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Welcome to SayoStudio!

The SayoStudio, a visual science communication studio brings attention and creative clarity to your science, engineering, and technology. We visualize your concepts—using an arsenal of digital tools—to create stunning graphics so your colleagues, subscribers, and future investors can share and support your vision. Meet the SayoStudio team that brings your science to life.

We work with scientists and research centers, engineering and technology companies, publishers, and design professionals that have a passion for innovation and discovery. Our award-winning graphics have been used by the National Science Foundation, the American Cancer Society, CNN, the NY Times, National Geographic, Washington Post, and beyond.

What's your story?

Send us a message to visualize your science, engineering, or technology?

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Meet the Team

Brought together by our mutual commitment to creating outstanding art that communicates science, we are motion artists, designers, illustrators, and communicators with strong roots in the scientific community. 

Our growing SayoStudio team is led by Creative Director Nicolle R. Fuller and Operations Director Trinka Kensill. Our founder, Nicolle, is building on her scientific background and years of experience producing award-winning science art, to support and guide our team’s mission; creating world-class, creative, and scientifically accurate science visual communication.

 

Nicolle R. Fuller

Founder & Creative Director

About Nicole

Science illustration graduate certificate, BA in biochemistry, molecular bio research experience, and 20 years of experience creating award-winning illustrations and animation. Science design expertise includes biochemistry, physics, material science, ecology, and geology.

May Jernigan

Social Media Specialist & Science Illustrator

About May

Science illustration graduate certificate, BA in fine art, and expertise in ornithology, zoology, and paleontology. Directs social media.

Ariadna Gea

Science Illustrator

About Ariadna

BA in fine arts with a master's in science illustration. Expertise in botany, cell biology, layout, and design. Fluent in Spanish.

Laurie Howell

Video Director

About Laurie

BS in radio and television/film. Twenty-five years' experience in radio and broadcast, including video directing, talent, and writing. Clients include the National Science Foundation and PBS.

Trinka Kensill

Operations Director

About Trinka

15 years' experience at the National Science Foundation, leading creative teams and facilitating communication between scientists, visual artists, and policy makers.

Christoph Kuehne

Lead Science Animator and Sound Designer

About Christoph

PhD in structural biology, professional photographer, and expert 3D animator who bridges the gap between researcher and end audience. Fluent in German.

Angela Hohn

Executive Assistant

About Angela

A “Jill” of all trades with over a decade of experience in administration and organization.

Koorosh Farchadi

Video Producer

About Koorosh

BA in film and media studies. Five years' experience working at the National Science Foundation, producing videos and guiding scientists to communicate their story via live interviews, on-site footage, and editing.

Claire Agosti

Art Director & Designer

About Claire

BA in biology with a concentration on pre-medicine and a studio art minor. Directs aesthetics to maximize science comprehension. Expert in creating medical art, infographics, web, and graphic design. Fluent in Spanish.

Natasha Mutch

Science Animator and Illustrator

About Natasha

Certified medical illustration degree, with 3D expertise in anatomy and animal sculpting. Expertise in chemistry, cell biology, zoology, and anatomy.

Cliff Braverman

Video Producer/Writer

About Cliff

More than three decades’ experience producing, directing, writing and editing video at television stations, film companies and government agencies, including 18 years at the National Science Foundation.

Join The Team

When we have openings we’ll post them here, as well as on our social media channels. If you don’t see an opening, we’re always happy to grow our pool of talent, as well as meet new partners to help us visualize science. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what talents you’d like to share with SayoStudio:

Ready to get started?

We are excited to learn more about your work to help visualize your story.



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#sciart—microbes 🔬to galaxies 🔭—Nicolle Fuller leads SayoStudio creating art & animation of science wonders. #scienceillustration

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Did you know you can make a free, DIY water filter Did you know you can make a free, DIY water filter out of wood?! 

Trees naturally have xylem -- a straw like tubing -- to transport water and nutrients into the tree. The pores inside these xylem tubes are very complex on a nanoscale. Water molecules can flow freely through the tubing, but larger bacterial cells get trapped inside the xylem structures.
Because this filtration system removes rotavirus and E. coli, these filters meet the standards set by @WHO for clean, drinkable water. 

Learn more about nanoscientist Krithika Ramchander and Dr. Rohit Karnik's (@mit_engineering) research and see an animation of the xylem catching bacteria on our blog: https://sayostudio.com/science-diy-water-filter-animation

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Is #ScienceFriday a thing on social media..? It is Is #ScienceFriday a thing on social media..? It is? Then allow us to introduce you to the basics of #StringTheory! ⠀
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String theory is a Theory of Everything (Grand Unification Theory) that seeks to unite the gravitational force with the other fundamental forces (electromagnetism and nuclear forces) that are already described by quantum mechanics at the atomic level. ⠀
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Although string theory is highly debated and very complex, it poses very interesting solutions to why our observed universe acts the way it does. ⠀
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Could neurodegenerative diseases really be caused Could neurodegenerative diseases really be caused by ancient viral infections? ⠀
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The recent discovery of viral proteins in the brains of MS/ALS patients created a mysterious link between human genes and neurodegenerative disease. ⠀
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Researchers are just now beginning to understand how ancient human endogenous retroviruses (or HERVs) affect our immune responses today. HERV proteins cause disruptions of nuclei in cells; triggering the cells to mount an immune response in the central nervous system. This disruption spreads from cell to cell progressively; and is shown to cause significant motor neuron deterioration. ⠀
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Having your heart flutter on Valentine's Day might Having your heart flutter on Valentine's Day might seem normal...but for some, it's a common symptom of atrial fibrillation. 💓

Afib is a heart arrhythmia characterized by irregular or fast beating. Electrical signals in the heart dictate how often your heart pumps-- and for some this can get out of whack, causing palpitations and dizziness. 

Luckily  treatment exists to manage Afib. To learn more, visit the American Heart Association or click the link below: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/atrial-fibrillation

Artwork by Nicolle R. Fuller, SayoStudio for @popularmechanics
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