Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are

Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵

If you see this post your bird art #birds I hope imaginary birds count too, I used these for a lesson about evolution #sciart

Snailposting? Yes please! #SciArt

Rosemary Grant, an evolutionary biologist

Potamopyrgus antipodarum (the New Zealand mud snail) genome paper is out! 🧪🧬

Happy birthday to Indian #botanist E.K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), here with plants she studied: #sugarcane, #magnolia & eggplant. 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman 🧵

This snail silhouette is now available in PhyloPic: Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. It was really fun to draw, as we have a close connection: I have studied their fascinating reproductive system in my PhD www.phylopic.org/images/51df2... 🧪🐡

The end of an era: the Tree of Life Web Project is going dark after 3 decades. Anyone interested in communicating phylogeny online should read David's account of goals, history, and future. @bembidion.bsky.social subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...

A movie you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif

I realize that many scientists are not confident in their art skills. Simple drawings made by scientists who may not be artistically talented are significantly better than the ai art because **the ai stuff is full of errors**. “Bad” but correct figures are better than “prettier” wrong ones.

Hello, it’s #PortfolioDay and I’m a scientific illustrator open to commissions of figures, infographics, learning materials, posters, presentations, branding and character design I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡

This snail silhouette is now available in PhyloPic: Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. It was really fun to draw, as we have a close connection: I have studied their fascinating reproductive system in my PhD www.phylopic.org/images/51df2... 🧪🐡

The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.

Still not sure about joining #EvoKE2025? 👇 💡 Workshop with Tania Jenkins: “(Co)-designing evolutionary research, education and outreach for societal impact”. A hands-on opportunity to explore how research and education can create meaningful change in society. See you in Athens? 🔗 bit.ly/47QaDPx

It’s here! Such a thrill to hold the book in my hands: “The Communicating Scientist” with my illustrations inside. It’s the kind of book I wish I had when I was a PhD student, and I’m glad to have it as a reference as a communications professional #SciComm 🧪 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

OMG, I get a book launch! And not just any old book launch - this one is hosted by @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social. I have therefore challenged myself to find a *single fun fact linking ecology, maths and communication* for the event - show up, in person or online, to find out what it is. 🧪 #scicomm

That’s how the ground looks like when you look closely - Finnish Lapland, latitude 68 N #nature #arctic

📘 'The Communicating Scientist' is here! A practical guide for researchers, science professionals, or students looking to communicate more clearly and effectively in academia. bit.ly/4lNIjAu #SciComm #BookSky @joannabagniewska.com

Proudly presenting "The Communicating Scientist" - a communication handbook by Joanna Bagniewska (@joannabagniewska.com), Sarang Park, and Olle Bergman, with illustrations by me 😄 Link to the book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 20% discount with this code: SPRAUT

New book alert! „The Communicating Scientist” by Olle Bergman, Sarang Park, and @joannabagniewska.com integrates knowledge, experience, and hands-on tips on scientific peer-to-peer communication and science dissemination. I’m so happy to be a part of it as an illustrator #SciComm 🧪

I've also been thinking of Lysenko recently, and the history lesson of how pseudoscience in service of a totalitarian regime destroyed tens of millions of lives. Rasmussen makes that comparison sharper by holding Lysenko's pseudoscientific journey up to Bhattacharya's.

I miss scientific conferences, but especially ESEB! Anyway, thanks @flodebarre.bsky.social for the starter packs of evolutionary biologists, I look forward to connecting. Have a wonderful #ESEB2025 to all

Essay which clearly outlines the scientific and ethical problems with selecting embryos for polygenic traits. Scientists associating themselves with embryo selection companies, and those who’ve previously defended sociogenomics but are staying silent on these companies, come in for criticism here

New book alert! „The Communicating Scientist” by Olle Bergman, Sarang Park, and @joannabagniewska.com integrates knowledge, experience, and hands-on tips on scientific peer-to-peer communication and science dissemination. I’m so happy to be a part of it as an illustrator #SciComm 🧪

LOOK! We made a book, distilling our collective #scicomm experience into a mere 295 pages. Phew. Yes, it's published by the academic @springernature.com, but it's also conversational, practical and fun, and includes both general advice and specific tips for 24 communication scenarios. 🧪#academicsky

It warms my heart to see this kind of initiatives at scientific conferences - Design Principles for Figures - a practical science & art workshop ❤️

I haven't promoted this list in a while because every time I do, it attracts theft apologists and other deranged commenters. I have a thick skin for these things but sorting through the comments gets tedious. But I assure you people still report things via DM and I still maintain the list daily.

My most recent design/illustration project is out! 🐡Three infographics for the conservation genetics workshop, aimed at practitioners working in #biodiversity conservation #consgen 🧪 Available in German, French, Italian and English with a CC BY license: free to use, share and modify

My most recent design/illustration project is out! 🐡Three infographics for the conservation genetics workshop, aimed at practitioners working in #biodiversity conservation #consgen 🧪 Available in German, French, Italian and English with a CC BY license: free to use, share and modify

🐸 🐡 #edchat #edusky #scicom

It’s fun to look at my illustrations from 2019 as I update my portfolio with some of my older outreach projects www.behance.net/gallery/2297...

Stop calling A.I. slop “art” and real human-created works “content”

#SciArt #Artshare I’m a scientific illustrator with genetics and evolution background open to commissions of infographics, illustrations, scientific figures, …

📢 Exciting news! EvoKE2025 will take place in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷 from 6–8 November 2025! Join us to share your work and build global connections in #Evolution #education & #outreach! 🔗 evokeproject.org/evoke2025-at... #EvoKE2025

#SciArt #Artshare I’m a scientific illustrator with genetics and evolution background open to commissions of infographics, illustrations, scientific figures, …

infographic design process #education #congen #edchat #sciart

Recently I have been working on creating learning materials for a Conservation Genetics Workshop organized by several Swiss research institutions. The final infographics will soon be published with CC BY license, but I think it’s interesting to show how the visuals developed

New: I recreated Tomas Wright’s 1742 astronomical treatise, Clavis Cælestis, and its accompanying sheets titled A Synopsis of the Universe. New posters are available in antique style and modern colors. Explore: www.c82.net/clavis-caele... How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/?id=99

Have you heard of Michał Piotr Boym? A Pole, born in Lwow (1612), died in Guanxi. Considered to be the first European Natural History Researcher in China. Responsible for creating the first map of China, coining the word "flora" and introducing Europe to fruit such as lychee 🧵

It’s interesting, insightful and beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing

It was fun to make figures for this paper and I’m really glad how they turned out

In which a do not lament the decline of 23andMe. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s not safe to travel to the US

Skype a Scientist, I immediately thought of you when I saw the news. While nobody uses Skype anymore, it’s really a bummer for your brand ☎️🧑‍🔬

Happy #DarwinDay!

Hardly new info, but BSky should know: Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply. Thank you, little guardian molluscs. 🧪🌏🚰

A page from my last Mesozoic sketchbook (from late 2017), showcasing the invertebrate and aquatic fauna of the Jehol Biota, a highly productive fossil lagerstätte from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China #paleoart #FossilFriday

It's that time of the month when web hosting fees for compoundchem.com leave my account. They've increased again this year, so it now costs me almost £60 per month to keep all the graphics freely available. If you'd like to support these costs, I'd hugely appreciate it! ko-fi.com/compoundchem

I am looking for a postdoc! Pls share #postdoc #genomics #insects #inversions genomicsofoutbreaks.com/?page_id=141