Dorota Paczesniak
@dorotdesigns.bsky.social
Scientific illustrator, educator, biologist
🇵🇱 in 🇫🇮
Drawing to explain and inspire
Commissions open: DM
Visual design portfolio:
https://www.behance.net/dorotdesigns
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🇵🇱 in 🇫🇮
Drawing to explain and inspire
Commissions open: DM
Visual design portfolio:
https://www.behance.net/dorotdesigns
she/her
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Hello, it’s #PortfolioDay and I’m a scientific illustrator open to commissions of figures, infographics, learning materials, posters, presentations, branding and character design
I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡
I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Cosmo Sheldrake
Sam Amidon
Erik Truffaz
Shabazz Palaces
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Cosmo Sheldrake
Sam Amidon
Erik Truffaz
Shabazz Palaces
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tanya Tagaq
Dead Can Dance
Einstein on the Beach
Jane Siberry
Sarah MacLachlan
Tanya Tagaq
Dead Can Dance
Einstein on the Beach
Jane Siberry
Sarah MacLachlan
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Cosmo Sheldrake
Sam Amidon
Erik Truffaz
Shabazz Palaces
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Cosmo Sheldrake
Sam Amidon
Erik Truffaz
Shabazz Palaces
For the Science feed 🧪
How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For the Science feed 🧪
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
#Dataviz books everyone should read 📚 - a community sourced #charticle informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio... Created in association with @DataVizSociety #iibwab
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#Dataviz books everyone should read 📚 - a community sourced #charticle informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio... Created in association with @DataVizSociety #iibwab
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
Rosemary Grant, an evolutionary biologist
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Rosemary Grant, an evolutionary biologist
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (the New Zealand mud snail) genome paper is out! 🧪🧬
I am so proud & happy to see our Potamo genome assembly finally out there in the world! The process ended up being way more challenging than expected, but for some really cool reasons. ❤️🐌🧬
TLDR: Surprise! A VERY recent WGD.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Photo: C. Böck, ILIM, Mondsee, Austria)
TLDR: Surprise! A VERY recent WGD.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Photo: C. Böck, ILIM, Mondsee, Austria)
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (the New Zealand mud snail) genome paper is out! 🧪🧬
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
Happy birthday to Indian #botanist E.K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), here with plants she studied: #sugarcane, #magnolia & eggplant. 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬 #histsci
A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman 🧵
A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Happy birthday to Indian #botanist E.K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), here with plants she studied: #sugarcane, #magnolia & eggplant. 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬 #histsci
A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman 🧵
A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman 🧵
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
This snail silhouette is now available in PhyloPic: Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. It was really fun to draw, as we have a close connection: I have studied their fascinating reproductive system in my PhD www.phylopic.org/images/51df2... 🧪🐡
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This snail silhouette is now available in PhyloPic: Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. It was really fun to draw, as we have a close connection: I have studied their fascinating reproductive system in my PhD www.phylopic.org/images/51df2... 🧪🐡
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
The end of an era: the Tree of Life Web Project is going dark after 3 decades. Anyone interested in communicating phylogeny online should read David's account of goals, history, and future. @bembidion.bsky.social
subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...
subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...
The Passing of the Tree of Life Web Project
The Tree of Life Web Project began its journey almost 40 years ago, and was formally announced in early 1996. It has served thousands of pages of information about the evolutionary tree of life and…
subulatepalpomere.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The end of an era: the Tree of Life Web Project is going dark after 3 decades. Anyone interested in communicating phylogeny online should read David's account of goals, history, and future. @bembidion.bsky.social
subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...
subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...
A movie you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
I realize that many scientists are not confident in their art skills. Simple drawings made by scientists who may not be artistically talented are significantly better than the ai art because **the ai stuff is full of errors**. “Bad” but correct figures are better than “prettier” wrong ones.
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I realize that many scientists are not confident in their art skills. Simple drawings made by scientists who may not be artistically talented are significantly better than the ai art because **the ai stuff is full of errors**. “Bad” but correct figures are better than “prettier” wrong ones.
Hello, it’s #PortfolioDay and I’m a scientific illustrator open to commissions of figures, infographics, learning materials, posters, presentations, branding and character design
I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡
I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hello, it’s #PortfolioDay and I’m a scientific illustrator open to commissions of figures, infographics, learning materials, posters, presentations, branding and character design
I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡
I’m also open to a full time-job in communications or educational design 🐡
This snail silhouette is now available in PhyloPic: Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. It was really fun to draw, as we have a close connection: I have studied their fascinating reproductive system in my PhD www.phylopic.org/images/51df2... 🧪🐡
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This snail silhouette is now available in PhyloPic: Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. It was really fun to draw, as we have a close connection: I have studied their fascinating reproductive system in my PhD www.phylopic.org/images/51df2... 🧪🐡
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.
October 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
Still not sure about joining #EvoKE2025? 👇
💡 Workshop with Tania Jenkins: “(Co)-designing evolutionary research, education and outreach for societal impact”.
A hands-on opportunity to explore how research and education can create meaningful change in society.
See you in Athens?
🔗 bit.ly/47QaDPx
💡 Workshop with Tania Jenkins: “(Co)-designing evolutionary research, education and outreach for societal impact”.
A hands-on opportunity to explore how research and education can create meaningful change in society.
See you in Athens?
🔗 bit.ly/47QaDPx
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Still not sure about joining #EvoKE2025? 👇
💡 Workshop with Tania Jenkins: “(Co)-designing evolutionary research, education and outreach for societal impact”.
A hands-on opportunity to explore how research and education can create meaningful change in society.
See you in Athens?
🔗 bit.ly/47QaDPx
💡 Workshop with Tania Jenkins: “(Co)-designing evolutionary research, education and outreach for societal impact”.
A hands-on opportunity to explore how research and education can create meaningful change in society.
See you in Athens?
🔗 bit.ly/47QaDPx
It’s here! Such a thrill to hold the book in my hands: “The Communicating Scientist” with my illustrations inside. It’s the kind of book I wish I had when I was a PhD student, and I’m glad to have it as a reference as a communications professional #SciComm 🧪
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It’s here! Such a thrill to hold the book in my hands: “The Communicating Scientist” with my illustrations inside. It’s the kind of book I wish I had when I was a PhD student, and I’m glad to have it as a reference as a communications professional #SciComm 🧪
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
OMG, I get a book launch!
And not just any old book launch - this one is hosted by @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social. I have therefore challenged myself to find a *single fun fact linking ecology, maths and communication* for the event - show up, in person or online, to find out what it is.
🧪 #scicomm
And not just any old book launch - this one is hosted by @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social. I have therefore challenged myself to find a *single fun fact linking ecology, maths and communication* for the event - show up, in person or online, to find out what it is.
🧪 #scicomm
UPCOMING EVENT: Join Dr Joanna Bagniewska as she explores what makes communication work and why it matters with Dr Tom Crawford, to celebrate the release of her new book!
🔗 Book now: buff.ly/MVTB1Cc
🔗 Book now: buff.ly/MVTB1Cc
September 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
OMG, I get a book launch!
And not just any old book launch - this one is hosted by @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social. I have therefore challenged myself to find a *single fun fact linking ecology, maths and communication* for the event - show up, in person or online, to find out what it is.
🧪 #scicomm
And not just any old book launch - this one is hosted by @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social. I have therefore challenged myself to find a *single fun fact linking ecology, maths and communication* for the event - show up, in person or online, to find out what it is.
🧪 #scicomm
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
📘 'The Communicating Scientist' is here! A practical guide for researchers, science professionals, or students looking to communicate more clearly and effectively in academia. bit.ly/4lNIjAu #SciComm #BookSky @joannabagniewska.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📘 'The Communicating Scientist' is here! A practical guide for researchers, science professionals, or students looking to communicate more clearly and effectively in academia. bit.ly/4lNIjAu #SciComm #BookSky @joannabagniewska.com
Proudly presenting "The Communicating Scientist" - a communication handbook by Joanna Bagniewska (@joannabagniewska.com), Sarang Park, and Olle Bergman, with illustrations by me 😄
Link to the book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
20% discount with this code: SPRAUT
Link to the book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
20% discount with this code: SPRAUT
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Proudly presenting "The Communicating Scientist" - a communication handbook by Joanna Bagniewska (@joannabagniewska.com), Sarang Park, and Olle Bergman, with illustrations by me 😄
Link to the book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
20% discount with this code: SPRAUT
Link to the book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
20% discount with this code: SPRAUT
Reposted by Dorota Paczesniak
New book alert! „The Communicating Scientist” by Olle Bergman, Sarang Park, and @joannabagniewska.com integrates knowledge, experience, and hands-on tips on scientific peer-to-peer communication and science dissemination. I’m so happy to be a part of it as an illustrator #SciComm 🧪
LOOK! We made a book, distilling our collective #scicomm experience into a mere 295 pages. Phew.
Yes, it's published by the academic @springernature.com, but it's also conversational, practical and fun, and includes both general advice and specific tips for 24 communication scenarios.
🧪#academicsky
Yes, it's published by the academic @springernature.com, but it's also conversational, practical and fun, and includes both general advice and specific tips for 24 communication scenarios.
🧪#academicsky
August 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New book alert! „The Communicating Scientist” by Olle Bergman, Sarang Park, and @joannabagniewska.com integrates knowledge, experience, and hands-on tips on scientific peer-to-peer communication and science dissemination. I’m so happy to be a part of it as an illustrator #SciComm 🧪