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Become a Scientific Graphic Designer

Equip yourself with the necessary skills to land your first job as a scientific illustrator — or take your career to the next level by adding in-demand design skills. You’ll learn how to create professional scientific illustrations and data visualizations using the most common software tools. By completing the courses, you’ll be able to design figures for grants, presentations, and publications.

Pro members gain in-depth training through the online course portal with access to hundreds of easy-to-use templates. Sign up to receive unlimited access to all of the free courses as well as the advanced courses and templates listed below for only $59/year.

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Scientific illustration and data visualization course examples

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What do I get with Simplified Science Pro?

Scientific Illustration and Data Visualization Skills

Go from zero to full design skills

Convenient comprehensive courses provide you with the step-by-step training to excel as a scientific illustrator. Less stress on finding the right tutorials, so you can focus on building skills.

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Improve grant & publication rates

Improving the data visualizations and illustrations in your publications and grants has a positive impact on acceptance rates and audience understanding.

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Expand your career options

The job market for researchers and graphic designers is competitive. Increasing your data visualization and scientific illustration skills is a great way to help you stand out from the crowd.

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Download useful templates

Get access to hundreds of templates that allow you to quickly make professional designs, regardless of your skill level. The plan includes a download library with over 400 illustrations and Excel graphing template files.



Templates have a value of over $90 and include the popular Biological Diagram and Laboratory Tool templates.

Scientific Design Training and Tools

Expand your design skills and career opportunities with comprehensive online courses
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Adobe Illustrator online course for scientists and researchers

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator for Scientists

A comprehensive Adobe Illustrator course with everything you need to know to create scientific publications, presentations, and posters.

  • 22 lessions
  • 6 hours of training video
  • Includes scientific figure and color palette templates



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Advanced data visualizations online course examples

Adobe Illustrator for Advanced Data Visualizations

Learn how to transform Excel, SVG, and PDF output from different types of graphing software into professional data visualizations.

  • 7 lessions
  • 2.5 hours of training video
  • Includes Excel graph and table templates



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Biological diagram illustration online course example

Biological Diagram Templates and Tutorials

Download over 270 customizable designs with in-depth trainings on how to use the templates to create impressive illustrations and figures.

  • 10 lessions
  • 3+ hours of training video
  • Includes over 270 customizable vector images and template designs for Adobe Illustrator and PowerPoint

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Affinity Designer online course for scientific illustrations and data visualizations

Affinity Designer for Scientists Overview

Affinity Designer is the best affordable alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Watch these tutorials for an overview of the illustration and data visualization tools.

  • 4 lessions
  • 1.5 hours of training video
  • Includes scientific figure and color palette templates




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Data visualization, illustration, and Adobe Illustrator template library

Simplified Science Pro Download Library

All of the template files and training guides in one place! Download over 400 templates that will accelerate your scientific designs.

  • Includes the popular Laboratory Tools and Biological Diagram templates
  • Templates for illustrations, graphs, tables, figures, and graphical abstracts
  • Downloads have a total value of over $90 in the template store

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Adobe Illustrator Learning Lab

Next Session: Friday, February 23rd

@11:00AM PT (8-GMT)

Do you need help creating your scientific figures, data visualizations, or illustrations in Adobe Illustrator? Do you have questions about scientific design careers? The Learning Lab will provide you with the answers.

New online courses for 2024

Upcoming Pro Courses for 2024!

  • Scientific Animations in PowerPoint and Adobe After Effects (May 2024)
  • Advanced Illustration and Artificial Intelligence Drawing Tools (Nov 2024)
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Course Instructor

Karen Thiebes is a professional scientific illustrator and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Oregon Health & Science University. She has led scientific design courses for over 7 years and enjoys teaching participants how to quickly transform data into effective designs using Adobe Illustrator, PowerPoint, Affinity Designer, and Excel.

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