#005: Our Inner Universe - Drew Berry

Biosphere 2 Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by Biomedical Animator Drew Berry. Drew creates beautiful, accurate visualizations of the dramatic cellular and molecular action that is going on inside our bodies. Beginning his career as a cell biologist, Drew's raw materials are technical reports, research data and models from scientific journals. As an artist he works as a translator, from abstract and complicated scientific concepts into vivid and meaningful visual journeys. Since 1995 he has been a biomedical animator at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. His animations have been exhibited at venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, and the Royal Institute of Great Britain. In 2010 he received a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant". In this episode, we dissect Drew's journey as an animator and pull back the veil on the level of detail, research, and technical expertise needed to produce stunning and accurate representations of cellular and molecular processes. Links to Animations mentioned in the Podcast Episode: DNA: https://youtu.be/7Hk9jct2ozY Apoptosis: https://youtu.be/DR80Huxp4y8 Malaria Life-cycle: https://youtu.be/1v55yg0RfoY TED: https://youtu.be/WFCvkkDSfIU Drew Berry YouTube animation playlilst https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD0444BD542B4D7D9 drewberry.com wehi.tv library of animations for download HHMI Biointeractive.org Bjork music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn8AC8z2adU David Goodsell (Molecular illustrator, my primary inspiration and living deity of visualizing our molecular interior) https://ccsb.scripps.edu/goodsell/ Gael McGill (Harvard Medical School, Biomedical animation tools and tutorials) Clarafi.com Eric Keller (Freelancer, excellent bioemedical animator and teacher for cinema visual effects) https://www.bloopatone.com