Phylogenetic mobile of sequenced mammals

Phylogenetic trees show the evolutionary relationships between animals. This is a scientifically accurate scale model of a phylogenetic tree with the thirty mammals whose genomes have been sequenced. The full size mobile, measuring about 20 feet across, hangs in the lobby of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA.

Announcements

• 1 July 2012 - Giving a Gallery Talk at Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
• 19 April 2012 - Guest lecture in CS171 Visualization at Harvard University
• 26 March 2012 - Presenting at Novartis' Informatics in Drug Discovery Conference
• 1 January 2010 - Data visualization can serve two distinct purposes: to communicate research findings and to guide the data-exploration process. This column is the first in a series that will focus on data-visualization techniques intended to support data exploration.
• 1 December 2011 - The primary tenets of design are utility and function. My column this month is on how the design process helps us develop a visual literacy to construct presentations that are appealing and convincing.
• 1 November 2011 - My column on the how discordance between components of an image that are most noticeable and those that are most relevant or important can compromise the effectiveness of a presentation.
• 1 October 2011 - My October column on Layout in Nature Methods
• 14 September 2011 - My Points of View column on arrows - Free access for 1 month courtesy of NPG.
• 23 July 2011 - Moderating Futures Forum on Social, Mobile, and Global at Association of Medical Illustrators 66th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD
• 20 July 2011 – Presenting at Centennial Celebration - 100 years of Medical Illustration at Johns Hopkins University.
• 10 July 2011 - Keynote presentation at Gordon Research Conference: Visualization in Science & Education in Smithfield, RI
• 14 June 2011 – Keynote presentation at Illumina's 2011 iDEA challenge in San Diego, CA
• 6 April 2011 - Guest Lecture at Harvard University in CS171 - Visualization
• 24 March 2011 - Participating in NSF grant review panel.
• 21 March 2011 - Profile in Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science