Project: Illustration, explanatory animation and two explanatory diagrams for a Simons Foundation article reporting on a new study reveals that communication between cells encasing the developing fruit fly egg chamber induces unequal cell division, shedding light on a fundamental biological process. Jasmin Imran Alsous, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman et al. report their findings in their article, Clonal dominance in excitable cell networks, in Nature Physics.

Researchers: Developmental Dynamics Group at the Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute

The process of creating these figures was featured in “Building Science Graphics” by Jen Christiansen. Building Science Graphics is an illustrated guide to communicating science through diagrams and visualizations is a practical guide for anyone―regardless of previous design experience and preferred drawing tools―interested in creating science-centric illustrated explanatory diagrams.