Joe Samson
Assistant Professor of Medical Illustration
NIDDK Project - Glucose Homeostasis
A series of illustrations, animations and interactives created for a long-term NIDDK project. This project focused on glucose homeostasis and used a laboratory setting and laboratory rats as the subject matter for exploring the myriad different ways that glucose and hormones affect the body.
Interactive module built in Unity from elements made in Maya, ZBrush, After Effects and Photoshop.
Professor Samson animated button
ribosomes on the endoplasmic reticulum releasing phospholipid vesicles
close up view of a pancreatic islet, showing alpha, beta and acinar cells
Chloride Channel animation
Insulin Production animation
Insulin Receptor animation
video showing excerpts of the final interactive module