Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
@melzy.bsky.social
Biochemist, game designer, life enthusiast, UU, supporter of others' dreams.
ScienceGameCenter.org
Always looking for work: Game design, science communication, evaluation.
Baltimore, USA + anywhere
ScienceGameCenter.org
Always looking for work: Game design, science communication, evaluation.
Baltimore, USA + anywhere
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Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
@melzy.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I've been asked for an intro.
I'm currently a video game design professor in Baltimore. I love proteins and cells and insects... I love that everything living relies on every other living thing ...and on every other dying thing. I solve big problems with communication and experimentation.
I'm currently a video game design professor in Baltimore. I love proteins and cells and insects... I love that everything living relies on every other living thing ...and on every other dying thing. I solve big problems with communication and experimentation.
Baltimore Game Developers and anyone interested in using games to teach, train or entertain: we are having a conference!
November 15th and 16th.
Game Your Future Conference share.google/ZhEdVlO4hNc0...
Philadelphia, NYC, all the rest of you East Coast devs: come on out, learn and network
November 15th and 16th.
Game Your Future Conference share.google/ZhEdVlO4hNc0...
Philadelphia, NYC, all the rest of you East Coast devs: come on out, learn and network
Game Your Future Conference - Game4Good
Dive deep into the evolving world of game development at the Game Your Future Conference. Crafted for both veteran and early-career professionals in gaming and related industries, this conference expl...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Baltimore Game Developers and anyone interested in using games to teach, train or entertain: we are having a conference!
November 15th and 16th.
Game Your Future Conference share.google/ZhEdVlO4hNc0...
Philadelphia, NYC, all the rest of you East Coast devs: come on out, learn and network
November 15th and 16th.
Game Your Future Conference share.google/ZhEdVlO4hNc0...
Philadelphia, NYC, all the rest of you East Coast devs: come on out, learn and network
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We're firmly into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, so it's once again time to share one of my favourite chemistry infographics on the kaleidoscope of chemical colours found in autumn leaves! 🍂
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...
#ChemSky 🧪
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...
#ChemSky 🧪
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We're firmly into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, so it's once again time to share one of my favourite chemistry infographics on the kaleidoscope of chemical colours found in autumn leaves! 🍂
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...
#ChemSky 🧪
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...
#ChemSky 🧪
Whoever looked at animals and decided that they were not conscious, or that we were somehow qualitatively different? And why did we believe them?
September 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Whoever looked at animals and decided that they were not conscious, or that we were somehow qualitatively different? And why did we believe them?
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Cleaning fee is ten aphids.
September 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Cleaning fee is ten aphids.
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Desperate times call for creative measures. I will be selling at my first market in a week, and I do not have a color printer, plus my funds are limited. Doodling these plants takes me less time than to create a digital card to order prints. I think it works better for my branding, too.
September 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Desperate times call for creative measures. I will be selling at my first market in a week, and I do not have a color printer, plus my funds are limited. Doodling these plants takes me less time than to create a digital card to order prints. I think it works better for my branding, too.
Today in Baltimore, on Howard Street, on the same block as Current Space and a few blocks from Lexington Market I had the best vegan ice cream at my favorite place, Cajou. Cajou is French for cashew!
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Today in Baltimore, on Howard Street, on the same block as Current Space and a few blocks from Lexington Market I had the best vegan ice cream at my favorite place, Cajou. Cajou is French for cashew!
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“David Baltimore, a biologist who in 1975 won a Nobel Prize for a startling discovery that seemed to rock the foundations of the fledgling field of molecular biology, died on Saturday at his home in Woods Hole, Mass. He was 87.”🧪🩺
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“David Baltimore, a biologist who in 1975 won a Nobel Prize for a startling discovery that seemed to rock the foundations of the fledgling field of molecular biology, died on Saturday at his home in Woods Hole, Mass. He was 87.”🧪🩺
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Nice short discussion of the evolving understanding of 3I/ATLAS as this interstellar comet continues its approach to the Sun and more observations come in from various telescopes, featuring a lot of the observing folks 🔭☄️🧪
Telescopes Reveal Surprising Chemistry of a Rare Interstellar Object Passing Through Our Solar System
Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for billions of years, carrying pristine material from another star system
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Nice short discussion of the evolving understanding of 3I/ATLAS as this interstellar comet continues its approach to the Sun and more observations come in from various telescopes, featuring a lot of the observing folks 🔭☄️🧪
😂😂😂
John Oliver fact-checks Kennedy.
PSA- everything coming out of the HHS needs to be fact-checked. Anyone can spout numbers.
Here he goes again, as usual.
MAHA math ain't mathin'.
🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
PSA- everything coming out of the HHS needs to be fact-checked. Anyone can spout numbers.
Here he goes again, as usual.
MAHA math ain't mathin'.
🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
RFK Jr. & Statistics #lastweektonight
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
😂😂😂
Reposted by Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
This is important.
These are just a few of many more scientists who have been affected by NIH cuts.
Federal funded university research is where most breakthrough drugs & treatments are born, such as
HIV-Descovy
Diabetes-Ozempic
Prostate Cancer- Xtandi
And more.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
These are just a few of many more scientists who have been affected by NIH cuts.
Federal funded university research is where most breakthrough drugs & treatments are born, such as
HIV-Descovy
Diabetes-Ozempic
Prostate Cancer- Xtandi
And more.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is important.
These are just a few of many more scientists who have been affected by NIH cuts.
Federal funded university research is where most breakthrough drugs & treatments are born, such as
HIV-Descovy
Diabetes-Ozempic
Prostate Cancer- Xtandi
And more.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
These are just a few of many more scientists who have been affected by NIH cuts.
Federal funded university research is where most breakthrough drugs & treatments are born, such as
HIV-Descovy
Diabetes-Ozempic
Prostate Cancer- Xtandi
And more.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Tentative IDs: yellow-haired sun fly (left) and black-margined flower fly (right) but let me know if you have other ideas!
Also important to note: unlike bees, these guys will pollinate your garden but never sting you. Also the larvae often eat aphids & other pests. What now bees
🧪
Also important to note: unlike bees, these guys will pollinate your garden but never sting you. Also the larvae often eat aphids & other pests. What now bees
🧪
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tentative IDs: yellow-haired sun fly (left) and black-margined flower fly (right) but let me know if you have other ideas!
Also important to note: unlike bees, these guys will pollinate your garden but never sting you. Also the larvae often eat aphids & other pests. What now bees
🧪
Also important to note: unlike bees, these guys will pollinate your garden but never sting you. Also the larvae often eat aphids & other pests. What now bees
🧪
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The introduction of a genetically modified yeast strain into honeybee diets could help sustain brood production during periods of pollen scarcity, according to a study published in Nature. go.nature.com/3UKdAtc 🧪
August 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The introduction of a genetically modified yeast strain into honeybee diets could help sustain brood production during periods of pollen scarcity, according to a study published in Nature. go.nature.com/3UKdAtc 🧪
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Baltimore ICE is trying to deport Kilmar to Uganda on Monday at 6:30 am. There will be a vigil open to the public.
- Baltimore Rapid Response Network (BRRN)
- Baltimore Rapid Response Network (BRRN)
August 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Baltimore ICE is trying to deport Kilmar to Uganda on Monday at 6:30 am. There will be a vigil open to the public.
- Baltimore Rapid Response Network (BRRN)
- Baltimore Rapid Response Network (BRRN)
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I made a series of comics with @npr.org about the ocean! This is the first of three: an introduction to the ocean zones.
www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...
#scicomm #sciencecomics #comics #STEMcomics
www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...
#scicomm #sciencecomics #comics #STEMcomics
COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths
Scientists are far from knowing all of the complexities of Earth's ocean. With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know, like its role as one of the world's largest carbon sinks and how…
www.npr.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I made a series of comics with @npr.org about the ocean! This is the first of three: an introduction to the ocean zones.
www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...
#scicomm #sciencecomics #comics #STEMcomics
www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...
#scicomm #sciencecomics #comics #STEMcomics
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🎙️YOUNG VOICES OF SCIENCE! 🎙️
The Young Voices of Science Program is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world! 🌍
#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #STEM
The Young Voices of Science Program is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world! 🌍
#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #STEM
August 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎙️YOUNG VOICES OF SCIENCE! 🎙️
The Young Voices of Science Program is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world! 🌍
#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #STEM
The Young Voices of Science Program is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world! 🌍
#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #STEM
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“A beaming patch of turquoise amidst the Southern Ocean's blue-grey waters that's baffled scientists ever since it was first spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s may have finally been deciphered by oceanographers.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious...
🧪 🦑
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious...
🧪 🦑
A Mysterious Glow in The Ocean Turns Out to Be Billions of Tiny Creatures
A beaming patch of turquoise amidst the Southern Ocean's blue-grey waters that's baffled scientists ever since it was first spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s may have finally been deciphe...
www.sciencealert.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“A beaming patch of turquoise amidst the Southern Ocean's blue-grey waters that's baffled scientists ever since it was first spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s may have finally been deciphered by oceanographers.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious...
🧪 🦑
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious...
🧪 🦑
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my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
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I live in Baltimore, and this painting hangs in the downtown branch of the Pratt Free Library. It is an accurate depiction of summer in parts of Baltimore. I've been living here for 6 months and once you get acclimated to the sound, it's no big deal.
August 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I live in Baltimore, and this painting hangs in the downtown branch of the Pratt Free Library. It is an accurate depiction of summer in parts of Baltimore. I've been living here for 6 months and once you get acclimated to the sound, it's no big deal.
Reposted by Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
Sharing some pictures from my decade in #BeautifulWashingtonDC
August 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sharing some pictures from my decade in #BeautifulWashingtonDC
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Come to the opening of the Sweaty Eyeballs animation festival at the Area 405 gallery in #baltimore. There will be many interactive #videogame art installations, including my own VR piece.
Friday, August 22nd, from 5-9pm.
tinyurl.com/25sjzr7v
The show will be up from Aug 22 - Sept 12.
Friday, August 22nd, from 5-9pm.
tinyurl.com/25sjzr7v
The show will be up from Aug 22 - Sept 12.
www.area405.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Come to the opening of the Sweaty Eyeballs animation festival at the Area 405 gallery in #baltimore. There will be many interactive #videogame art installations, including my own VR piece.
Friday, August 22nd, from 5-9pm.
tinyurl.com/25sjzr7v
The show will be up from Aug 22 - Sept 12.
Friday, August 22nd, from 5-9pm.
tinyurl.com/25sjzr7v
The show will be up from Aug 22 - Sept 12.
Reposted by Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
Baltimore mayor on cities called out by Trump: ‘The president could learn a lot from us’
@claycane.bsky.social @reeciecolbert.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
@claycane.bsky.social @reeciecolbert.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Baltimore mayor on cities called out by Trump: ‘The president could learn a lot from us’
@claycane.bsky.social @reeciecolbert.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
@claycane.bsky.social @reeciecolbert.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump said five cities are potential targets for federal or military law enforcement actions: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Oakland.
What do these cities (plus D.C.) have in common?
They are currently led by Black mayors.
This isn't practical law enforcement. It is racism.
What do these cities (plus D.C.) have in common?
They are currently led by Black mayors.
This isn't practical law enforcement. It is racism.
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump said five cities are potential targets for federal or military law enforcement actions: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Oakland.
What do these cities (plus D.C.) have in common?
They are currently led by Black mayors.
This isn't practical law enforcement. It is racism.
What do these cities (plus D.C.) have in common?
They are currently led by Black mayors.
This isn't practical law enforcement. It is racism.
Reposted by Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
Nearly 2,000 people have been held at the Baltimore facility so far this year, 3x the number in all of 2024.
As many as 100 people were detained at the same time in May and June in cells without permanent beds and showers, ICE reported in court documents.
As many as 100 people were detained at the same time in May and June in cells without permanent beds and showers, ICE reported in court documents.
Detention cells in Baltimore designed for short stays instead confine immigrants for days
Detention cells in Baltimore designed for short stays instead confine immigrants for days
Under the Trump administration, ICE has detained immigrants in Baltimore holding rooms for an average of 51 hours, four times longer than the maximum time limit under its longstanding policy, according...
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Nearly 2,000 people have been held at the Baltimore facility so far this year, 3x the number in all of 2024.
As many as 100 people were detained at the same time in May and June in cells without permanent beds and showers, ICE reported in court documents.
As many as 100 people were detained at the same time in May and June in cells without permanent beds and showers, ICE reported in court documents.
Reposted by Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
