Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations

2026/05/02 by Stephen D. Turner · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Decision Sciences · #Cell Image Analysis Techniques #Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research #Academic Publishing and Open Access

paper · doi:10.59350/5zttj-fay97

Abstract

Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics

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