Magazine cover Science magazine: Predicting Pathogenicity
For the September 2023 cover of Science magazine, I was commissioned to create an editorial illustration visualizing the role of deep learning in predicting the pathogenicity of human missense variants. The image showcases a human figure, made out of heat maps from the relative research of the scientists, authors of the article. This dynamic artwork captures the intersection of biotechnology and artificial intelligence, illustrating the process of forecasting genetic impacts in a visually striking way.
The same illustration is bought from Google DeepMind for their communication needs.
The research behind the cover is AlphaMissense, from Google DeepMind. A missense variant is a single-letter DNA change that swaps one amino acid in a protein. The figure is built from heat maps taken from the authors' own data.
This work uses the method described in Algorithmic Mosaic. More work of this kind: Applications, Editorial and Science Communication · Editorial Illustration. The research behind the method: Research, Science and Technology.
Digital mosaic, a human body made out of heat maps.
Cover illustration for Science magazine, visualizing the role of deep learning in predicting the pathogenicity of human missense variants.
