Recent figure and illustrations I did for the paper "A microbiologist’s field guide to community ecology" are out now: doi.org/10.1093/isme... Thank you @olimeacock.bsky.social for the trust!

Já estão disponíveis na página WEB do ICNF as versões finais, ilustradas, do Polinizadores em Ação e do respetivo resumo para stakeholders 🐝🌼 Consulta aqui: www.icnf.pt/noticias/con... Obrigado a tod@s @s envolvidos, com destaque para a equipa PolinizAÇÃO e para a designer Maria Carlos Oliveira 🙌

Portugal’s Action Plan for the Conservation of Pollinators is out! 🪻I designed the official document and summary for this plan featuring 30 actions and 116 measures to help reverse pollinator decline, a major threat to biodiversity and food security. Read more here (PT): www.icnf.pt/noticias/con...

Another recent project I loved: an infographic on rainwater recycling in Brazil for Instituto Serrapilheira! Such a rewarding collaboration!🌳🌲 Check out the project here: joanaccarvalho.com/water-recycl...

How does the Amazon forest sustain Brazil’s agriculture? This was what researchers from @serrapilheira.org studied and asked @joanagcc.bsky.social and I to communicate with an infographic. This piece goes along their results in a technical note sent to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court.

I had the honor of designing a field guide that spotlights 222 species of pollinators in Portugal. These creatures play a vital role in our ecosystems, supporting over 75% of agricultural crops. Yet, their populations are declining, a reality that makes this guide more urgent than ever.

Struggling to make your figures stand out and easy to understand? Follow my new blog article to get design strategies that help improve your scientific figures: www.mariacarlosoliveira.com/improve-scie...

‪2024 was a year of growth, fun projects and amazing people. 🤸‍♀️ As a Science Visual Communicator, I collaborated with great researchers so that their results shine in a cover or are better explained in graphical abstracts or grant applications. Here is a glimpse of what this year looked like.

Yesterday I was reading about how competence and confidence usually diverge, in the book Think Again by Adam Grant. This is a cognitive bias called the Dunning-Kruger effect where less competent people overestimate their abilities and on the contrary, competent ones underestimate them. (1/5)

Let’s celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science by making our work be seen.👩‍🔬 I support scientists in their research as a lab technician and make their work visible and understood as a Visual Science Communicator. What about you? #sheworksinscience #WomenInScience