Bacteriophages as an Alternative to Antibiotics

Title: Bacteriophages as an Alternative to Antibiotics Company/Institution: University of Illinois Chicago, Biomedical Visualization Medium/Software: Animated in Cinema4D, materials created using Redshift, post compositing and audio in Aftereffects. Final Presentation Format: Mp4 Video Primary Audience: Academic audience

Intended Purpose: This animation was designed for a general academic audience to introduce bacteriophages as a potential alternative to antibiotics for treating infectious diseases. The story follows a bacteriophage as it targets an antibiotic-resistant bacterium within a cellular environment of intestinal villi. To illustrate the bacterium's resistance, its color changes as it becomes unaffected by antibiotics. While therapeutic treatments using bacteriophages are still undergoing clinical trials, they have shown promising results. This animation provides a simple overview of the mechanism by which bacteriophages target and infect bacteria.