ESB Webinar Series - No. 18 - An Introduction to Blender for Upgrading your Figures

Creating good quality figures for your paper and presentations is important: they make your complex data easier to understand for everyone. Plus, they make your work look solid and can boost your chances of getting published in better journals. In this webinar, we will showcase Blender, a tool that can be used to generate figures. Blender (www.blender.org) is an open-source 3D creation program that supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline-modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking, as well as video editing and game creation. For scientific figures, Blender is particularly useful due to its ability to create accurate, high-quality visualizations. As scientists, we can use Blender to render 3D models of molecular structures, biological organisms, or simulate processes in a visually engaging manner.
During this webinar, attendees will learn about:
● The interface of Blender and how to use it
● Main functions to generate 3D renders
● Overview of other advanced tools for textures and animations
Meaning that you will be able to create basic 3D renders and understand the possibilities of the program so you can keep learning on your own.
The webinar is conducted by Adrián Seijas Gamardo, who is a PhD candidate at the MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine. His research focuses on the generation of complex in vitro models, with a special focus on tissue innervation, using different biofabrication technologies, 3D co-culture systems, human iPSCs and organoids. You can find Adrián on Twitter/X (x.com/AdrianSeiG) and Linkedin ( / adrian-seijas-gamardo .