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...

Researchers, if your funding has been cut, here's a way to communicate the impact. Illustrators, you can donate effort to help bring these stories alive!

I’m overwhelmed by the support and #sciart folks jumping to help with the #silencedscientiststories project. We have over 30 volunteer science artists / illustrators now. I’m very cautious ever asking artists to volunteer and I’m offering personal gift cards to folks, but most just want to help. ❤️💔

We have a website now for #silencedsciencestories! Share your story. Silencedsciencestories.com

Check out this project amplifying science stories amidst recent federal firings. This is the first of many to come, so check back in to see what these impressive people are fighting for. And if you know of anyone with a story to tell, they can share through the linked page.

#standupforscience #firedfeds #sciencematters #dementia #research #crafting #healthpolicy #scicomm

Our first scientist feature is out as part of our effort to highlight the importance of the work of #firedfed scientists! This features Kelsey Hopland, PhD, illustrated by Lia Ferguson! #sciart Please enjoy and share. If you want to contribute, learn more: www.linkedin.com/company/scie...

It’s all so overwhelming. There’s nothing I can do but offer to tell the stories of scientists affected by these actions, cuts and firings. If you want to tell your story for an illustrated portrait, I have here 20 science artists now volunteering - tell your story at bit.ly/faces_of_science.

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The first profile from @fromthelabbench.bsky.social 's "You can't fire science" project is up on LinkedIn! Search for "Silenced Science Stories."

🧪The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center program is a crown jewel in the NIA's funding portfolio. 35 centers in red, blue and purple states put data in a single repository working towards a shared goal of curing AD. Funding for center renewals is on hold. tinyurl.com/yc2pr626 #standupforscience2025

📣Share your story if you are a scientist affected by federal budget cuts and firings. 🔬 You can fill out the form at bit.ly/faces_of_science or email me your bio [email protected]. I’ll pair you with a science artist 🎨 to tell your story! #scicomm #standupforscience #firedfeds #sciart

Is there a #firedfed bluesky follow list going on anywhere?

I think at this point if you’re not getting censured by congress it’s probably a sign that you’re simply not going hard enough

I love seeing all the #standupforscience pics!!! On my end I’m working with science artists to create illustrated features of scientists affected by the federal budget cuts and mass firings. If that’s you please give us the honor of featuring you! forms.gle/r2qufNqMMgR1...

We have a winner...

Very much this.

@sabs.bsky.social hi! I see you’ve been interviewing dismissed Feds and wondering if you’d share this with them? It’s for a series of illustrated portraits to showcase their work.

We already have 9 amazing science illustrators who have volunteered to help create visual portraits of scientists affected by federal budget cuts and mass firings, and 3 portraits currently being illustrated! Please let colleagues know! #sciart #science #research #fedresearch

We are starting to illustrate portraits/stories! Please share!

Looking for scientists to feature! Is your work affected by mass firings and defunding of federal science? Tell us your story! Bit.ly/faces_of_science #sciart #scicomm

I might need more #sciart folks for this! If you want to volunteer let me know!