Healthy Hair: It's all about protein chemistry! youtube.com/shorts/fjCaE... #scicomm #hair #womeninSTEM

A new FaceTime with Scientists Episode is live! Get ready to learn all about the science of #hair with a scientist turned circus hair hanger! open.spotify.com/episode/4OpV...

Scientists are trusted sources… so much so that politicians “borrow” their credibility by citing science. Maybe scientists shouldn’t shy away from politicized science topics. www.fromthelabbench.com/from-the-lab... #scicomm

Why is #pain often worse when we know it’s coming? 💉 Pain researcher Malaika Mahmood discusses her research on anticipation of pain in mice! 🐁🔬 youtube.com/shorts/3fNYH...

She studies how pain is perceived in the brain 🧠 because it is much more about perception, emotion, prediction, and anticipation than you might think. A new juicy podcast episode with #pain researcher and graduate student Malaika Mahmood! youtu.be/TZF8eUEY2pA #neuroscience #brain #womeninscience

Researchers recently mimicked opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits in mice with gene therapy targeting specific neurons associated with the emotional side of pain. Pain researcher Malaika Mahmood discusses! youtube.com/shorts/l2Ko2...

How much of pain is in the brain? 🧠 youtube.com/shorts/CAwUq...

From the science of pain, to the deadliest animal on the planet, to animal flexibility in the face of climate change - Listen and learn with the Facetime with Scientists podcast on Spotify (and all other podcast platforms)! Please subscribe/follow! open.spotify.com/show/033kiaP... #scicomm #sciart

Are her lab mosquitoes deadly animals, or pets? A chat with malaria researcher Cassandra Fieldson. youtube.com/shorts/QsgmZ...

She raises up 50,000 of the deadliest animals on the planet, every week. She's Cassandra Fieldson at @seattlechildrens.org, studying mosquitoes and malaria! Learn more on the Facetime with Scientists podcast!! (on Youtube and all podcast platforms): youtu.be/8Sm5Sv-IPiU?... #mosquito #parasite

Because I just saw the worst AI slop, regular reminder: if you need art for a project, even just a mock-up of an idea or a quick icon or a poster and you're not creative... HIRE. AN. ARTIST. OR. GRAPHIC. DESIGNER. If you are one and looking for work, comment for boost. #art #AIsucks #graphicdesign

Isabelle Neylan takes us into the world of RNA extractions and tiny ocean creatures, so she can better understand how to protect these critical food web organisms in the future. Learn more - new episode of Facetime with Scientists wherever you get your podcasts! #spongebob #tidepool #heatwave

Pandas are cute - but Isabelle is more worried about plankton! Listen or watch. #scicomm #marinescience open.spotify.com/episode/1nVE...

Plasticity takes on new meaning with Isabelle, who studies how animals especially in the ocean are adapting - or not - to changing temps! #scicomm #sciart #genetics youtube.com/watch?v=pTwl...

"There's a lot of power in good vibes and positivity." A wonderful Q&A, if I do say so myself, with biology educator Alexander Eden, Ph.D. about how he creates creative assignments to help students engage with #biology through pop culture! www.fromthelabbench.com/from-the-lab... #sciart #STEM

When scientists work with artists, everyone benefits. Through an artist-in-residence program at UPenn, reseachers improved their communication skills and confidence by working with an artist to paint their own scientific clay “crests” 🛡️! Learn more: www.fromthelabbench.com/from-the-lab... #sciart

lsu.edu/blog/2026/05... I’ve had so much fun collaborating with Ambre Placide and Barbara Tartarotti @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social on this project! Thanks to @fromthelabbench.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social for covering the story. @lsuscience.bsky.social

I interviewed science artist Shelby Prindaville for my new podcast, Facetime with Scientists! Enjoy this excerpt about how the tries to engage people with nature though curiosity first… Find the full episode anywhere you watch your podcasts! #sciart #frog #art youtube.com/shorts/4qP_Z...

Are you feeling a bit groggy after losing an hour last night? Yeah, us too! But our LSU experts have some #sleep tips based on science to help you get through #daylightsavingstime! Learn more: www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/03... @penningtonbiomed.bsky.social @lsucollegeofag.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Did I just fall in love with termites?!

Pathogens are MOST problematic in areas where we have the LEAST amount of data. In a low-resource setting, using a $10,000 gold-standard #wastewater sampler to test surface waters for #viruses and bacteria just doesn't work. LSU engineers created a $4 alternative. www.youtube.com/shorts/MzXAK...

#LSU on #neuroscience and #sleep: Why is sleep so important to #memory consolidation? What impact does sleep loss have on your brain and your memories? Dr. Juhee Haam in the LSU College of Science answers these questions and more in our latest Research Insight! Read: lsu.edu/blog/2025/11...

Learn more about this research in our Research Bite: Feeding Gut Microbes Fiber Could Be Key to Slowing Alzheimer’s Disease - lsu.edu/blog/2025/11... #dementia #microbiome #guthealth #fiber #sciart #scicomm

This is your brain on... fiber! 🍎 Researchers at LSU Health New Orleans are studying how dietary #fibers can promote healthy gut microbes that lower brain #inflammation in Alzheimer's disease and restore healthy functioning of microglia (brain cells). What would YOUR #microglia look like?

Cool - the comic I made for @lsu.bsky.social with @fromthelabbench.bsky.social @jpjordan.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social has been featured NATURE's newsletter! mailchi.mp/nature/trans...

Check it out!!! Amazing #sciart I created with @jordancollver.bsky.social - dive into the world of #bacteria to learn about their hunger for IRON and how starving them of this element could help us make new antibiotics - and not a moment too soon, as the antibiotic resistance epidemic grows.

Here's a comic about a new approach to antibiotic-resitant bacteria I made for Louisiana State University with @fromthelabbench.bsky.social and @jpjordan.bsky.social #sciart Read the full comic and learn more about the research on the LSU website: www.lsu.edu/winning-team...

#sciart #comic #sciencecomic

I worked with @tysonmedstudios.bsky.social to create this sketchy comic about Paul Nurse’s groundbreaking work on genes that control the cell cycle! Worked on this as a “bonus” to a job interview assignment. If you love it let us know. 🥰 #scicomm @nobelprize.bsky.social

Came across this webinar I took part in a few years ago with Prof. Massimiano Bucchi and @fromthelabbench.bsky.social which might still be of interest to #SciArt folks here on BlueSky. It's about a free Lifeology course I illustrated on "style" 😎: lifeomic.app.us.lifeology.io/viewer/lifeo...

If you haven't checked out the @silencedscience.bsky.social site in a minute, it is full of amazing portraits of scientists formerly employed by or supported by federal science agencies. There are so many amazing stories here, and compelling research that deserves funding! silencedsciencestories.com

A beautiful story and amazing science from @oceanana.bsky.social, former fish biologist with @noaa.gov, with a stunning visual by science artist Kayla Y Lim! Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi... #sciencematters #scicomm

Working for a federal science agency this year has been low key traumatizing. I am lucky to still have my job but I feel like I’m not doing enough… I feel guilty, and that the least I can do is stay busy doing #scicomm, but everything is going so slow that I feel I’m not providing much value…

Hey folks! My summer is going to be quieter than I thought, so I’d love to take on freelance science communication work! If you need science writing, graphic / science visualization creation, or scientific writing / manuscript editing, please reach out!

I just cited your work on #SilencedScienceStories in my new post, Paige Brown Jarreau www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... Thanks for your good work in highlighting this travesty. @fromthelabbench.bsky.social

"As a tribal member who has no allotted lands or mineral rights or head rights, I find it difficult to grasp the fact that I, in 2025, have been traumatized by the federal government and the BIA.” - Desirae Abella, Natural Resource Specialist silencedsciencestories.com/f/desirae-ab...

Hi all! We are still looking for scientists who’ve been terminated from federal positions or who’ve had grants terminated to tell their stories for illustrated portraits at www.silencedsciencestories.com. Scientists will be able to approve any materials before we publish! Please spread the word.

Joy Havens is a terminated wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "When small parts of an ecosystem become sick, ripple effects can touch everyone and everything." silencedsciencestories.com/f/joy-havens... #sciart by @aprilmycetes.bsky.social #sciencematters #fedscientist

Laura Collins, a longtime federal civil servant, has a unique perspective on the importance of federally funded research. In 2023, she received immunotherapy for #breastcancer... a therapy that emerged through #NIHfunded research. silencedsciencestories.com/f/a-patients... @gloglita.bsky.social

Studies like this analysis of weather station data have shown that increasing heat and rainfall extremes are already far outside the historical climate. Whether you like it or prefer to deny it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another illustration I did for @fromthelabbench.bsky.social's @silencedscience.bsky.social project. Prior to her layoff, Breanna Martin, monitored potato fields in Idaho for pests that could devastate crop yields. As someone who grew up in rural Idaho, this one hit close to home. #ResearchMatters

I created this illustration for Silenced Science Stories, a powerful project led by @fromthelabbench.bsky.social that captures the consequences of mass firings and layoffs in the scientific community in the US. Follow this project! bsky.app/profile/sile... #layoffs #science #communityimpact

Eva (Dia) Windhoffer is a Natural Resources Scientist who worked as an Avian Biologist for BOEM when she was terminated due to federal cuts. Her background is in wildlife biology, and she is passionate about environmental work and conservation. Illustration by @sigridknemeyer.bsky.social

I love this new #fedscientist feature! Beautiful work by @sigridknemeyer.bsky.social. It’s an honor to be able to tell these stories. While some of these scientists are being temporarily reinstated the future is still uncertain. So we will continue to tell their stories.

New scientist feature at @silencedscience.bsky.social! Are you a scientist or do you know a scientist affected by federal budget cuts, mass firings, or grant terminations? Tell us your story and we will illustrate it! Please share. #sciart #scicomm silencedsciencestories.com/f/jennifer-k...

Dr. @zacklabe.com is a climate scientist passionate about exploring the intersection of climate variability, extreme events, and innovative data science methods. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine,

I illustrated this feature of Dr. Zach Labe's story. He was recently fired from #NOAA because of the #EOs. This is the life-saving science being destroyed. More stories at: silencedsciencestories.com #scicomm #sciart #theycantfirescience #silencedsciencestories #academicsky #zachlabe

Rebecca Clement, PhD, is an entomologist who has worked as a scientist at the USDA in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is the latest #fedscientist featured #SilencedScienceStories! Loved laying this out with #sciart by Laura Fitzgibbons silencedsciencestories.com/f/dr-rebecca...