Medical Illustrators have met credentialing requirements for business, ethics, and science knowledge as well as drawing skills. The certification term lasts for 5 years, during which CMIs complete Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in order to meet board requirements for the next term’s renewal. The certification process includes an Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 7 years ago

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Cellular ZBrush Techniques, AMI 2016

Cellular ZBrush Techniques PDF Handout In this tutorial, learn to sculpt cellular subjects including a salivary acinus, a neuron, a blastula, and a textured tumor using a wide range of ZBrush features, including InsertMesh, NanoMesh, FiberMesh, custom Alphas, and ZSketch. Presented at the Association of Medical Illustrators 2016 Conference in Atlanta, GA.

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 7 yearsJanuary 3, 2017 ago

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In The Press: A Wrench in the Works

Proteins and Cancer In every cell in the human body, there are countless tiny molecules, called proteins, that work together to allow the cell to harvest energy, move, reproduce, and interact. In cancer cells, some proteins can malfunction or be functioning out of control, causing the cells to grow abnormally and threaten normal cells. Targeting p97 P97 is one such protein that gives cells in some cancer types a growth advantage. Researchers have been developing Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 8 yearsFebruary 11, 2016 ago

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ePMV Advanced Techniques, AMI 2015

Advanced ePMV Techniques, co-workshop with Graham Johnson Overview, examples, documentation, and downloads This workshop was presented at the Association of Medical Illustrators 2015 Conference in Cleveland, OH. Push your modeling and animation skills to the next level! Our half-day workshop will incorporate ePMV (the embedded Python Molecular Viewer) into advanced molecular-animation techniques taught in Cinema 4D (C4D). Learn how to increase productivity while simultaneously generating more natural-looking and accurate molecular and cellular visualizations. Sick of Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 8 yearsJanuary 3, 2016 ago

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“Ebola in 3D” in the NSF Vizzies!

“Ebola in 3D” is a finalist in the National Science Foundation’s 2015 Visualization Challenge, the NSF Vizzies! You can cast your vote for People’s Choice here through November 17th. You can vote more than once! Ebola in 3D juxtaposes a real cryo-electron tomographic image of an Ebola virus-like particle, the structure of the Ebola surface glycoprotein spike, and a 3D model of an Ebola virus. The structure of the spike was determined by cryo-electron tomography. Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 8 yearsNovember 14, 2015 ago

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AMI Cleveland 2015 – The Cryo-Revolution, ePMV Workshop

Falconieri Visual’s principal, Veronica Falconieri, presented at the Association of Medical Illustrator’s meeting in Cleveland this past week. She told the story of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, and how it is poised to revolutionized the field of structural biology–and they seemed to like it! Here are some selected tweets: Veronica Falconieri visually illuminates Cryo-EM with past and current contexts! @AMIdotorg #ami2015 #womeninscience pic.twitter.com/UuYVUniJGw — Anneliese Lilienthal (@AnnelieseMay) July 24, 2015 Veronica Falconieri shows us the differences Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 9 yearsJuly 30, 2015 ago

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ePMV Advanced Techniques Workshop

Ready to take your animation to the next level? Veronica Falconieri, MA, and Graham Johnson, CMI, PhD will be teaching a workshop on ePMV Advanced Molecular Techniques at the 2015 Association of Medical Illustrators Conference. What is ePMV? ePMV is the embedded Python Molecular Viewer, a plugin for Maxon Cinema4D and other 3D modeling and animation software developed by Graham Johnson. It enables direct import of structural data files from databases like the Protein Data Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 9 yearsJune 30, 2015 ago

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Art Prints Now Available

Prints of the critically recognized illustration “Neuroscape” are now available for purchase via ArtPal. This beautiful piece shows in 3D the cell types of the brain, including neurons, pyramidal neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglial cells, and blood vessels. While the neurons transmit signals (represented by glowing spots on the neuron processes) and do most of the things we think of as brain functions, they are supported by an array of other cells. Oligodendrocytes insulate the axons Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 9 yearsJune 2, 2015 ago

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“HIV: The Initial Invasion” Recognized by the Vesalius Trust

During this recent academic year, I have been working on a Master’s thesis entitled The Molecular Mechanism of HIV Entry in collaboration with the lab of Sriram Subramaniam, Ph.D., at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. I had the honor of being awarded the Alan Cole Scholarship by the Vesalius Trust based on my proposal for this work. My thesis has entailed a lot of research into the detailed molecular biology Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 10 yearsMay 12, 2014 ago

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Example Illustration Workflow

If you have never worked with an illustrator before, you may be wondering how and what kind of information and feedback you will be providing as a client. Here, I describe the major steps of an illustration workflow, using one of my portfolio pieces as an example. “The Parenting Behaviors of Oophaga histrionica“ was a poster illustration developed for the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD. I worked closely with Kerry King-Rahn, the herpetologist who cared Read more…

By Veronica Falconieri Hays, 10 yearsJanuary 9, 2014 ago