ASBMB Today: Scientific illustration as a career with Radhika Patnala

Isha Dey spoke in her article for ASBMB Today with three science illustrators about their career paths. One of them, Dr. Radhika Patnala told her story of becoming a scientific illustrator.

She describes her childhood in an artistic household and explains why she decided to become a scientist and later fuse her creative skills and scientific knowledge into a career.

‘The world of art and design was quite prevalent in my household as I was growing up," Patnala said, "so I developed an interest in fine arts, design concepts and design software from a very young age, even before I was exposed to the wonderful world of science and biology.’