Adventures in computational biology: 1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... 2. Yay! A cool looking new mechanism for utilization of omics data! 3. Wait... what is this 'X01' mechanism? 4. And I quote, "No funding will be provided under this NOFO." 5. <sad trombone>

Did you know you can read my graphic novel The Unfamiliars for free in weekly installments? Theunfamiliars.site

DAY 113 SPECIES 113 - Rhodococcus erythropolis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, Chromatek and QoR Watercolor. R. erythropolis is an aerobic, non-motile, Gram-positive bacterium. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

The holy Menegazzia terebrata. Yachiho Kogen, Sakuho-machi, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends 穴だらけなセンシゴケ。長野県佐久穂町八千穂高原 #地衣類

Happy birthday to #neuroscientist Hendrik Van der Loos (1929-1993) shown in my #linocut with his discovery (along with medical student Thomas Woolsey), of the barrel cortex, with the mouse head & whiskers linked directly to it. 🧪🐡 #histsci Some species of rodents have a region of the somatosensory

A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

Day 26 #SciArtSeptember prompt forage. My #linocut of #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher & mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science & the first woman

The Microbiology Society has published a new policy briefing on human, animal and environmental microbiomes. 🌍🔬 Microbiome research has far-reaching applications, from strengthening global food security to combatting disease and improving animal welfare.

Take a journey through deep time in 2026! Pre-order my calendar by October 12th > www.luciaperezdiaz.com/product-page... It features 12 original illustrations - frame-worthy posters of holidays to places you can’t actually travel to (at least not without a time machine!) #SciArt #EarthScience

Juicy!

Day 24 #SciArtSeptember prompt numbered: the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize for #physics: German-American theoretical #physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972). 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci As the series of increasingly large atomic nuclei grows with additional nucleons (protons p & neutrons n) from hydrogen 🧵

return to office #wfh

The Red-Kneed Groggler is one of the weird and wonderful creatures you'll find in the swamp regions of Strangehollow. The groggler's red eye glows at night, so you will see hundreds of red glowing lights dotted around the swamp. The groggler enjoys feasting on water fairies. #watercolour 1/2

There’s an amazing new AI trick. I used it to make my profile pic, but it works for any size project. I just followed these two simple steps: 1. I identified an artist whose style I wanted to replicate. 2. I *PAID THE ARTIST* to actually draw a portrait. (1/X)

DAY 111 SPECIES 111 - Kitasatospora setae STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor and paper. Charsoco and Writech Pens. Kitasatospora setae is a soil-habiting, mesophilic bacterium. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

Friends—1 week left! If you use science in your job (undergrad, in academia, in industry...anything!) & you want to help students understand what it's really like & why it's important—here's your chance! 🧪 from @galacticpolymath.com & @ncse.bsky.social 👉 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...

Illustrations done for press releases over the years. Sadly I get these commissions less and less often as AI takes over the world. I worry about my future in this industry. 😟 #SciArt #blender

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Botulism! Most people, appropriately, think inappropriately canned food, but it's also raw honey (if a baby), wounds (particularly w/ tar heroin), & don't forget pruno! #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

Happy autumn equinox! ✨🍁🦇🍄‍🟫🍃🦔 Here’s a little autumn critter parade to wish you an invigorating and beautiful fresh season ahead 🧡🦝🍂🎃 I painted this a little while back using gouache paints, which I don’t use very often, hoping to experiment with them more soon! 🎨

New design available as stickers, badges, magnets etc. Say The Word: Disabled. #Disability #DisabledArtists #DisabilityPride www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Di...

Darwin suspected it: "I presume that the numerous lower pelagic animals persist on the infusoria (zooplankton), which are known to abound in the open ocean: but on what, in the clear blue water, do these infusoria subsist?” – Charles Darwin (1845)

For day 22 of #sciArtSeptember prompt fellowship, I am sharing my portrait of #astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, #histsci 🧪🐡🔭👩🏼‍🔬 who took her $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her discovery of #pulsars & leadership in science and donated money to the Institute of Physics for

It’s #MigraineAwarenessWeek. I started getting migraines with the onset of #MECFS. My #SciArt #embroidery she was tributaries (2016) depicts the electrical storm I feel in my brain with a #migraine.

Microbial dark matter! Can't see it, can't grow it, but we know it's there... This is some branding illustration I did for the microbial dark matter symposium this year. Thanks @katrinewhiteson.bsky.social and @zymoresearch.bsky.social for the fun commission! #microbes #ecoevo 🧪🐡🧫

What are blood types? Our Blood Groups & Blood Type Testing paper models show what ABO blood groups are, what happens during a #bloodtransfusion & the Rhesus system! Find out more here: Blood Groups: buff.ly/a1dkfgg Blood Type Testing: buff.ly/34Malzg #EduSky #iteachbio #biologyteacher

Microbial dark matter! Can't see it, can't grow it, but we know it's there... This is some branding illustration I did for the microbial dark matter symposium this year. Thanks @katrinewhiteson.bsky.social and @zymoresearch.bsky.social for the fun commission! #microbes #ecoevo 🧪🐡🧫

The @microbiologysociety.org champions got together and talked about their fave #microbes on international microorganism day. So I did a few more portraits of the little legends! I will hopefully repost them all with alt text over the next few weeks #sciart #microsky 🧪

Latest podcast on Art and Science with @artologica.net creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Silica Complexities in Green 2/2020 20 X 13 inches [50.8 X 33 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #plankton #gawoski

DAY 102 SPECIES 102 - Eleftheria terrae STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper, Chromatek, HWC and QoR watercolor. NOTES: Is it a bacteria or a pickle? 😄 #scientificillustration #naturalhistoryart #taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art

DAY 103 SPECIES 103 - Rhodococcus opacus STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC and QoR watercolor. Rhodococcus opacus is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive, oleaginous, bacterium that was isolated from soil. #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art

DAY 104 SPECIES 104 - Paeniglutamicibacter terrestris STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. HWC and QoR watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pen. P. terrestris is a gram-stain-positive bacterium that exhibits a rod–coccus growth cycle. #antarctica #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art

DAY 105 SPECIES 105 - Salinispora tropica STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper and watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pens. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art

DAY 106 SPECIES 106 - Deinococcus radiodurans STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, QoR and HWC watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pens. #taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #conan

Stephanopyxis and Campyloneis 3/2020 13 X 13 inches [33.1 X 33.1 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #plankton

Today is #InternationalMicroorganismDay! My #Bio350 #Micronauts were offered extra credit to create artwork to celebrate the Small Masters of our #PlanetMicrobe. Please enjoy! This one celebrates ice nucleation bacteria and snow! @univpugetsound.bsky.social @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social #IMD2025

Today is #InternationalMicroorganismDay! My #Bio350 #Micronauts were offered extra credit to create artwork to celebrate the Small Masters of our #PlanetMicrobe. Please enjoy! This one celebrates ice nucleation bacteria! @univpugetsound.bsky.social @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social #IMD2025

The @microbiologysociety.org champions got together and talked about their fave #microbes on international microorganism day. So I did a few more portraits of the little legends! I will hopefully repost them all with alt text over the next few weeks #sciart #microsky 🧪

It’s International Microorganism Day! We asked the Society’s Champions to tell us about their favourite microbes and, our Champion, Eliza Wolfson, has created some fun illustrations to show you a bit more of their character! @eliza-coli.bsky.social @femsmicro.org #InternationalMicroorganismDay

I read this article about making science comics, the what's the why's, the how's. It's cool - go check it out! www.chemistryworld.com/careers/comi... #sciart #scicomm

Delighted that our #EcoSalPlus review, with Jeri Barak, on colonisation of plant hosts by E. coli and S. enterica is in an ASM SDG Spotlight Collection. Our article sits under #SDG2, Zero Hunger, for #foodsafety. journals.asm.org/asm-sdg-spot... Gorgeous artwork by @eliza-coli.bsky.social

I love this piece by @jordancollver.bsky.social It’s part of a SciComm paper on the tools of storytelling I was lucky enough to get an early look at. I think it really sums up a lot of JC’s approach to art, science, belief, humanity and communication from the cave to the cosmos! So much to unpack

Check out our comic illustrated by @jordancollver.bsky.social and @rikworth.bsky.social , colors by @owenwattsdraws.bsky.social . -- find the full comic and more here bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...

DAY 83 SPECIES 83 - Legionella pneumophila STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor and paper, Writech pen. NOTES: I learned after stirring settled watercolor, rinse and dry your brush first to avoid dark spots on the paper. #sciart #biology #painting #watercolor #bacteria #legionnairesdisease

hello dear #invertebrates and invertebrate adjacent friends! welcome to #InverteFest! I will be sharing one off invertebrate fact paper each day of this August InverteFest. today's fact: even hydras, the simplest form of multicellularity out there, can get cancer! ❎

I was really happy to play with such data ! this video was created for the Ultrack paper. #dataviz #scicomm #houdini🧪🔬🐡