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Santiago Ramón y Cajal Exhibit

This exhibit, located near the North Entrance of the Neuroscience Building 35 on the NIH Campus, features the original illustrations of the "Father of Modern Neuroscience", famed scientist/artist Santiago Ramón y Cajal.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal exhibit with shipping crate

In addition to seven rotating original Cajal illustrations, the exhibit also features tangible 3d printed models which help offer perspective to visually impaired users.  These files are made available on the 3D Print Exchange. Direct links to which are provided at the end of this page.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo raˈmon i kaˈxal]; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, specializing in neuroanatomy, particularly the histology of the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906,[1] with Ramón y Cajal thereby becoming the first person of Spanish origin who won a scientific Nobel Prize. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience. Hundreds of his drawings illustrating the delicate arborizations of brain cells are still in use for educational and training purposes.

Close up of Santiago Ramón y Cajal Exhibit illustration and 3d print
Photograph of the Cajal Exhibit in the Neuroscience Building

3D Printed Files

4th Installation (current)

3rd Installation

2nd Installation

1st Installation

Test Print

Photos

3D Print in a vice to hold it as the solvent dries
Photograph of the 3D printed plates being glued together

 3d printClose up of the 3D print


Speaker at exhibit opening
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