Helping Indian Scientists Create Research Visuals Easily

Helping Indian Scientists Create Research Visuals Easily Problem Scientists and engineers in India often struggle to create visuals for their research papers that clearly communicate their ideas. One major reason is that most design and illustration tools are not built for science or for scientists. As a result, researchers spend weeks or even months trying to make figures and plots. Many end up publishing visuals that do not do justice to their hard work or the quality of their research. We are working to change this. Outline -A live demo of creating a highly detailed 3D illustration of drug delivery to cancer tissue in under one minute using Labcanvas.io. Which would take at least 3 to 8 hours in tools like Blender for an expert. This does not rely on AI image generation or ready made templates, but on structured generators. -How building a community of scientific illustrators scicommtalent.com helped scientists find and hire illustrators who truly understand their research -How we can use Google AI Studio to rig SVG illustrations which scientists can customize without drawing. This solved decades old problem in illustration tools ‘customizability’. This workflow is unique and something we developed ourselves. -AI image generation is not the future in science visualization but generators are. -What building free resources and tools for science visualization like moldraw.com, openscienceart.com, planticons.com, posterscientist.com, mapmypaper.com helped me learn about building solutions for dataviz.. How you also can build tools and resources even without coding skills with minimal cost. Requirements None. Anyone who are interested in visualizing science and data are welcome to join. Also those who are interested in learning how to build visualization tools are welcome to join Speaker Bio Rafeeque is a scientific illustrator, educator, and founder of Scidart Academy and Labcanvas. He works closely with scientists, engineers, and doctors to help them communicate research through illustrations, animations, and videos, and has trained more than 2500 researchers. He holds a BSMS in Chemistry from IISER Thiruvananthapuram and has collaborated with academic institutes, publishers, and a pharma company to create research visuals. Through workshops, courses, and open platforms, he has helped thousands of researchers across India learn how to communicate science visually with clarity and confidence.