Everyday, scientists are discovering and inventing things that no human has ever seen before. David Bolinsky is dedicated to making those discoveries visible, understandable and compelling.

David is a pioneer in the scientific animation  industry, and the founder of  XVIVO, an award-winning animation studio that creates compelling visual productions for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies, advertising agencies, educational organizations, museums and broadcast companies.

In his presentations at conferences and events all over the world, David demonstrates the power of his visual medium as an educational tool, and takes audiences, ‘from script to screen,’  as he shares highlights of his company’s animations  and illustrations.

David Bolinsky’s recent talks include:

• Singularity University, Lecture, 2009, NASA’s Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA
• World Science Festival, Animation Lecture, 2009, New York, NY
• Media Technology Days 2009, Graduation Keynote, University of Linkoping, Norrkoping, Sweden
• TED Conference- TED University Speaker, 2009, Long Beach, CA
• Business of Science Symposium, Keynote, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• National Academy of Sciences, Science and Entertainment Exchange, Panel Member, 2008, Hollywood, CA
• Electronic Imaging Conference (SPIE/IS&T), Speaker, 2008, Albuquerque, Mew Mexico
• Yale University, Technology & Ethics Working Group, Lecture, 2008, New Haven, CT
• The Digital View: Animating the Life of a Cell, 2008, Cuyahoga County Library, Parma, OH
• Asian Youth Animation Conference, Speaker, 2008, Guiyang, China
• X Future Trends Forum, Bankinter Foundation, Speaker, 2008, Madrid, Spain
• Health Sciences Communications Association (HeSCA) Innovations in Imaging, Lecture, Yale University, 2008, New Haven, CT
• TED Conference Speaker, 2007, Monterey, CA

Click the Play button below to view David Bolinsky at Ted 2007, recorded March 2007 in Monterey, CA. (Duration: 10 minutes )

Description from the Ted Conference Web site: David Bolinsky and his team at XVIVO illustrate scientific and medical concepts with high-drama animation. These animators are true auteurs, carefully scripting and editing the story of cellular processes to show everyone — expert and amateur alike — the truth and the beauty of our bodies. You’ve never seen the life of a cell quite like this.

More recent talks:

• How To Produce Stunning Educational Animations, Life Sciences Division-Video Multimedia Group, Harvard University, 2007, Cambridge, MA
• Red Stick Animation Festival, Keynote, 2007, Baton Rouge, LA
• 56th American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference, Animation Presentation, 2007, Philadelphia, PA
• Guild of Natural Science Illustrators National Conference, Keynote Speaker, 2007, Bozeman, MT
• State of California Education Conference- Transforming Schools and Communities in the Creative Age- Featured speaker, 2007, Rancho Mirage, CA
• Association of Medical Illustrators National Convention, Keynote Speaker, 2007, Bozeman, MT
• The Encyclopedia of Life; Kickoff conference for E.O Wilson’s (Harvard) TED Prize project, Panelist, Field Museum, 2007, Chicago, IL
• Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Plenary Speaker, 2006, San Jose, CA
• 2006 National Science Broadcasters Electronic Imaging Conference, 2006, Houston, TX
• Grafil Design Conference, Keynote Speaker, Oslo, Norway
• Tokyo Geijutsu Gaikun (Design School), Guest Lecturer; in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto, Japan
• As co-chair/founding organizer of first International Science Animation Festival, Keynote Address, 2009, Guiyang, China
• Association of Medical Illustrators, Futures Forum Panelist, 2009, Richmond, VA
• Frank Armitage Lecturer, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 2009
• TED India, 2009, Mysore, India

Upcoming talks include:

• Lectures at Texas A&M School of Medicine, 2009, College Station, TX

Annual & miscellaneous stuff:

Workshops and panel discussions for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Annual lecture on Visual Media in Law at the Quinnipiac University Law School, Hamden, CT

David has an on-going advisory affiliation with Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry where science and health exhibits are being completely redesigned, and for whom XVIVO has been creating new animations (including replacing the old plaster heart).

Interviewed by Robert Krulwich, National Public Radio, July, 2009

Interviews in recognition (for the whole XVIVO team) stemming from XVIVO’s creation of Harvard’s Molecular and Cellular Biology animation, The Inner Life of the Cell

The Inner Life of the Cell was profiled by Robert Krulwich, on The ABC Evening News, 2008

David’s current pet project is a book: Pluripotential: How Stem Cells Will Change Your Life, in collaboration with Daniel Kraft, M.D. (Stanford University)

Visit the News Section at XVIVO.net to find links to media coverage