With spookily good timing this year my lecture on red blood cells - and them being eaten by the vampire macrophages in the spleen - falls on Halloween! 🎃 #blood #MedEd #SciArt 🧪 #EduSky

Swan & O'Ligo organic myelin. Ranvier compatible. Central or peripheral delivery. The finest in sartorial saltation. #glia #SciArt #neuroscience #neuroSkyence 🧪 axonology.com/glia/

The world's No. 1 Brain Juice. Now available in a can. axonology.com/glia/ #SciArt 🧪 #glia #neuroscience #neuroSkyence

New from epenDymal labs - DYMAL Brain Juice! For all your brain hydration and nutrition needs!! axonology.com/glia/ #SciArt 🧪 #neuroSkyence #neuroscience #glia

My 'Drawing Blood' series of artwork is now featured on The Blood Project! 🩸 There's even reflective Qs to consider after viewing them. It's brilliant to be collaborating on this: www.thebloodproject.com/red-blood-ce... #SciArt #SciComm 🧪 #eduSky

Boosting the learning from Wordotomy by adding augmented reality!! I sculpted the RBC in #blender and used Halo AR for visualisation. Really excited by the potential! 🤓 Going to be a job making models for the whole pack tho!🥴😂 #AR #3D #eduSky 🧪 #sciArt #blood

Interested in #outreach? Want to use #games to make it more effective but don't know where to start? Help is at hand with our new paper! The underexplored opportunity of gamifying outreach, using #anatomy as an example with @mikaelastiver.bsky.social Open access: doi.org/10.1002/ase.... #EduSky 🧪

I've co-opted two of my favourite artists personified as cone cells to illustrate how we perceive colour and thus many great works of art. axonology.com/cartoon/cones/ #SciArt #neuroscience #neuroSkyence 🧪

Introducing our new MSc Global Health 🌍💻 ✅ 100% online & flexible ✅ Designed for global professionals ✅ Innovative learning approach ✅ Full-time or part-time ✅ Join a worldwide network Shape the future of #globalhealth learn more & apply today: www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/post... #EduSky

We’re excited to join the Bluesky community! If you’re part of the molecular biosciences, follow us for updates on all our activities from across the Society and Portland Press. We will be posting about upcoming events, webinars, grants, published articles, and more.

Struggling to get going on those dark January mornings? - thank your rod photoreceptors for picking out the photons in the gloom! axonology.com/cartoon/rods/ #neuroSky #neuroscience #SciArt 🧪

Happy new year folks! I've made some more free vector art at scidraw.io hope these help with your fresh presentations and figures 🤓 #SciArt #immunosky #immunology #microbiology 🧪

Made a table for axonology jr for Christmas. 52 sea creatures based on old engravings lovingly pyrographed on before being lacquered 🐙🦑🐟🐠🐡

Arrived at work to find my insulin receptor model has been turned into a festive decoration for the daily timetable! 😅🎄 #eduSky 🧪

Get up for the swim stay for the sunrise. As the old saying goes 'Red in the morning, shepherd's warning of Storm Darragh approaching...' 💨

Gently poke fun at your nearest and dearest cardiologist with this handy anatomical illustration 💓 Soften the blow by gifting it to them on some smart merch now added to my 'Drawing Blood' collection www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1668... #SciArt #medSky 🧪

Help #neurosky #neuroskyence Are you (or do you know) someone studying the transcription factor Ascl4/Mash4? 🧠 #neurodevelopment #differentiation #neurons #wiring N.b. This is not the same as the acyl CoA synthetase protein ASCL4 I have some questions 💡 Please share! 🙏

I've just added this brain (dorsal view) for free download from scidraw.io a fantastic library of *free* vector art of all things scientific. Exactly what you needed for that important figure/presentation/tattoo... #eduSky #SciArt #neuroSky 🧪

Can't decide which is your favourite granulocyte? Don't worry we've all been there. Problem solved - now you can have all 4 on the same design! www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1666... #immunoSky #microSky #SciArt 🧪 #immunology #microbiology

Looking forward to AXON2025 - mark your calendars

Oldie But Goldie: Don’t you just love little #neurobollocks from time to time? 🧠🤯😭 A funny blog post about a serious problem in #psychotherapy #NeuroTherapy #TherapistSky #neuroscience #NeuroCounseling #mentalhealth www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/neuro-b...

Some of my designs are available as one-off pyrographed handmade chopping boards. No chance to digitally retouch these if I slip! Here's the pyramidal neuron www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... (*lime not included) #neuroSky #neuroscience #SciArt 🧪

go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M !WELCOME! thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list. apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!

The eagle eyed might have spotted this in the back of Mike R O'Glia's barbershop in my recent post 'Synaptic Pruning' 👀 Now you can get your own copy from my RedBubble store www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1662... #SciArt 🧪 #neuroskyence #immunoSky

Taking a break from the serious side of the job on Friday afternoon to put together the cover of the School newsletter (the DLE is our loveably byzantine digital learning environment) #edusky #sciart #meded

Finally finished this #wip from #SciArtSeptember the latest in my series of glial jobs - 'Synaptic Pruning' by Mike R O'Glia brain barber. #neuroSkyence #SciArt 🧪 #immunoSky

When I'm not doing #SciArt one of my other loves is #swimming you can see my aquatic designs here www.drawntothesea.com/inthepool.html

A day late #epilogue for #SciArtSeptember the granulocyte I didn't find a prompt for (but was my favourite to draw) - the mast cell! #SciArt 🧪 #immunoSky #microSky

There is something #motherly about this megakaryocyte launching baby platelets into the bloodstream #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #immunoSky 🧪

These Pooh and Piglet neurons are #lost without ROBO receptors. More about the wonders of axon guidance: axonology.com/how-to-build... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

This #SciArtSeptember pic looking like the #underworld is taken from a series following a grub's journey through a Z-lister. I use these teaching digestion in a session called 'I'm IN a celebrity get me out of here!' See the slides here axonology.com/digestion-an... #SciArt #EduSky 🧪 #AcademicSky

The first #wip I've posted this #SciArtSeptember. This is Mike R. O'Glia, brain barber. I'm putting off drawing the #mirror #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

Alveolar macrophages are #hidden away deep inside our lungs, cleaning up all the tiny bits of crap we breathe in. #SciArtSeptember #SciArt 🧪

The #illuminated inventor neuron from day 8 having a spot of bother with an #enchanted hand! 'That's not my hand!' - part of our Braingineering outreach activities axonology.com/braingineeri... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence #EduSky 🧪

Our latest work is out in preprint in Access Microbiology www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

The #royal roots of the #cursed apoptotic neuron from #SciArtSeptember day 4!! Find out more about pyramidal neurons here: axonology.com/cartoon/brai... #neuroskyence #SciArt 🧪

When I first glanced at this in my feed I thought "An axon!!" 🤓😆 Reminds me of an imaging network years ago where those of us segmenting images of galaxies, fungal hyphae and axons essentially had a common challenge #neuroskyence 🧪🧠

Axotomy with a #sword is not a standard lab procedure... 🥷 Read about the inspiration for this design: axonology.com/cartoon/axot... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

An eosinophil battling with a #beastly parasite #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #microbiology #immunology 🧪

New term starts tomorrow so went for a relaxing swim yesterday evening. I love Devon 😍 #AcademicSky

e-Coli a #futurist microbe for #SciArtSeptember and some vector art this time. Find out more about lab bacteria axonology.com/cartoon/micr... #SciArt 🧪 #microbiology

Finally caught up with what day of the month it is(!!) so back on track with #SciArtSeptember and an #electrified connection between two neurons axonology.com/cartoon/brai... #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

Just realised I've been a day out with #SciArtSeptember 🤨 here's the #scavenger I missed...a neutrophil tucking into bacteria. Had fun drawing this one 😁 #SciArt 🧪 #microbiology #immunology

Astrocytes are #stellar by definition! They are a crucial component of neuronal synapses and way more than just a scaffold. Read the story behind this artwork: axonology.com/cartoon/astr... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪 🧠

A new pathogen portrait: Serratia marcescens... which is opportunistic and likes to hang out in hospitals. Find out more about Serratia here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrati... I'm looking for friendlier microbes to draw from time to time too - do let me know if any occur to you! 🐡🧪🔬

Brain progenitor. The #origin of a neuron. Without nerves no-one can hear you scream. For #SciArtSeptember and coincides nicely with Alien: Romulus Check out the merch www.drawntothesea.com/stemCell.html #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

I use this #illuminated inventor neuron character a lot in my brain development teaching and outreach. Find out how to build a brain here axonology.com/how-to-build... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #devbiol #neuroskyence 🧪🧠

This osteoclast is #devouring a bone. Sounds nasty but find out why it's important for good health here axonology.com/cartoon/cell... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #macrophage

This pyramidal neuron has been #cursed and is undergoing apoptosis although it seems the process is not complete! 😱🧟 #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

The outlook is #grim for this poor tattoo spotted by the melanophages lurking under the skin... 😧 Read more about them here axonology.com/cartoon/cell... #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #medart