PORTFOLIO | Mattias Karlén – medicinsk illustratör

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I saw Swedish news pick up the story of the resear

I saw Swedish news pick up the story of the research by Hugo Zeberg et al, that found the major genetic risk for sever covid is inherited from Neanderthals and remembered I did this illustration when the story came out. It was never really finished due to workload at the time so it was more of a mockup. But I think they used it a few times anyway. #neanderthal #genetics #3drender #genomics #molecularbiology #throwbacksunday #digitalportrait #helookslikeme #selfie

Cover art that didnt make it, but at least got use

Cover art that didnt make it, but at least got used in the press release. Missed that it came out a while ago. You win some you loose some! Great research on interesting topic from @jlruas lab. Check it out!
#muscle #exercise #protein #coordination #strength #coverart #scicomm #medart #cellmetabolism #outofoffice

These came up as a memory on facebook, it was a se

These came up as a memory on facebook, it was a series of paintings I did for a friend about 20 years ago. I think he still has them up in his house. 🤔Happy birthday @oskarstal 🥳🥳🥳
#painting #portraitpainting #davidbowie #acrylicpainting #tbt #artistsoninstagram

Testrender of project on Omega-3 and heart events,

Testrender of project on Omega-3 and heart events, AMI and CVD.

Do you take Omega-3 supplements regurlarly?
#heart #omega3 #3dviz #3drender #physiology #cardiac #supplements #freelancerlife

Finally here is the official poster for the Nobel

Finally here is the official poster for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021! 🥳 Enjoy!
#nobelprizemedicine2021 #nobelprize #medicalillustration #ionchannels #proteins #sciart #3dartist #scicomm #medicalresearch #coffee #chilli #cells

Was working on a project on gender-affirming hormo

Was working on a project on gender-affirming hormone therapy and got the urge to do a little spin off. I hope everyone gets to become who they feel they truly are.
#lbtq #gender #digitalart #cintiq #3dart #evolve #fridayfeeling

Got a little side tracked. 😬🤷‍♂️ Lab m

Got a little side tracked. 😬🤷‍♂️
Lab mouse revenge.
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#mouse #drawing #cat #victory #doodle #illustrator #vectorart #weekend

Here are most of the slides that I made for the an

Here are most of the slides that I made for the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021. Big congratulations to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. #nobelprize #nobel #presentation #medicalillustration #senses #touch #temperature #molecularbiology

Honored to be trusted with the graphics for the pr

Honored to be trusted with the graphics for the presentation of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine also this year. Basically the laureates have discovered the molecular sensors for temperature and touch. A major part of our somatosensation. Like sensing hot coffee, coordinating the proprioceptive signals of hand and grip strength around the cup. #nobelprize #receptors #medicine #scicomm #medart #research #somatosensation #temperature #touch #pain #proprioception

New cover! Woop woop!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 The develo

New cover! Woop woop!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
The developing mouse embryo is poorly amenable to genetic manipulations that are typically needed for functional gene analysis studies. In this issue, Mangold et al. develop NEPTUNE, a method to rapidly and flexibly transduce the neural plate with gene-expression-modifying viruses prior to neurulation to target the future adult nervous system. The cover image draws parallels between Neptune “the blue planet” in our solar system, Neptune the Roman god of the sea and freshwater, and NEPTUNE the method in which amniotic fluid is injected to control cell-type-specific expression and functional outcomes in brain and spinal cord. Artwork by illustrator Mattias Karlen; cover concept by E.R. Andersson.
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#coverart #cellreportsmethods #cellpress #cellbiology #neurobiology #research #medicalillustration #sciart #3dartist #neptune #scicomm

Here is a personal summary of how mRNA based vacci

Here is a personal summary of how mRNA based vaccines and the spike protein works to the best of my knowledge. Maybe someone finds it interesting like me. If you find anything wrong feel free to DM me! #infographics #medicalillustration #molecularbiology #research #cellbiology #medicine #scicomm #protein #chemistry #proteinstructure #educational

New cover. 🥳🥳 Latest issue of Autophagy. #c

New cover. 🥳🥳
Latest issue of Autophagy.
#coverart #medicalillustration #dna #histones #nucleosomes #autophagy #molecularbiology #sciart #medart #3dartist #foundry #cellbiology

Self-portrait time 😱🧟‍♂️ . . . #digit

Self-portrait time 😱🧟‍♂️
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#digitalart #portrait #painting #photoshop #artistsoninstagram #cintiq16 #artwork #portraitpainting

Woop woop 🥳🥳🥳, my image on the cover of t

Woop woop 🥳🥳🥳, my image on the cover of this issue of Nature Medicine
Caption: ”
Vascular remodeling in ALS
Although brain perivascular fibroblast cells were not previously considered to be involved in the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), their activity shows a promising early indication of disease symptoms. Månberg and colleagues show that perivascular fibroblast cells become activated in patients with sporadic ALS and in mouse models at an early stage that precedes neuronal loss. The cover artwork by Mattias Karlen shows the location of perivascular fibroblast cells in the neurovascular unit and the formation of an enlarged perivascular space.”
#coverart #medicalillustrator #naturemedicine #medart #sciart #als #research #digtalart #3drender #cellbiology #neurobiology #cover #arrivalmovie

When your immunesystem targets your heart. Ongoing

When your immunesystem targets your heart. Ongoing project. #3drender #modo #thefoundry #medicalillustrator #animation #sciart #medart #3dart #antibodies

First go at creating simple #animation in #photosh

First go at creating simple #animation in #photoshop. 🤷‍♂️🦠😷 #animation #gif #wearamask #staysafe #medart #sciart #scicomm #mask #illustrator

About the neurogenic potential of astrocytes after

About the neurogenic potential of astrocytes after brain injury. #digitalart #drawing #medart #scientificcommunication #brain #neuron #astrocyte

Alot has happend in a year and also the understand

Alot has happend in a year and also the understanding of what the virus actually looks like has cleared alot. I think its interesting how these visuals affect our view of everything. When the enemy is invisible its even scarier. I made this for my self, its a bit closer to reality as I understand it. The particle is often not perfectly round its more fluid in its shape, the spike protein is often depicted without its full lenghts stem below the crown etc. I used EM pictures as reference for this so the density of spike proteins and relative particle size should match better. Also having it more colorless seems appropriate. Let me know what you think! #medicine #medart #sciart #3drender #3dartist #molecularbiology #proteinchemistry #physiology #biology

Was intended as cover art, but the journal went an

Was intended as cover art, but the journal went another way. Well, thats life I guess. 🤷‍♂️

Its supposed to show off a new techique, spatially resolved transcriptomics. It was choosen as the method of the year 2020 by nature methods.
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#journalcover #nature #sciart #transcriptomics #molecularbiology #medart #3dart #mrna #freelanceartist

Summarizing this year is strange. Kind of telling

Summarizing this year is strange. Kind of telling when 4 of my #topnine are of the horrible little critter invading the globe. Hope all of you have a nice holiday, here is to a better next year. Cheers! 🍸
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#topnine2020 #artistsoninstagram #illustrationartists #3dartist #sciart #medart #molecularbiology #research #medicinaestetica

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