Faculty member Jeni Fairman received the 2021 Premier Award, a top tier award in the Graphic Media/Poster category of the Biocommunications Association’s annual Bioimages Exhibit for her work entitle Science vs. Virus which she created for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The globe-sweeping reality of SARS-CoV-2 lead to an infodemic of misinformation as contagious as the virus itself. While the virus wreaked havoc, science offered hope. Using the voice of the virologist, Jeni created an infographic poster illustrating the novel coronavirus structure, lifecycle (or replication cycle), and a survey of strategic therapies currently being researched and discussed in the scientific community in order to target COVID-19.
https://bca.org/BioImages-Winners-2021-Illustrations-and-Graphics/Graphic-Media
This infographic poster was intended to inform Johns Hopkins faculty, students, alumni and educated lay public about the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). This poster was originally designed as a visual narrative spread for the COVID-19 Special Edition Summer 2020 issue. The organization and depiction are approximated based on scientific literature, scanning electron microscopy or x-ray crystallography data (PDB files), and discussions in the medical visualization and virology research communities as of early June 2020. Protein structures were stylized using instructional color for a logical and engaging flow of visual information.
The planned adaptations of this infographic include: a poster, a printed 2-page spread for the JHSPH magazine, web/mobile format (magazine.jhsph.edu/2020/science-vs-virus), and an animated video presentation (https://youtu.be/xRTMXvZ75dY).
