// Client Project: Envision Center
Nanoarchitecture
scripting • texturing • animation • lighting • rendering • post
Award-winning animation, placed first in the NIH BRAIN Initiative Photo & Video Contest. It visualizes immunofluorescence-labeled Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) in 50-μm tissue-cleared mouse brain slices using 4Pi single-molecule localization microscopy. The ChR2-decorated neuromembrane at the dendritic spine is rendered with sub-15-nm 3D resolution and pseudo-colored by protein depth, revealing the nanoscale 3D architecture and cross-sectional details of the dendritic spine.
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Process.
Utilized Houdini to generate an initial point cloud from provided data, then replicated the node system in Blender using Geometry Nodes to develop an automated template for importing CSV data. Designed and implemented a Python script to streamline the import of scan data into Blender. Built the point and texture system through Geometry Nodes and the Shader Editor to ensure consistent, high-quality renders. The resulting template allowed researchers to seamlessly upload scan data and produce standardized animations. Produced four videos using this system during my time at the Envision Center.