📢 Barcelona-based people in my network! I'll be in town for work in two weeks and have time for a couple of meetings while I’m there. Feel free to drop me a message if you're a scientist, communicator, or designer, and think connecting in this context would be valuable! 👋

*me waking up* I wonder what the news feed has today?

If you're a designer/illustrator who works with scientists to make figures for publications, this might be interesting for you. 👇

Also for science communicators. 👇

The amount of human made 'stuff' now exceeds natural 'stuff' (by @VisualCap) www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-...

Visualizing abstract numbers / actual human beings ... visualizingpalestine.org/gaza-names/e...

NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

This is such a bad idea #stats

"Billions of creative works are being used as the basis for AI systems without our knowledge, without our consent and without remuneration. The EU Commission has done too little to protect us from this." creators-for-europe-united.eu

Straight to my list of great examples of visual scicomm!

In scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of #ScienceCommunication work - often voluntarily - due to societal expectations and a sense of duty, a new study reveals. Their work, however, is often undervalued ⤵️ #scicomm #gender #career #inequality

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

Fresh editorial work on the cover of Immunity! 👀

I've been working a fair bit on people's understanding of air pollution lately. So I'm delighted to have just found this explainer from @ourworldindata.org, which is an excellent primer. TL;DR stop burning stuff and having cows ourworldindata.org/air-pollutio...

Stealing an artists style who's work frequently depicted how fascist machinery murdered millions of innocent people

The kind of papers I dream of illustrating.🌷 If you didn't know tulips get their patterns from an infection, here is some cool science to brighten up your day.

This dataviz is absolutely amazing 😍 Global bird species' conservation status displayed as a massive flock! By Andrea Garrec, longlisted for the 2024 Information Is Beautiful Awards www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/731... #dataviz 📊🌏🧪🐦🦉🦆🦅

I've always been fascinated by Earth's interior and how scientists have described their textures. I decided to make my own slice while at @newsela.bsky.social. #geology, #earth, #platetectonics 🧪

The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far www.reuters.com/graphics/ISR...

How does urban efficiency look like? 👇👇👇 Just watch 210 people 🚌 🚌 🚌 overtaking 7 people 🚗🚙🚗🚙 Via @metrolosangelesbot.bsky.social

A Monday mood enhancer, 24 Japanese train tickets from 1956/57. Enjoy! www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/t... with many thanks to www.instagram.com/transit.tick... for sharing these scans with us.

I collected chopstick sleeves at every restaurant, together with their business cards (also common practice there), when I went to Japan. I find them fascinating. They live in my journal now, among pictures and illustrations of my experiences. Really interesting read for Japan lovers. 👇

Some figure design collaboration from last year, done with amazing people on a really cool research topic. Congratulations to everyone involved!

A truly wonderful project from last year! I love how this poster turned out, and can't wait to share a closer look at the process of making it.

If you want to be warned about AI imagery (or have those posts hidden), subscribe to @aimod.social Labeler Thanks to @davis.social (who created this Labeler) for writing up a simple explanation of Labelers for my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... #BlueSkyTips

Recommended thread for all Europeans who insist on thinking their countries are safe against the disaster going on in the US.

I wrote an article for The Conversation about generative AI visualisation in #archaeology, will discuss it further in a thread tomorrow. 🏺 theconversation.com/how-ai-image...

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Once in a while, I have opportunities that are incredible injections of positivity for my professional path. My visit to Lund last week was one of those. The first keynote of my career, my first public discussion on AI, a new workshop format, and just pure happiness. Image © Carolina Buizza

Excellent thread sharing articles and information on one of the many issues of GenAi, copyright infringement 👇

Smart piece on the trouble with ai in classrooms by @shorterpearson.com The key part for me: “The thing that makes me worry is how much these people are giving up the very mental tasks that make them human.” Exactly that… chuckpearson.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...

Next week I'll be in Lund, Sweden, speaking at WCMM Fusion 2025! I will be talking about the endless world of possibilities that can arise from the synergy between visualization and science, and how this shapes science communication. So, if you are nearby and would like to meet up, let me know!

There are a LOT of ongoing AI copyright lawsuits in the US right now. We've been keeping track at @wired.com—and, to make things easier on everyone, created this interactive visual guide. It'll be updated w/ any major developments: www.wired.com/story/ai-cop...

Recommended read for next time you have to write about or visualize AI systems. Your choice of metaphor is more important than you might realize.

The largest organismal biology conference in Switzerland is happening in February at the University of Lausanne! I had the pleasure of working with the organizing committee to design the event’s visual identity. If the topic sparks your interest, make sure to submit your abstract by November 15th!

Excited to share a new [colorful] project! Had the pleasure to design and illustrate a visual summary exploring some of the genetic secrets behind the red and yellow colors of parrots. 🔗 Read the paper in Science Magazine here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to share a new [colorful] project! Had the pleasure to design and illustrate a visual summary exploring some of the genetic secrets behind the red and yellow colors of parrots. 🔗 Read the paper in Science Magazine here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Abortion access in the U.S. is full of twists, turns, and roadblocks. To illustrate how difficult it is to get care, we built a maze for each state where the difficulty is calculated by the state’s policies. This is the United States of Abortion Mazes. pudding.cool/2024/10/abor...

I'm aware that the #dataviz feed is currently down (as are many other feeds powered by @skyfeed.app). Hoping it should be back up soon!

New editorial work for ETH Zürich! Had the pleasure to work with Sohyon Lee and Berend Snijder to illustrate their most recent findings just published in Nature Medicine. The illustrated digest from ETH News: ethz.ch/en/news-and-... The paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For anyone interested in #SciArt and #SciViz I recommend this interview with the amazing @joanagcc.bsky.social, @philippdexheimer.bsky.social and Patricia Bondia. Main takeaway: start making art (and charge for it!) - you don't need qualifications/permission 🎨 www.biologenkompass.de/en/viewpoint...

New cover illustration for Nature Aging! 🕒 Read the study on a specific type of fat that accumulates as tissue ages, and how this accumulation can be reversed through exercise here: www.nature.com/articles/s43... Congratulations to everyone involved!

Close-ups of some of the projects I've been working on: websites, data visualizations and a few editorial illustrations. Turning science into informative and engaging visuals. Stay tuned for more! 🌈

New figure design work on gut microbiota variation in animals! Read the review here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... One of my favorite projects from last year, in collaboration with Elena Martino from Università di Padova. Thank you for the trust!

New editorial work on fertilization and the structural wonders of the egg coat! news.ki.se/new-discover... Thank you to Karolinska KI for featuring this piece, and to Luca Jovine for trusting me with this work!

New editorial work on engineering the algae of the future. 🧬 I was commissioned to illustrate a review paper exploring the past, present and future of algal genome engineering. Read it here: www.cell.com/cell-genomic... Huge thanks to Kyle J. Lauersen for the trust!

Bits and pieces of some of my most recent scientific figure design projects, applied to publications, grants and presentations. 🌈

New figure work depicting one of the ways nature uses to make the color blue! 🔵 My job was to visualize the differences in the skin structure between blue areas and non-blue areas of blue-spotted rays. Read about it here: lnkd.in/gPmxfKtn Huge thanks to Amar and Mason for this opportunity!

New work of the role of muscles and adipose tissue in metabolism! This project was not self-initiated but is personal. In my client’s words, it illustrates their “scientific personality”. The result is a mash-up of some key players in thermogenesis in mammals. Huge thanks to Rachel and Daniel!