<input type="checkbox" id="egg" style="display:none;"><label for="egg" class="easter-label"></label> I’m a medical professional with over 5 years of experience in lab medicine and pharmacy. I'm a former **Medical Lab Assistant** and current Registered Pharmacy Technician with expectations to advance my talent as a **Certified Pharmacy Technician** ([CPhT](https://ptcb.org/credentials/certification/certified-pharmacy-technician)) with a specialty in sterile drug compounding. Between studies and work you can find me enjoying road trips, a hard-to-beat hike, and sharing an evening fire with friends ;) <br> <iframe src="https://3dproteinimaging.com/protein-imager/?projectId=A1gyzuA2R0QEk1iXjRsK&isUserProject=1&gui=transparent&animate=spin" width="100%" height="600" loading="lazy"></iframe> # Science Visualization Combining art with data has become a deeply satisfying way to decipher our unseeable architecture. I turn to the art of science visualization to make complex research datasets accessible and accurate—representing the natural world as it actually appears at scales invisible to the eye. Truly unseeable things are up and dancing to make it all work. > ### Flash-freezing life's nanometer toolkit and casting its shadow by electron beam is called cryo-electron microscopy, or [cryo-EM](https://youtu.be/qc2PbmI5qMw?si=HOvVoLZL2QZKv-PD), and I dream to lead a career in _solving the core architecture of the cell_. By creating visualizations that get to the point without rolling up your sleeves I advance transparency and reproducibility in the natural sciences.^[Wilkinson MD, Dumontier M, Aalbersberg IJ, Appleton G, Axton M, Baak A, Blomberg N, Boiten JW, da Silva Santos LB, Bourne PE, Bouwman J. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Scientific data. 2016 Mar 15;3(1):1-9. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.18] Much of my work focuses on how proteins form complex shapes and band together to sustain processes that underlie all life.^[Bustamante C. Molecular machines one molecule at a time. Protein science: a publication of the Protein Society. 2017 Jun 20;26(7):1245. doi: 10.1002/pro.3205] # Seeing How Insulin is Arranged ![[lemasterdj_insulin_storage_figure.png]] I analyzed several review papers to better understand the stepwise organization of human insulin storage in the presence of zinc and calcium ions. In the body, insulin monomers first associate to form dimers, and then three dimers assemble into a compact hexameric storage form. This hexamer is a highly efficient packing arrangement within pancreatic β-cells, helping stabilize insulin for storage until secretion is needed. In that sense, insulin exemplifies how biomolecular structure can be visualized in a way that is both accurate and useful for educational, translational, and clinical communication.^[Ayan E, Engilberge S, Yokoi S, Orlans J, de Sanctis D, Basu S, Rive‐Mathieu E, Kepceoglu A, Mitsutake A, Demirci H. Triple Calcium Binding Stoichiometry in the Monoclinic Crystal Form of Protracted Insulin. Small Structures. 2025 Dec;6(12):e202500398. doi: 10.1002/sstr.202500398] This is just one example of how I make sense of researcher data by visualizing biomolecules in ways that communicate clearly and accurately. Using data from the RCSB Protein Data Bank,^[Berman HM, Burley SK. Protein Data Bank (PDB): Fifty-three years young and having a transformative impact on science and society. Quarterly reviews of biophysics. 2025 Jan;58:e9. doi: 10.1017/S0033583525000034] I identify structural features relevant for educational, translational, and clinical applications. # Contact **[email protected] [(614) 604-2565](tel:6146042565) [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3548-3303) [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/lemasterdj) [Instagram](https://instagram.com/lemasterdj) [Zotero](https://www.zotero.org/lemasterdj/item-list)**