About
COLLABORATIVE ADJECTIVE
Aiming to facilitate a dialogue between the disciplines of animation and natural science, ultimately disseminating stem cell research to different segments of the society, scientists from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology/University of Copenhagen and animators from The Animation Workshop/VIA UC entered an interdisciplinary collaboration.
The primary objectives were:
To train scientists to pitch scientific stories to non-scientists, in particular visual storytellers.
To introduce visual storytellers to stem cell research and to how science is conducted.
To establish a common language between these professionals.
COLLABORATION
In May 2019, a few scientists from DanStem went to a match-making event in Viborg, and in August the painter and animator Cosimo Miorelli visited DanStem to meet with scientists and platform specialists.
Following these interactions, Cosimo conducted the animation ‘Cells of Knowledge’; a short introduction to stem cells research and to the techniques used in research.
Title: Cells of Knowledge
– A visual introduction to stem cell research and research techniques
A film by
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology, DanStem, University of Copenhagen, & The Animation Workshop/VIA UC
CREDITS
Producer and director: Naomi Dayan
Producer and director: Sia Søndergaard
Scientific advisor: Abigail Laura Jackson
Visual artist: Cosimo Miorelli
Sound and music: Thomas Richard Christensen
Video editing and postproduction: Riccardo Bernardi
Voices: Abigail Laura Jackson (Assistant professor, Human Stem Cell Biology Lab), Silja Heilmann (Postdoc, Human Stem Cell Biology Lab), Jutta Maria Bulkescher (Microscopy specialist), and Paul van Dieken (Flow Cytometry Technician)
Special Thanks to
Henrik Semb (DanStem Executive Director, Professor of Human Stem Cell Biology), Gelo dela Cruz (Flow Cytometry Manager), Jutta Maria Bulkescher (Microscopy specialist), Marta Perera Pérez (PhD candidate in Early Embryonic Lineage Specification), and Kasper Kruse (Managing Director, Arsenalet)