More yeast-related goodies:
What color do you think of when you think of 'yeast'? I'm guessing not magenta. Wild yeasts produce many different pigments, such as the pink yeast below. Here are Microbe Crayon Labels if you want to learn more: microbeinstitute.org/microbe-crayon… #WaspBeer

Reducing the complexity of a fascinating molecular motor. Read our Behind the Paper blog, where we detail our journey to deciphering the structural basis for how bacterial flagella shift into reverse gear: communities.springernature.com/posts/let-slip…

Disabled people are not ok. The pandemic has turned society against us (even more than before).

People were quietly ableist before. Now they’re openly hateful.

It was hard to access healthcare before. Now it’s impossible.

It was lonely before. Now it’s a pit of despair /1 🧵

🆕As part of our Internationalising science journalism education project, we produced a short comic that explores the challenges faced by those seeking to embark on a career in #sciencejournalism , & ways that they can be overcome⤵️

uwe.ac.uk/research/centr…
sciencemediacentre.in/exploring-sc-r…

Please admire this fungal culture. It’s a new species so it has no real name yet but it’s lovely nonetheless.

This great exhibition will feature some of my artwork from the Fear and Fever graphic novel, including the promo below 😃

DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS WOMAN IS?!

If you do, say nothing. Just repost.

It's unbelievable that most people do not recognize her. She literally changed the world.

PS 🤫Stay tuned for more (new historical material about her!)

Happy International Panic Day everybody! Your cast iron excuse to run around screaming for no discernible reason!

#InternationalPanicDay #MadeUpDays #TheresSomeDaysYouJustCantGetRidOfABomb

🔬🌈✨ Some Photomicrography of crystals under a polarized light microscope taken in my home lab

The aesthetic polarizing filters unlock from virtually any crystalline substance are just out of this world!

Our graphic novel 'Fear & Fever' isn't the only incredible artwork we have commissioned for our upcoming #Typhoid , Cockles, and Terror exhibition - can you guess what @eliza_coli - see campsite bio for other socials is showing here?

I am diagnosed with #schizophrenia
and this is my story about it

a comic 🧵 (1/7)

#MentalHealthMatters

Not my usual #sciart , but pretty nonetheless?

Skin color ≠ diversity, but it's a start. How do we digest something as abstract as diversity in #medicalillustration ? A look at skin color can give us a glimpse into the gaps in our healthcare system. Read more: rb.gy/9m4d4y #IllustrateChange #jnj #Diversity

You have been chosen to become one of the first settlers on the newly terraformed Venus. Everyone is allowed to bring only two items from Earth, what would you bring with you?

I don't know if anyone's seen this, but here's a really cool #MentalHealth #comic anthology by R. E. Burke going begging - quite a range of styles and approaches to what's helped in dark times...

kickstarter.com/projects/overi…

(I'm in there too...😉)

My brilliant postdoc Elena has devised a great acronym for her upcoming grant proposal: 'Prioneers'. I am impressed at her creativity (and a bit envious because I never came up with anything that clever).

My latest New Scientist cartoon
#science #statues #astronomy

Not my usual #sciart , but pretty nonetheless?

I don't know if anyone's seen this, but here's a really cool #MentalHealth #comic anthology by R. E. Burke going begging - quite a range of styles and approaches to what's helped in dark times...

kickstarter.com/projects/overi…

(I'm in there too...😉)

In this 2022 honorable mention, Chloe Savard illuminates the stunning movements and life found within a single drop of water. 💧 Have you captured content of your own highlighting the world's microscopic marvels? Let's see it! Don't forget to submit by April 30th.