Client Work
Figures commissioned by researchers and labs: graphical abstracts, central illustrations and mechanism figures, most now published in peer-reviewed journals. Each project shows the brief, the sketch and the final figure
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Circular RNAs in Stroke: Mechanisms Across Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Injury
A multi-panel figure mapping how circular RNAs act on the brain in hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, from oxidative stress and apoptosis to nerve regeneration.
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The cGAS–STING Pathway: How Cells Detect Foreign DNA
A full-cell signaling figure tracing innate immune DNA sensing from bacterial infection to interferon and NF-κB gene expression.
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Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumor (RVPT): Fundus and Cross-Section
A two-panel ophthalmology figure linking what clinicians see on fundoscopy to what’s happening in the tissue underneath.
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LAK to CIK Continuum in Glioma Immunotherapy
The central figure for a systematic review published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, from a whiteboard sketch to a publication-ready illustration.
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Trends and Disparities in ICH and SAH Mortality: Central Illustration
An infographic-style central illustration summarizing 20 years of US mortality data for intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage by sex, race, and region.
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Direct Cortical Stimulation vs. Electrocorticography: Mapping Eloquent Cortex in Glioma Surgery
A side-by-side comparison figure explaining the two main techniques neurosurgeons use to map brain function during awake craniotomy.
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Exosome Biogenesis and Cargo: From Endosome to Secreted Vesicle
A two-part figure following exosomes from endocytosis to release, with a zoomed-in view of the membrane proteins and cargo they carry.
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Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in the Tumor Microenvironment
A painterly tumor-microenvironment scene showing how exosome signals turn epithelial cancer cells into mobile, invasive cells that enter the bloodstream.
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Oncogenic Effects of Exosomes: Four Ways Tumors Use Them
A four-quadrant figure built from four separate sketches, showing how tumor exosomes drive immune escape, metastasis, angiogenesis, and chemoresistance.
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Anti-Tumor Effects of MSC-Derived Exosomes
A flow figure showing how native and engineered exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells act against tumors, from their tissue source to nine anti-cancer effects.