Welcome to Cortical Studios

We are an award-winning bioinformatics company that combines 3D animation, multimedia and scientific knowledge to meet your communication needs. With our academic background in the fields of biotechnology and molecular cellbiology and our computer expertise we provide cutting edge 3D animation productions for even the most complex projects. We translate complex scientific information into comprehensible artistic imagery in order to improve communication in the life sciences. Please feel free to contact us with any questions regarding the possibilities for your unique project.

Testimonials

“An animation company needs to be able to listen, needs to have proper knowledge, needs to be creative and needs to be able to handle deadlines accurately. We need this in order to be able to transfer abstraction into concrete images.

Cortical Studios is that great partner for us. Cortical Studios knows how to bring the invisible to life, in an impressive manner.”

Werner Degger - Producer
AVC University of Amsterdam

“I wanted to take the time to thank you and your team very much, for the achievements in the 3D work of our films. It is really impressive and it provides a serious added value to our film. The responses, so far, have been very positive and they are especially due to the animations and their background meaning and the various layers in the film.”

Nicole Verbeeck - Sr. Communications Specialist, Global R&D Communications
Johnson & Johnson

“Thanks for the animation work. We have received a lot of positive feedback of both patients and colleagues. Many compliments, also on behalf of the cardiac team!”

Joris van Eijck - Business manager Cardiac Center
Academic Medical Center Amsterdam

“We are very pleased with the visualisation of our CLIPS™ technology. Instead of showing many slides, we are now able to show what our technology can mean to our customers in one minute. In particular because of the scientific background of Cortical Studios, the production process of the 3D animation was very successful.”

Peter van Dijken - Chief Commercial Officer
Pepscan Therapeutics

“We are very happy about the great collaboration we had with Cortical Studios. The illustrations that Cortical Studios' team created for us were quite complex, requiring an understanding of an innovative new combination of medical, chemical and mechanical elements that needed to be visualized through several phases of the disease therapy process. Furthermore, we requested a strong artistic touch and an impressive 3D perspective which they executed perfectly.”

Sandy Hathaway - Global Communications & Global Sales Strategy
BIOTRONIK

“I would like to compliment you on the outstanding end result of the animation. We are impressed! Our complex technology for the tracing of antigen-specific T cells was visualised in a comprehensible manner. We very much appreciate your effort in the entire project and we very much appreciate your effort for realising our wishes.”

Paul Brockhoff - Marketing Manager
Sanquin

News

January, 2013
Pfizer
In the second phase of the rheumatology Pfizer project, together Cortical Studios and Glow Studio developed an animation illustrating the pathologic characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis and its possible treatments.

October, 2012
New York Festivals
Cortical Studios is invited to serve as a jury member for the 2013 New York Festival International Television & Film Awards.

17/18 September, 2012
PICNIC
Cortical Studios presents at The PICNIC Festival 2012 at The EYE Film Institute.

May, 2012
Kemin
Development of an MoA animation for Lysoforte, a biosurfactant enhancing nutrient absorption.

February, 2012
Kemin
Kemin AgriFoods commissioned Cortical Studios to create an animation that details the mechanism of action of CLOSTAT, a Bacillus subtilis strain including PB6 to help maintain intestinal health.

December, 2011
The Global Awards
The film "Our Immune System" was listed as finalist in the categories "Animation Computer" and "Film / Video (Communication to the Healthcare Professional)" at The 2011 Global Awards.

October, 2011
University of Amsterdam
In a joint effort with Cyberfish, Cortical Studios redesigned an animation for the University of Amsterdam, demonstrating how with the use of gene therapy, a liver cell can be genetically changed.

October, 2011
New York Festivals
Cortical Studios has been invited to join the Grand Jury at the 2012 New York Festival International Television & Film Awards.

June, 2011
New York Festivals
Cortical Studios won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2011 International New York Festivals (NYF) in the categories "Professional Education", "Instruction & Education" and "Animation" with the short film "Our Immune System".

May, 2011
Sanquin
Cortical Studios was selected by Sanquin Blood Supply to create an animation illustrating their combinatorial coding technology, that makes simultaneous monitoring of a large number of T cell specificities possible and increases the speed of epitope identification and biomarker discovery.

April, 2011
The Telly Awards
The film "Our Immune System" won two silver awards (1st place) and three bronze awards in the categories "Education (for Academic Use)", "Animation", "Use of Animation", "Education" and "Pharmaceuticals" at The 32 Annual Telly Awards.

April, 2011
BIOTRONIK
Cortical Studios was appointed by BIOTRONIK to produce two 3D illustrations about their latest developments in drug-eluting technologies for cardiovascular disease.

March, 2011
Promethera
Development of an animation that details the mechanism of action on Hepastem, a unique cell therapy product, to treat severe diseases of the liver affecting children and adults.

March, 2011
REPUTATION
Development of an MoA animation, confidential.

November, 2010
Pfizer
In a joint effort with Glow Studio, Cortical Studios was responsible for the development of the short film "Our Immune System", which explains the process of inflammation and what goes wrong in the functioning of the body, when a person suffers from an autoimmune disease.

27 October, 2010
Beamlab
Cortical Studios presents at
Pakhuis de Zwijger.

November, 2009
Movetis – Across Health
Development of an animation that details the mechanism of action on Resolor, a selective, high affinity 5-HT4 receptor agonist for the treatment of chronic constipation.

August, 2009
Academic Medical Center – University of Amsterdam
Production of several animations for the AMC Cardiac Center.

May, 2009
Wyeth
Animation for the launch of one of the new Centrum multivitamins.

April, 2009
University of Amsterdam
Development of two animations that examine the progress of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). The animations were created for a new anticoagulent.

February, 2009
Presentation at AIM Event 2009

November, 2008
The Global Awards
The double gold winning short film "From Molecule to Medicine", developed in part by Cortical Studios, has won a Global Award in the category "Consumer: Film/Video". The awards are dedicated to excellence in healthcare communications on an international basis.

October, 2008
Teleac
Cortical Studios gives a television interview at ScienceFlash.

September, 2008
Cortical Studios presents at Discovery08,
a scientific festival at the NEMO Science Center.

January, 2008
New York Festivals
Norvell Jefferson won two gold medals in the category "Health/Medical Issues" and in the category "Healthcare Professional Education" at the 2008 international New York Festivals (NYF).
In this joint effort with Glow Studio, Cortical Studios was chiefly responsible for portraying the 3D animations on sound scientific principles whilst enhancing the artistic content of the images.

March, 2007
Living Tomorrow Vilvoorde
Cortical Studios was one of the parties responsible for the development of the short film "From Molecule to Medicine", explaining the process of the development of new medicine, and a short film about the latest scientific technologies to be possibly used in medical science.

June, 2007
Excerpta Medica
Development of an animation that shows the mechanism of action of a new medicine.

February, 2006
Pepscan Systems
An animation for the explanation of Pepscans CLIPS technology.

January, 2006
HAN Expertise Centre
Production of an animation for the Opening of a new BioCentre.

October, 2005
Wyeth
Development of a medical animation, that details the mechanism of action on several biologicals, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

October, 2004
Genomics innovation day 2004
‘Capture the Potential of Genomics‘

October, 2002
BioExchange 2002

October, 2002
CPhI Worldwide 2002
‘The Biotech Hot Spot‘

Juni, 2002
Bio 2002
'The International Biotechnology Convention & Exhibition'

Our work

Animation

Illustration

Interactive