IMMpress Volume 14 Issue 1 – Built to Survive: Immunity Beyond Humans

This marks the sixth and final issue cover I will design for IMMpress Magazine. It has been such a rewarding experience to bring together all of the articles over the past two years. Ana Sofia Mendoza Viruega will be stepping in as the newest Design Director, and I’m excited to see the creativity and fresh ideas she will bring to future issues.
For this issue’s cover, I wanted to illustrate some of the incredible animals and model organisms featured in our students’ articles. The cover portrays the naked mole-rat, lamprey, rhesus macaque, fruit fly, chicken, and of course the familiar C57BL/6 mouse. These animals are surrounded by petunias (featured in the RNAi article) and the white flowers of Arabidopsis thaliana, one of the most widely used plants in genetics and cell biology research. The cover and opening pages of this magazine feature a vibrant green palette to pay homage to the diverse flora and fauna that shape our understanding of biology, immunity, and the interconnected systems of life that make scientific discoveries possible.

Jennifer Ahn, Design Director