Ilustração Científica
/ OVERVIEW
Having previously worked as a researcher, I realized how important are scientific illustrations as learning resources. I always look back at my times of studying and paper reading, to try to create fresh and interesting products. Here you may find different single-illustration works for a multitude of clients.
© Diogo Guerra. 2014-2017
/ importance of different vertebrate hosts for the life cycle of Borrelia genospecies
/ PROJECT / The life cycle of Borrelia sp. is completed within ticks. Tick bites can transmit this bacteria to several hosts and potentially infect humans, causing the so-called Lyme Disease.
/ TOOLS / Adobe Illustrator ®
/ CLIENTS / University of Glasgow / illustration on this topic published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
/ Immersion Anaesthesia in Fish
/ PROJECT / Immersion (or halant) anaesthesia is the most common technique used in fish. The anaesthetic solution is dissolved in the water and works similarly to gaseous inhalant anaesthesia in terrestrial animals.
/ TOOLS / Adobe Illustrator ®
/ Echinococcus multilocularis simplified life cycle
/ PROJECT / The adult stage of this zoonotic cestode inhabits the definite host's intestine (fox and other canids). The eggs are then released with fecal material to the environment where they may be ingested by suitable intermediate hosts (rodents) or aberrant hosts (like human beings).
/ TOOLS / Adobe Photoshop ®
