Accessibility in Scientific Communications Part One: Lowering Barriers at Scientific Congress Booths
Making science easy to understand is not easy. Scientific Communications and Medical Affairs professionals know there’s more to it than translating jargon and distilling data into a presentation. There is also the challenge of designing for how people learn: how they remember and process information. But no matter how well-written or visually striking a presentation […]
International Women’s Day 2023
International Women’s Day is a global celebration of women and women’s rights advocacy. Previously, we interviewed AXS co-founder Sonya about her journey as a female entrepreneur. This year, we’re shining a spotlight on our exceptional and eagle-eyed Head of Art and Design, Joyce Hui, as she shares her thoughts on the intersections between gender equity, design, and […]
How It’s Made: Abode
Our second Trust-a-thon minigame is about the small steps you can take to live more sustainably at home. Vesalius Trust-a-thon is an annual team fundraiser that supports student and professional research in the field of biomedical communications. Teams have two weeks to create a communication piece based off of a secret theme. After last year’s […]
How It’s Made: PandemiQuest
One year into lockdown, our Trust-a-thon minigame created around the theme of “Apart but Together” is more relevant than ever. Last September, Team AXS set an ambitious goal to create a game in 5 days for the Vesalius Trust-a-thon, in order to raise funds to support student and professional research in the field of biomedical communications. […]
Global Game Jam 2020: How to Make a Game in 48 Hours
The Global Game Jam is the world’s largest international game creation event, where creatives of all stripes are given a theme around which they must try to build a game over a single weekend. This year, three intrepid AXS members stepped up to the challenge: Developers Matthew Ostil and David Tran, and Head of Art […]