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Another animation I'm proud to have worked on with my colleagues at the Zuckerman Institute 💙

https://youtu.be/AZCAs4N7alU?feature=shared

I hope this visual metaphor can help convey the magnitude of the damage we're witnessing in science... the repercussions will be felt for many generations to come 😢

#academicsky #scicomm #sciart

Yay! Thanks to Laura Tran for interviewing me about my unusual career on The Scientist - I think "Don’t wait for permission. If you love it, keep at it." perfectly summarizes all the 'advice' I have to give 😅

https://www.the-scientist.com/neurocomics-bring-science-to-life-through-visual-storytelling-72975

#scicomm #sciviz #sciart

Amidst the general chaos, I forgot to mention the 2nd volume of Graphic Anatomy (Cuore) just came out!

https://www.beccogiallo.it/negozio/graphic-anatomy/cuore/

It was a pleasure working with the team at #GraphicMedicine Italia and exploring this fascinating organ ♥️ Here are some of my favorite pages

#scicomm #sciart

Finishing off #brainawarenessweek with this screen print I designed for @lok_zine a few years ago - it has been hanging in my studio ever since and it makes me so happy. I hope I can find the time to do more of this work! ❤️💛💙

matteofarinella.com

#neuroscience #brain #neurons #sciart #print #zine

Today, for #BrainAwarenessWeek I want to share this brainy map commissioned by The Brain Observatory for last Summer's Brain Explorer Camp.

If you pass by San Diego, make sure to check out this little hidden gem of a museum: www.thebrainobservatory.org 🧠

#SciArt #neuroscience

Since it's #brainawareness week, I want to take a break from the ongoing dystopia to celebrate my favorite organ and repost some of my favorite #neuroscience #sciart!

Let's start with this #scifi brain city I just made for an upcoming Italian graphic novel 🧠 🏙

#cervello #comics #graphicmedicine

A giant brain at the center of a futuristic city, radiating a complex network of roads (a metaphor for the peripheral nervous system)

Wow, what an amazing opportunity! I would be tempted to apply myself if I could take the time off. I'll be very jealous of whoever is next fellow 🌿

https://www.esf.edu/clbs/opportunities.php

#naturedrawing #sciart #scicomm

ESF NEWS EVENTS ATHLETICS DONATE CONTACT CRANBERRY LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION I HOME = CRANBERRY LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION = SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR FELLOWSHIP About the Program CLBS HOME ) ) o ) ) Begun in 2023, this program seeks to engage a broader group of individuals in the ecological research conducted at CLBS. COURSES Collaborations between artists and scientists are increasing the quality of public engagement and the accessibility of the research being conducted. The cross-pollination of thoughts and ideas that comes from the incorporation of different 2105 academic and personal backgrounds can often lead to synergistic outcomes. This can lead to better research, more INDIGENOUS WRITER IN informed artistic representations, and increased community engagement. RESIDENCY . . L e . . . . . The faculty and staff at CLBS are excited to provide scientific guidance and education to the interns. Interns will work with a SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR faculty mentor who will help to advise and guide the intern throughout the summer, both in person and remotely. Interns FELLOWSHIP will also have the opportunity to engage in a variety of courses offered at the station to inform their projects and to generally increase their knowledge of the area’s flora and fauna. Since the Fellowship is geared toward providing illustrators FIELD NOTES BLOG with a deeper scientific understanding, a strong illustration background is desired prior to the Fellowship.

Happy #DarwinDay everyone! 🐦

This image of Charles is from a work in progress, trying to make the point that comic panels are like members of an ecosystem. Separate, and yet connected.

#comics #visualthinking #scicomm #sciart

Young Charles Darwin looking at finches on a tree

💜 International Women & Girls in Science Day

Learn more about these Massive Science Heroes: https://matteofarinella.com/Massive-Science-Heroes

#WomenInScience
#womeninSTEM
#IDWGS
#sciart
#scicomm

Reposting this Massive Science profile about Vera Rubin: https://massivesci.com/articles/vera-rubin-science-heroes/

The more they censor, the more it's important to remember!
https://www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=secondary

#resist #womeninscience #womeninstem

Yes, many scientists and institutions are feeling anxious right now - and for good reasons - but I sincerely hope they will not compromise on values in exchange for funding.

Fundings come and go, but if we let the government blackmail us into submission, we will forever lose public trust

#resist 🖤

https://holdenthorp.substack.com/p/it-makes-sense-to-be-anxious?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=nm6fe&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Matteo Farinella boosted:

Fascinating piece on @publicdomainrev on the *fancy* turning machines of the 1800s and how they were used to make Spirograph like patterns in metal https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fancy-turning/

Ornamental turning patterns from the book shown as faint white lines on a black background

Matteo Farinella boosted:

Particularly like this pattern from “Holtazapffel’s Turning and Mechanical Manipulation” (1884) but check out the extremely dense description of how they created the pattern https://archive.org/details/HoltzapffelVol5_1884/page/n570/mode/1up

Particularly beautiful ornamental turning pattern with an amoeba like edge

And the dense description of how they made it on a geometric lathe

📢 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 📚

Science for the People seeks proposals for articles, art, and other content for the upcoming issue on “Scientific Communication”

Deadline: November 12, 2024

https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/call-for-pitches/

As you can imagine I'm pretty excited about this one!

Please send us your best ideas, and if you want to turn your article into a comic or infographic don't hesitate to ask. We don't have a big budget but I'm determined to make this issue radical in both content and style! ✊

Yay! Everyone reads this now 👇

https://www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-careers/how-neuroscience-comics-add-ka-pow-to-the-field-qa-with-kanaka-rajan/

"scientific papers are kind of an awful medium. They’re incomprehensible. It’s kind of a secret form of gatekeeping."

Thanks, Kanaka Rajan for championing comics, as a more accessible #scicomm format!

#graphicscience #sciart

A sketch inspired by a beautiful metaphor I have recently read in 'The Flowering Wand' by Sophie Strand:

"Sometimes we need to cut down the tree of a monomythic idea in order to get to the more generative root belowground..."

Full quote on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAvcQeqxanN/

#sciart #metaphor #herojourney

A coppiced tree (cut at its base) with several new shoots emerging from the trunk. Belowground roots and mycelium wrap around a sword, representing the hero's journey.

Are Older LGBT Adults Falling Behind on Vaccinations?

I have a new comic for UCMerced illustrating the important work of Andrea N. Polonijo on vaccine uptake, probably reflecting much deeper health disparities 🏳️‍🌈

#scicomm #vaccine #sciart

Are Older LGBT Adults Falling Behind on Vaccinations?

Two sketches from the past week: one from Overlook Mountain and one from Harlem, 125th Street. I visit some places for pleasure, and some for work, but taking a drawing break always helps me appreciate it more.

Enjoy the last day of Summer 🌞

#sketchbook #travelsketch

Drawing of an overpass pillar at the corner of 12th Av and 125 st

I had the pleasure of illustrating the cover for Honghong Tinn's book Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry coming soon with MIT Press!

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763394/island-tinkerers-by-honghong-tinn/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFPE8JleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRHskPajht0qYn-JrEQoq65xKHdzAfNAql95uSvt5Q9ztLO6uDMJIZGXtA_aem_1Se9-gdCiwabX1BK5jaL2g

#History #Computing #SciArt