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Illustration · Expert · 3D animation

The work of a scientific illustrator

Léa is a scientific illustrator and a fulfilled 3D artist. She joined Imascience 4 years ago and brings all of her artistic talent to the team. But I'll let her speak for herself and tell us about her work.

Christophe Martin

Biology

The Human Body: A Cellular Cosmos to Discover

The human body is like a galaxy a hundred times more star-filled than the Milky Way. Indeed, our body is composed of about 37.2 trillion cells. Against 400 billion stars for the Milky Way. Excuse the understatement. Each cell is a twinkling star with its own story to tell.

Christophe Martin

Illustration

Louis Vuitton Posters

Louis Vuitton entrusted us with the production of communication materials to describe their various creation processes. After a few days of on-site auditing, we proposed to create hand-drawn posters illustrating the different stages of creation, divided into 9 sectors. Here is the result.

Christophe Martin

Virtual reality

An immersive VR application to train train conductors.

Experience immersive VR training for train conductors. Our interactive 3D application allows learners to practice emergency procedures in a realistic environment. Enhance safety skills and prepare for high-risk situations. Find out more about our customized virtual reality solutions.

Christophe Martin

Biology

MUSIC LYRIC Cardiac Surgery: At the Heart of 3D

Experience the future of cardiac care with MUSIC software! Pioneered by French scientists, it brings 3D to heart surgery, enhancing accuracy, reducing operation time, and improving patient outcomes. Join the journey inside the heart... in 3D!

Christophe Martin

Biology

BIO-PRINTING RECONSTRUCTING THE LIVING.

Bioprinting, increasingly in the spotlight, holds ever more promise of revolutions in biomedical engineering. Just recently, the first bioprinted drug went on sale in the USA. With the various existing techniques, the possibilities are vast.

Christophe Martin

Expert

"RNA vaccines make us GMOs" — really?

France, the country of Pasteur, is also the country with the highest number of people reluctant to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The arrival on the market of a new type of vaccine, the messenger RNA vaccine (or mRNA), has raised…

Christophe Martin

Illustration · Space · 3D animation

Survol virtuel d'Olympus Mons

The arrival on Mars of the Ingenuity drone, companion to the Perseverance rover, is a major first in the history of space exploration. It lifts our gaze onto the unexplored landscapes of the red planet and…

Christophe Martin

Expert

5 myths about science communication.

Since the 19th century, the golden age of spreading science through journals, magazines, novels, museums and public lectures, science communication has been just as useful and essential as it is a source of debate.

Christophe Martin

Expert

CIR & CII: is it for me?

Are you a manager or employee of a company in the industrial, pharmaceutical or medical sector looking to develop an innovative project? But you hesitate to commit funds because…

Christophe Martin

Virtual reality

My relationship with virtual reality headsets: it's complicated

We sometimes develop virtual reality (VR) applications for our clients paired with immersive headsets like the Oculus. I'm not talking about panoramic photos viewed through smartphone-mounted headsets. I mean real 3D, computed in real time and in stereo. Clients are satisfied, and the market looks promising.

Christophe Martin

Space

INCROYABLES EXOPLANETES

Picture a planet made of diamond, another with five stars shining in its sky, another still where stones rain down...

Christophe Martin

Space

Giant planets

By harnessing an incredible arsenal of physical mechanisms, astrophysicists have finally managed to understand how giant planets form. A feat that Mathieu Grousson broke down step by step.

Christophe Martin

Space

The interstellar sailship

Two years after the laser was invented (1960), physicist Robert Forward proposed using photon pressure to propel sailing craft through space.

Christophe Martin

Archaeology

Nefertiti, a secret tomb for a legendary queen

On 4 November 1922, in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb sent shockwaves through the world of Egyptology. It is regarded as the greatest discovery of the 20th century.

Christophe Martin

Illustration

Banque d'images scientifiques gratuites

Whether you're a web journalist, blogger or researcher in the scientific field, Illustration-scientifique.com makes its collection of infographics available for free use on your web pages — covering medicine, astronomy, space, biology, physics, ecology and more.

Christophe Martin

Illustration

7 good reasons to work with a scientific illustrator

Just like Leonardo da Vinci's sketches, illustrations let scientists make their research tangible and share their work. Illustrations are an excellent bridge between the producer of science and their audience. Among the different forms of scientific illustration, it's important to choose the one that fits best for a given audience and a specific medium.

Christophe Martin

Virtual reality

Virtual reality in the medical field.

While video games and the film industry often come to mind when talking about virtual reality, another field could also be transformed by this technology: the pharmaceutical and medical industry. The pharmaceutical company ProStrakan presented, at the 14th SFETD national congress, a virtual reality experience showing how its molecule acts inside the human body itself.

Christophe Martin