The mechanism, in motion, made impossible to look away from.
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What we do
Some science only becomes clear when it moves. A mechanism of action unfolds in time, a pathway cascades, a therapy finds its target and acts. Static images approximate that. Motion shows it.
A mechanism animation is not decoration. It is the argument, made in the one medium that can carry a process from first contact to biological effect without losing a step. When investors, clinicians, and regulators are deciding whether to believe your science, a minute of precise, credible motion can do what a page of text cannot.
We build that motion with the largest certified medical illustration and animation team on the West Coast, working alongside PhD science writers. Every frame is scientifically defensible before it is beautiful. Our animation has been recognized at SIGGRAPH, AMI, and the Telly Awards, and mechanism-of-action animation remains among the most searched and least served capabilities in biotech communication. It is some of the most demanding work we do, and it is work we are known for.
Films
Seven films. Each plays here; the case behind it is one click further.
Sana Biotechnology
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TriSalus Life Sciences
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TriSalus Life Sciences
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Telios Pharma
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Moderna
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Kartos Therapeutics and Telios Pharma
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Project UnLonely
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Mechanism of action & mechanism of disease animation
Scientifically credible 3D and 2D animation of how a therapy works and how a disease progresses, built for investor presentations, IND and regulatory submissions, congress films, and corporate sites. We start with the science, deconstruct it to its essential beats, and rebuild it as a story an audience can follow at the pace their decision demands.
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Research & explainer animation
Motion-based explanations of complex biological, chemical, or technical processes, calibrated to the audience and the stakes. Precise, diligence-grade work for investors, partners, and regulatory review. Accessible, human work for patients, clinicians, and the public. The rigor is the same. The register changes.
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Science education, disease awareness & advocacy film
Broadcast-quality animated and illustrated films that make complex science land for patients, caregivers, and the public, in the tradition of the best health education media. Disease-education campaigns, mechanism-of-disease films, drug-effect explainers, and advocacy work for foundations, health agencies, and pharma. Scientific accuracy and human resonance are not a trade-off here. We hold both.
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Motion systems & sonic identity
The craft that carries a film beyond a single deliverable. Reusable motion language, a library of 3D assets and rigs built from real structural data, a sonic identity, and the presentation and exhibit systems that let one animation work across a website, a congress booth, a pitch, and a screen on a wall.
Who this is for
Biotech and pharma teams
Preparing an investor moment, a regulatory filing, or a congress debut, where the science has to perform under scrutiny.
Discovery-stage companies
Making a novel platform legible for the first time.
Global health organizations and foundations
Turning research and program outcomes into something a broad public can grasp and act on.
Anyone whose science is invisible
Real, complex, and currently invisible to the people who most need to understand it.
The moments we're built for
Motion earns its cost at specific inflection points.
A clinical readout that needs its mechanism framed before the market frames it.
A commercialization push that has to reach clinicians, investors, and patients at once.
A new discovery no one outside the lab can yet see.
A public health crisis that needs speed and clarity together.
An education opportunity where belief, not information, is the goal.
Selected work
Sana Biotechnology
One-minute mechanism animations of two platforms, built for the website and investor engagements.
TriSalus Life Sciences
A growing library of mechanism-of-action and mechanism-of-disease animation for a novel cancer platform.
Telios Pharma
A 3D mechanism film at the center of an award-winning congress debut.
Moderna
Mechanism and disease animation from R&D days to the TED stage.
Project UnLonely
An animated film that made the science of loneliness approachable for a broad public.
Related capabilities
Common questions
What is the difference between MOA and MOD animation?
A mechanism-of-action film shows how your intervention works. A mechanism-of-disease film shows why the problem exists at all. Most teams need both, and the order matters: an audience has to believe the problem before the solution can mean anything.
How long should a mechanism film be?
Most run 60 to 90 seconds. That is long enough to establish a mechanism honestly and short enough to serve a partnering meeting, the website, and a congress loop without a re-edit for each.
Who animates it?
One of the largest teams of board-certified medical animators on the West Coast, working from your primary literature and structural data rather than from a creative brief alone.
Can we reuse the footage?
Yes, and that is the point. We build scenes and assets so one production supplies the site, the deck, the booth, and internal training, and so the library extends as the pipeline does instead of starting over.
Your mechanism deserves to be seen in motion.
Let's talk about the film your science needs.