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Medical and scientific animation, apps and experiences by Certified Medical Illustrators. We’ll communicate your science with clarity and purpose. 🧫 axs3d.com

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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 28/09/2026
Voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels transmit pain signals along nerves in the peripheral nervous system. Because Nav channels are outside of the brain and spinal cord, they are being explored as potential targets for a new class of non-opioid pain medicine. #PainAwarenessMonth #chronicpain #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 22/09/2026
For Arthritis Awareness Month, we’re highlighting how immersive technology can transform HCP education. We created an AR experience that lets rheumatologists peer inside their own hands, revealing signs of psoriatic arthritis and visualizing disease progression. #PsoriaticArthritis #medicalcongress
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 21/09/2026
September is Arthritis Awareness Month! 🦴 Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting joints through changes in the bone and cartilage. Drug-delivery science is exploring ways to extend therapeutic activity where it’s needed through controlled-release. #sciart #oa #arthritisaware
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 16/09/2026
How is medical MOA animation evolving? Our latest blog post explores how MOA differs from MOD, the role MOA plays in pharma and biotech, and how technology such as AI has influenced the animation workflow. Read the full blog post here 👉: axs3d.com/blog/how-medical-moa-anim…
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 02/09/2026
One of our two Award of Excellence winners at this year’s Association of Medical Illustrators' conference, this animation was created to help oncologists understand how antibody-drug conjugate might kill cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Great job team! 🥇 #medicalanimation #sciart #pharma
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 27/08/2026
Our animations won not one but TWO Awards of Excellence at the annual Association of Medical Illustrators conference this year! 🏆🏆 Created to help patients understand robotic surgery for uterine fibroids, we chose to use clear visuals to make a complex procedure feel less daunting #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 24/08/2026
Our Head of Art & Design Joyce Hui is celebrating 15 years at AXS! During her tenure, Joyce has art directed countless projects and has had a huge impact on our team. AXS Studio took a pottery class at @claywithme, and a group of us followed up with DDR at the arcade🕺Here’s to 15 amazing years! 🥂
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 05/08/2026
Uterine fibroids can be surgically removed via myomectomy. In robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery, surgeons operate through just a few tiny incisions. For this animation, AXS Studio simplified the anatomy and developed a clean rendering style to appeal to patient audiences. #reproductivehealth
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 28/07/2026
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a common condition where an enlarged prostate can compress the urethra. This medical device animation shows how ALPFA Pulsed Field Ablation (www.alpfamed.com) uses precisely delivered energy to remodel prostate tissue while sparing nearby structures⚡️#medicalanimation
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 17/07/2026
For #flashbackfriday, we’re bringing back an illustration we did for Scientific American showcasing a simulation of bacterial cell. Scientists used mathematical models to map out 28 distinct cellular modules a microbe needs to survive 🦠 #sciart #microbiology #scientificillustration #fbf
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 02/07/2026
Out of the office and into the ballpark! ⚾️ Last week AXS Studio hit up a Blue Jays game to eat some loonie dogs and cheer on the home team! #studiolife #torontobluejays
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 23/06/2026
Using a robotic-assisted laparoscopic system, surgeons can perform complex procedures in less time and with smaller incisions. We developed this medical animation to visualize robotic-assisted inguinal hernia repair in a way that helps educate patients. #medicalanimation #surgicalanimation #davinci
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 18/06/2026
Between advancements in AI, the boom in short-form media, and new AR glasses tech, there is a lot happening in the biotech animation landscape for 2026 and beyond 🔮 Read our blog post to learn more: axs3d.com/blog/future-of-biotech-an… #medicalanimation #medaffairs #3Danimation
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 16/06/2026
Do you experience migraines? Recurrent headaches affect more than 10% of people worldwide. Calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP) plays a critical role in migraines, and is found in several key pathways including the meningeal arteries ⛈️ #migraineawareness #MigraineAwarenessMonth #medicalanimation
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 11/06/2026
AXS Studio had the pleasure of welcoming the future cohort of medical visualizers yesterday for Master of Science in Biomedical Communications's annual Industry Day. It was a great opportunity to connect with the next generation of talent, and we’re so excited to see where their paths lead!
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 10/06/2026
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness month!🧠 By improving lymphatic vessel drainage, researchers were able to improve memory and cognitive abilities in old mice: www.uvahealth.com/news/brain-discov… #medicalillustration #ENDALZ #brainhealth
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 09/06/2026
Here's a link to the AD article this illustration accompanied, with a great overview of the struggle to find an effective drug: www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media... It cover's Lilly's breakthrough with donanemab, made possible in part by improved targeting & early diagnosis.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 08/06/2026
In honor of Alzheimer's Awareness Month this June, AXS Studio is highlighting an illustration developed for Scientific American that visualizes the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s within the brain. Understanding the root cause is the first step in developing a cure 🧠 #ENDALZ #scienceillustration #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 03/06/2026
June is Hernia Awareness month, and our June calendar image happens to be on topic! Hernias occur when an organ bulges through a gap in muscle or connective tissue, and using cutting-edge robot surgical instruments can improve patient outcomes. #surgicalanimation #herniasurgery #intuitive #davinci
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 27/05/2026
May is Vision Health Month 👁️ Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in older adults. Photobiomodulation is a non-invasive light therapy used to improve vision by stimulating the mitochondria of affected retinal cells. #GetEyeWise #eyehealth #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 20/05/2026
For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, we're highlighting the BRAF gene mutation, which can cause uncontrolled cancer growth and is found in ~50% of melanoma cases. Abnormal BRAF has become a key target for therapies aiming to stop the progression of some cancers. 🎯 #SharetheFacts #SkinCancerIsSerious
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 15/05/2026
How can interactive product demonstrations improve medical device sales? 📈Our new blog post is here to explain the advantages over physical prototypes and how they can accelerate customer understanding: axs3d.com/blog/accelerating-medical…
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 11/05/2026
We spend a lot of our days deep in the details of complex science, but every now and then we like to have a bit of fun with it too! This cute claw machine started off on the back of a hoodie as studio swag. Can you recognize all the toys in the claw machine? 👀🦠 #sciart #cellularbiology
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 07/05/2026
Last weekend Team Kick AXS climbed the CN Tower for a good cause! Together with AXS Studio we raised $3,024 in support of WWF-Canada and wildlife conservation. A huge thank you for your support in helping us reach the top! 🦵🐾
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 05/05/2026
Our May AXS Studio calendar image depicts an interactive MOA experience that allows viewers to navigate a 3D bone marrow microenvironment impacted by multiple myeloma. To learn more, visit: axs3d.com/portfolio-item/interactiv… #scienceinteractive #medaffairs
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 28/04/2026
From injection to impact—how do nanoparticles reach a tumor in the body? The INBS Lab does ground-breaking research that challenges the widely accepted theory of drug delivery to tumors. AXS Studio created an award-winning animation on it: ow.ly/12Ye50YR93x #biotechnology #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 24/04/2026
~1 million babies are born worldwide with a hereditary disease each year. AXS Studio created 3D scientific animations for Gene Doctors, a PBS documentary that tells the stories of patients and the scientists trying to save them. Produced by HHMI. #sciart #GeneticDiseases #Biotech
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 22/04/2026
On Earth Day, take your support to new heights! 🌎 Team Kick AXS is climbing the CN tower on May 3 to raise funds for WWF-Canada and the protection of endangered animals 🐾 Every donation helps preserve wildlife and their habitats for future generations: fundraisers.wwf.ca/fundraisers/kick…
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 20/04/2026
This Earth Day, we’re throwing back to our minigame Abode, in which you discover the small steps you can take to make you home more sustainable for the planet 🌎💙 Check it out here! axs3d.com/abode #earthday #sustainability #gamedev #throwback
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 17/04/2026
Listeria has become an unexpectedly popular vector for cancer immunotherapy vaccines. Weakened Listeria carrying tumour antigens are taken up via phagocytosis by antigen-presenting cells. The presented antigens then prime T cells to attack cancer cells. #oncology #CancerTreatment #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 07/04/2026
April is here! 🌱 That means spring has arrived, Earth Day is just around the corner, and everything is finally coming back to life in shades of green. 💚 Here’s a collage of past AXS Studio work featuring all things green, from plant cells to bacteria. #sciart #medicalanimation #microbiology
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 02/04/2026
Our April 2026 calendar shows a golgi apparatus membrane embedded with PKMYT1 proteins – an emerging therapeutic target in various cancers 🧬 Each year, we make a limited-edition calendar with some of our top work to share with friends & clients. Start your project today: axs3d.com #oncology #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 31/03/2026
Sometimes you need to take a step back to see the bigger picture 🔭 Our large-scale interactive Experience Wall invites congress attendees at scientific meetings such as ASCO and ASH to explore the complex biology underlying multiple myeloma. #MyelomaActionMonth #MoreThanMyeloma #medconference
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 27/03/2026
Cell yeah! ✌️AXS Studio designed these cute retro-style stickers as fun swag to share with our teammates, friends and families. We love bringing a bit of fun & playfulness into our science visuals 💫
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 25/03/2026
New advances in #AgTech now let crops fix nitrogen directly in their cells through multiple pathways 🌱 While we're best known for explaining biotech in healthcare, our expertise applies equally well to agricultural biotech innovations. Visit www.azotic.com/the-science to learn more.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 16/03/2026
AXS Studio is once again climbing the CN Tower to raise money for WWF-Canada and endangered wildlife! Here’s a #throwback picture from our summit in 2018. Please support Team KickAXS on our lofty goal by donating here: fundraisers.wwf.ca/fundraisers/kick… 🐼 #fundraising #climatechange
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 13/03/2026
AXS Studio is hiring an experienced, full-time Office Manager. Details here: axs3d.com/positions/2026_AXSStudio_… Know someone who thrives in a smaller company environment and loves wearing many hats? Point them in our direction! #TorontoJobs #RemoteWork
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 13/03/2026
March is #MyelomaActionMonth. Some myeloma therapies block the proteasome—the cell’s “garbage disposal”—causing misfolded proteins to build up and trigger cancer cell death. Medical animation helps clarify these treatments for clinicians and patients alike. #MoreThanMyeloma #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 12/03/2026
Our March AXS Studio Calendar image features casein and whey protein inside a baby’s belly! Blending 2D and 3D art styles can make complex medical science more approachable for lay audiences. Thoughtful visual design informs how non-medical audiences connect with medical content💡 #patientEd #sciart
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 05/03/2026
We’re inspired by possibility—exploring new creative approaches, and bringing vast technical knowledge and high quality execution to ensure your story makes a lasting impression. 🧫 axs3d.com/approach-to-creative-solutions #LifeScience #biotech #medaffairs #medcomms #MedicalAnimation 🐡🎨🧪🩺
Custom 3D illustration for axs3d.com and marketing materials. An visualization of AXS Studio workflow from storyboard/wireframe, through modeling, animation, design and interactive development. These stages are represented by workstations arranged in sequence around a central holographic human figure with visible anatomy—the immersive final product. Healthcare professionals interact with the content on a touchscreen, a VR headset and an iPad. Immersive 3D illustration style, reminiscent of Peter Tarka.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 03/03/2026
What makes medical conference activities successful with science-savvy users? From disease state simulators to experience walls, holograms, mixed reality, & more, we bring your story to life. axs3d.com/services/interactive-medical-scientific-experiences #ASCO2026 #biotech #InteractiveLearning 🩺🧪🎨🐡
Psoriatic Arthritis Simulator interactive at ACR 2014, Boston. Crowd of conference attendees participating in interactive experience.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 26/02/2026
A look back at our game PandemiQuest: Playing as an essential worker, you must balance social distancing and making deliveries—and connections—on a journey through Toronto. #COVID19 #SeriousGames #ThrowbackThursday 🩺🧪🐡🎨 youtu.be/eQ14k_6JptU?si=bvSw1dr659V…
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PandemiQuest
Ready to plunge into a nightmarish world of chaos and unbridled disease? Neither are we.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 25/02/2026
Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 to raise awareness about bullying. Now, more than 100 countries participate. Today we wear pink, share our pinkest work, and speak out against bullying. For anti-bullying resources, visit pinkshirtday.ca/resources #PinkShirtDay 🩺🧪🎨🐡
A collage of 9 images from AXS Studio medical animation projects featuring a pink colour palette.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 24/02/2026
💔From broken heart syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy), to the liver’s Kupffer cells, one of our most popular blog posts is a lively look at your Vital Organs. And what the heck is The Flying Wallenda of blood coagulation!? Find out: axs3d.com/blog/vital-organs #medsky #cardiosky #neurosky 🩺🧪🎨🐡
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Vital Organs In The Human Body
The human body is full of many organs which help it function. The heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and spleen are known as vital organs.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 22/02/2026
6 years ago, there was a hunger for info to help people navigate the COVID-19 crisis. To explain the difference between vaccines and antivirals, we used a warm, accessible style, made with the MNPRX renderer (artineering.io/software/MNPRX). 🧫 #medcomms #MedicalAnimation #PublicHealth #medsky 🐡🧪🎨🩺
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COVID-19 Vaccines vs. Antivirals: What’s the difference?
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 20/02/2026
Our February 2026 AXS Studio calendar image depicts keratinocytes—the cells of the epidermis—migrating over collagen fibers of the dermis to close a wound in the skin. 🧫 #MedicalAnimation #MedAffairs #dermsky #healing #medsky 🐡🧪🎨🩺
Digital 3D rendering of a keratinocyte migrating on a collagen extracellular matrix scaffold. The cytoskeleton is visible inside the cell body and in the pseudopods extending outward. The image has shallow depth of field, resulting in a background cell being out of focus.
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 14/02/2026
Whether with rising passions, feeling all aflutter, or calm contentment, it’s no wonder our beating hearts have been seen as vessels carrying our rich emotions through the ages and across cultures. From our animated hearts to yours, Happy Valentine’s Day! 🫀 #MedAffairs #cardiosky #medsky 🐡🧪🎨🩺
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 31/01/2026
Our Chicken Embryo Development scientific animation has been used widely in classrooms which was a primary goal of the project. And it continues to surprise us, as 12 years later it has gathered over 38 million YouTube views. 🐣 #FlashbackFriday #BirdArt 🧪🐡
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Chicken Embryo Development
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 13/02/2026
This is all-human made!
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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 13/02/2026
Good question! I'll have to ask around on the team and let you know. 🧐 Perhaps not the most surprising, but we have shared tips for accessible communication, and though these seem obvious in hindsight, it helps to articulate them when outlining a new project. -GM
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Accessibility in Scientific Communications Part Two: Lowering Barriers to Medical and Scientific Animation
Scientific Communications and Medical Affairs teams can design accessibility into their conference booths to lower barriers for all attendees.
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