[Data-Mongers] TODAY Monday, 7/23 Informatics Talk - Dmitry Mozzherin - Accessible Scientific Illustration in 3D is not around the corner -- it is here.

[Holly Miller]

The next Informal Lunch Talk will be:

When: TODAY 12:00 pm, Monday, July 23, 2012
Where: , Lillie 103, MBL
Who: Dmitry Mozzherin, Center for Library and Informatics, MBL
Title: Accessible Scientific Illustration in 3D is not around the corner -- it is here.


About the talk: 

Almost everybody in science has fiddled with Photoshop or Gimp to create a figure for a paper, a presentation, or a patent. 3D modeling, in contrast, has an aura of black magic available only to the few. It is simply not true anymore -- with some determination stunning models, 3D prints, animations, and interactive 'games' demonstrating a scientific concept can be created with free packages like Blender. With this lecture we demonstrate key features of Blender and discuss new opportunities it creates.

Resources:

http://blender.org
http://cgcookie.com
http://cgtextures.com

About the speaker:
Dmitry Mozzherin received his Ph.D. at the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology in Moscow. He worked as a biochemist in Moscow and at Stony Brook University in US. Later he became a professional open source programmer taking part in projects like Encyclopedia of Life and Global Names Architecture at Woods Hole. Dmitry is also a wild life photographer. His work had been demonstrated at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Currently Dmitry is pursuing computer graphics modeling trying to find its place in modern science and art.

Holly Miller 
hmiller at mbl.edu

Anne Thessen 
athessen at eol.org

Andrew Maffei 
amaffei at whoi.edu


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