Genome-wide screen using CRISPR identifies 100s of genes important for neuronal development 📷 Galya Monderer-Rothkoff re paper A Amelan, S Collins, N Damseh et al bsky.app/profile/sagi... & Binnaz Yalcin lab in @natneuro.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Attention all #kidlit friends: This Thursday, February 5th, is #KidLitArtPostcard day! Get your art ready and I'll see you on the timeline! www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, and fellow #kidlit folk out there. Hope you’re all having a lovely February, you wonderful people. If you have a BB, PB, CB, MG project, and need an illustrator, get in touch! #kidlitart #scbwiillustrators #illustratorsoninstragram

Get some sleep!

Response to rhinovirus depends on levels of interferon production & viral load – differences revealed using a nasal organoid 📷 Julien Amat & Bao Wang, relating to B.Wang et al article @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @cellpressblue.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Assembloids are the new organoids!

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday! I’m Ruth and I’m a children’s book illustrator ready to take on your next picture book, chapter book, middle grade and more. Get in touch! 😊 #kidlitartpostcard #scbwiillustrator #funinthesnow #wintersports #illustration

How connections from the brain's cerebellum established in early life shape brain function 📷 Raquel Murcia-Ramón et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Healing of injured blood vessels is driven by gap junction protein connexin 43 at the wound edge 📷 Meghan W. Sedovy et al Scott Johnstone lab @fralinbiomed.bsky.social AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Conducting Labour: Proteins PIEZO1 & PIEZO2 of womb tissue & its neurons, translate mechanical forces into contractions in labour 📷 @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social et al Patapoutian lab @scripps.edu in @science.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Details of how the bacteria-killing viruses bacteriophages are built - progress towards their wider medical usage 📷 James Hodgkinson-Bean et al Bostina lab @universityofotago.bsky.social Wolf lab @oistedu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, art directors and fellow kidlit creators out there. Hope you’re all having a lovely festive season, with bells on! #kidlitartpostcard #illustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #childrensbookart #snowscene #boyinsnow #snowillustration

Better Bait: 'Irresistible' sweaty sock scent traps black flies that spread the river blindness parasitic worm 📷 Louise Hamill of Sightsavers + Global Institute for Disease Elimination & MoHealth in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi & Mozambique ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Catching the Tube: CRISPR interference in organoids used to identify genes that drive neural tube closure during embryo development 📷 Roya E Huang & Giridhar M Anand et al @harvard.edu in @elife.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with John Ankers

Neuronal nanotubes transfer toxic proteins around the brain. Read more here: bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... #bpod #neuroscience #biology #brain #art #lifeinthefactslane

A #Micronaut in a prior #microbiology #Bio350 course at @univpugetsound.bsky.social made this for me a couple of years ago. I will miss working with students very much. @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv

What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes!” Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...

Keeping the prompt alive: If you see this, post your bird art!(Dog is optional extra). #bird #dog #birdanddogillustration

A mouse model of multiple-system atrophy made with synthetic alpha-synuclein.

Role of signalling pathway identified in fly hearing organ => possible sensorineural hearing loss treatments 📷 Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chong Li, & Rong Grace Zhai. Memoona Ramzan et al, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in @jci.org ➡️ bpod.org.org/archive/2025... + @rooph.bsky.social

New improved organoids. Now with immune cells! #biomedicalpictureoftheday #bpod #science #nature #biology #art #picture #lifeinthefactslane bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...

Human patient's liver cell organoid cultured with their T cells makes life-mimicking study & drug screen model 📷 Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in Advanced Science ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/11/5 with @rooph.bsky.social

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

TSPO protein is a pre-cognitive-decline marker in Alzheimer's disease & abundant in plaque-associated microglia 📷 Daniel A. Martinez-Perez et al @fiu.bsky.social in Acta Neuropathologica @springernature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Scrolling through socials at bedtime to discover you’ve forgotten #kidlitartpostcardday is not a great feeling! Hey ho. But seeing all the lovely postcards is! You beautiful people! Apologies for the tardiness. #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #scbwi #middlegradeart #middlegrade

Inherited Stress: Mechanism uncovered in mice reveals how maternal stress in pregnancy affects offspring's neurobiology 📷 Nicole Politowska. Research authorship Anika Nabila et al @weillcornell.bsky.social research in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... + @rooph.bsky.social

Targeting the brain's vasopressin neurons could be a novel treatment for high blood pressure 📹 Ning Gu et al @mashapk.bsky.social lab @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social in @cp-neuron.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, art directors and #kidlit industry peeps! I’m an author/illustrator from the UK seeking representation and new projects. #kidlitartpostcard #illustrator #scbwiillustrator #childrensbookillustrator

Anti-inflammatory protein thymosin β4 identified in organoids as an Alzheimer's therapeutic target 📷 Peng-Ming Zeng et al Shanghai Tech University in @stemcellreports.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/9/4 with @rooph.bsky.social

Hello #kidlit peeps! I’m an author/illustrator seeking representation. Do you need illustrations for picture books, chapter books, middle grade, covers? Msg me. 😊 #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #scbwiillustrator

Thank you to all the Tassy Walden Award judges and everyone at Shoreline Arts! What a lovely honor. 😊 And, what a lovely evening with great #kidlit peeps. #kidlitart #kitlitillustrator #illustrationawards #childrensbookcreator

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday !! I’m a kidlit author/illustrator available for PBs, MG, covers etc. checkout my portfolio: madebyruth.com #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #illustrator #kidlitillustrator

Vaccine Booster: Transient blockade of interferon boosts memory T cells & enhances vaccine protection 📷 Benjamin J. Broomfield et al Joanna Groom lab @wehi-research.bsky.social in @jem.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

Hey #kidlit, I had a great time visiting with @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social last night! If you missed the talk, and wanted to attend, I’m giving the same talk next Tuesday to the @scbwi.bsky.social Mid-Atlantic chapter! Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/kid-l...

Definitely an umbrella kinda day. #kidlitart #illustrator #scbwiillustrator #rainyday #illustration

Fibrosis Factor: Collagen V deficiency plays a key role in susceptibility to injury-related kidney scarring & is a target for treatment 📷 Lianjiu Su et al Arjun Deb Lab @dgsomucla.bsky.social in @science.org Translational Medicine ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @rooph.bsky.social

I won summink!! Thanks, NESCBWI peeps! That really meant a lot. #scbwi #illustration #kidlitart #nescbwi

I’m a total badminton nerd and love weddings, so when two badminton pals got married recently, my illustration Joy-o-Meter went up to 11. #badminton #smashing #wedding #greetingcard #illustration #badmintonillustration #kidlitart #scbwi #scbwiillustrator

Cancer muscle wasting-associated apathy is result of tumour-induced inflammation & brain circuitry interaction 📷 Xiaoyue Aelita Zhu & Sarah Starosta et al @kepecslab.bsky.social Pignatelli lab, Janowitz lab Washington Uni St L, in @science.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... + @rooph.bsky.social

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Sometimes I ask my students to raise their hand if a piece of communication design has ever made them cry. No hands. A piece of writing? All hands. I say, that’s why we write. I don’t think anything written by A.I. has ever—will ever—make anyone cry.

I’m hiring an intern! If you or someone you know is enthusiastic about children’s books, apply at the link below (please do not DM me, it will not help your chances): recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

Yaaay! My author/illustrator picture book dummy "SPROUT" got an honorable mention at #pbparty! Thank you to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social and all the other #pbparty2025 judges (mentioned below)!!

Lose yourself in a book. #blackandwhiteillustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist #middlegradeillustration

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday! I'm available for #kidlit illustration work. I also have dummies available. View more of my illustrations here: www.madebyruth.com/portfolio #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcardday #scbwi #authorillustrator #picturebookart #picturebookillustration

Looking forward to this presenting this poetry workshop on Saturday @darienlibrary.bsky.social! #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth

I’m just so very, very, very tired of all this. Also, if I’m like some kind of deviant political art rebel like they suggest, some gallery at least should be selling my art like Banksy

[Inhaling the scent of freshly sharpened pencils with a hint of new sketch pad] Is this love?