Animation
What makes the coronavirus so infectious?
Lenni grasps the scientific details you need to communicate and translates them into engaging and accurate animation.
In this animation she took on all roles in the design and production. Lenni collaborated with Lily Chylek on the narration. The animation is based on the research of Beata Turoňová and Mateusz Sikora at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics. It shows the three hinges in the coronavirus spike protein that make the virus more infectious.
Nanowire Growth
Lenni works with protein structures and animates cellular processes. Working with the the nanowire and pili subunits, she animated and created narration for Dr. Nikhil Malvankar’s research on the interaction between the two filaments.
The goal of this work is to optimize the flow of electricity generated by geobacter and use it to perform a number of environmental services such as removing salt from groundwater.
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Synthetic Molecular Motor
We excel at visualizing structures and events outside the range of human perception. Lenni researched, designed, animated and created narration for the story of Dr. Henry Dube’s molecular motor.
This molecular motor demonstrates a step toward creating synthetic molecular machines which control motion at the molecular level.
The animation was inspired by Dr. Dube’s research at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen in Germany.
Microbes on the move
Lenni has the ability to visualize structures and events in three dimensions. She’ll work from the materials you give her to create your 2D or 3D animation.
The E. coli bacterium rotor is an example of a complex molecular motor. E. coli can be seen in an electron microscope, but details of the motion of the flagella cannot.
Lenni worked from the light microscope videos to create this 2D animation. Dr. Howard Berg acted as science advisor for the animation which now needs an update to show new information.
Many paths to muscle weakness
We hone in on the key concepts of your message.
Three kinds of muscle protein mutations ultimately weaken muscle contraction, but they do it in different ways. She highlighted the effect of each mutation on muscle contraction via animation of the electron micrographs. This video shows a summary of these processes.
Lenni originally designed and produced this as an interactive to show research from the lab of Dr. Alan Beggs from the Children’s Hospital. Dr. Beggs.
The shape of Cape Cod
Lenni collaborates with your team to pool the best ideas.
Commissioned by TERC, Lenni researched concepts, developed storyboards and prototypes and collaborated with science experts and the TERC team to produce the final animation.
In the Windows on Earth museum exhibit, visitors can (virtually) fly around the surface of the earth, andsee how Earth’s surface changes through geological time. The exhibit appears in museums such as the Museum of Science in Boston and the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
Why do trout need high river flows?
We keep things simple. We find effective solutions that are as simple as possible to produce, but not simpler.
Lenni designed and produced this animated video commissioned by Trout Unlimited about the dangerous consequences of river diversion. Working with provided audio narration, she designed and produced storyboard, animation and final video.
Figuring Food Miles
Some projects call for a cartoon style and Lenni is the skilled cartoonist for the job.
This animation is part of a curriculum called "Math at the Core." Working from a Next Generation math standard, Lenni developed a concept for a real world problem for 6th graders to solve. Commissioned by WGBH, she chose and designed the concept and produced the animation from storyboard to final production.