Comic strips and graphic novels are great science communication tools because they tell stories, create emotional connections, and break concepts down into easily digestible pieces. Neuroscience is particularly amenable to conveying science through art because of people’s natural curiosity about the brain. Art can depict brain anatomy and connections and help simplify complex, abstract concepts by grounding them in the real world, allowing for wider engagement with our field.

My aim is to make science and research findings more accessible, particularly computational neuroscience. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Mindlin Foundation I am collaborating with visual artists and science communicators to create Comics that can reach audiences that are often overlooked by traditional scientific outlets. Our ‘comic abstracts’ are jargon-free and visually appealing versions of peer-reviewed papers-making the concepts clear and easy to grasp. We also will integrate this style into a peer-reviewed review article that is both technical for an expert audience and general for a public audience, thus generating a resource for a broad range of readers.

Collaborators: Artists & Communicators

·       Matteo Farinella
·       Jordan Collver
·       Jorge Cham
·       Stellate Communications