Mark 💀👨🏻🎨
@mrk87.bsky.social
Medical Artist, Reader (Associate Professor) in Interdisciplinary Digital Visualisation @LJMUarts, Programme Leader @ArtinScienceMA, Researcher @FaceLabLJMU, Section Editor @JVISCOMM #sciart #artscience #scicomm #medart
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Mark 💀👨🏻🎨
@mrk87.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication
This edited book explores approaches undertaken by biomedical illustrators and communicators to make science accessible, engaging and impactful.
doi.org
Last year I worked with some incredible academics, artists & science communicators to bring together the edited book ‘Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication’ Vol 4 in the Springer Biomedical Visualization series. Check out the inspiring work 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart
#scicomm #sciart
Wonderful to see ‘Approaches for Science Illustration & Communication’ reach 7k downloads!
Thanks to the contributing authors & series editor Prof Paul M Rea 🫶🏼
📖 Read the chapters here 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart #scienceillustration #biomedicalvisualization
Thanks to the contributing authors & series editor Prof Paul M Rea 🫶🏼
📖 Read the chapters here 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart #scienceillustration #biomedicalvisualization
September 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Wonderful to see ‘Approaches for Science Illustration & Communication’ reach 7k downloads!
Thanks to the contributing authors & series editor Prof Paul M Rea 🫶🏼
📖 Read the chapters here 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart #scienceillustration #biomedicalvisualization
Thanks to the contributing authors & series editor Prof Paul M Rea 🫶🏼
📖 Read the chapters here 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart #scienceillustration #biomedicalvisualization
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Thank you to all who came to see ‘Convergence: an exhibition exploring the art in science’ at the Bluecoat for British Science Festival.
Each piece is a testament to the shared curiosity that drives both art and science.
#artscience #scienceart #sciart #scienceengagement
Each piece is a testament to the shared curiosity that drives both art and science.
#artscience #scienceart #sciart #scienceengagement
September 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thank you to all who came to see ‘Convergence: an exhibition exploring the art in science’ at the Bluecoat for British Science Festival.
Each piece is a testament to the shared curiosity that drives both art and science.
#artscience #scienceart #sciart #scienceengagement
Each piece is a testament to the shared curiosity that drives both art and science.
#artscience #scienceart #sciart #scienceengagement
British Science Festival began today & my @artinsciencema.bsky.social graduating class of 2025 have installed snapshots of their Major Projects in a window display at the Quirky Quater. If you’re in Liverpool for the festival go & take a look at their innovative art-science projects! #BSF25 #sciart
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
British Science Festival began today & my @artinsciencema.bsky.social graduating class of 2025 have installed snapshots of their Major Projects in a window display at the Quirky Quater. If you’re in Liverpool for the festival go & take a look at their innovative art-science projects! #BSF25 #sciart
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This evening we had the great pleasure of hosting @mrk87.bsky.social and @jessiliu.bsky.social from @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They showed us how to go from a skull to a digital avatar 💀 🫅. Thanks for coming along and the audience who joined us 🤩
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This evening we had the great pleasure of hosting @mrk87.bsky.social and @jessiliu.bsky.social from @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They showed us how to go from a skull to a digital avatar 💀 🫅. Thanks for coming along and the audience who joined us 🤩
Join myself and @jessiliu.bsky.social tonight in Chester to hear more about @facelabljmu.bsky.social’s research!
Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join myself and @jessiliu.bsky.social tonight in Chester to hear more about @facelabljmu.bsky.social’s research!
Come and join me and @jessiliu.bsky.social at Chester SciBar next week to learn more about how Face Lab depicts faces from the past, including our recent 4D talking avatar of King Richard III!
#sciart #facialdepiction #postmortemavatar
#sciart #facialdepiction #postmortemavatar
Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
September 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Come and join me and @jessiliu.bsky.social at Chester SciBar next week to learn more about how Face Lab depicts faces from the past, including our recent 4D talking avatar of King Richard III!
#sciart #facialdepiction #postmortemavatar
#sciart #facialdepiction #postmortemavatar
Can’t wait for this! It’s been an exciting few weeks planning and working with wonderful sci-artists to bring this exhibition together! Come and see us and the works at the Bluecoat in Liverpool One on Saturday 13th September!
We are exited to be part of British Science Festival 2025 in Liverpool!
Our exhibition, ‘Convergence’, reveals how art and science comes together to spark new ways of understanding the world.
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/conver...
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
Our exhibition, ‘Convergence’, reveals how art and science comes together to spark new ways of understanding the world.
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/conver...
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Can’t wait for this! It’s been an exciting few weeks planning and working with wonderful sci-artists to bring this exhibition together! Come and see us and the works at the Bluecoat in Liverpool One on Saturday 13th September!
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Looking to do a PhD with Face Lab X Computing @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social?
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looking to do a PhD with Face Lab X Computing @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social?
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Interested in art-science interactions & want to undertake practice-based research at Master’s level? Find out more about MA Art in Science programme @ljmuofficial.bsky.social here > www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/course...
Places remaining for Sept 2025 start!
#sciart #artscience #postgrad
Places remaining for Sept 2025 start!
#sciart #artscience #postgrad
August 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Interested in art-science interactions & want to undertake practice-based research at Master’s level? Find out more about MA Art in Science programme @ljmuofficial.bsky.social here > www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/course...
Places remaining for Sept 2025 start!
#sciart #artscience #postgrad
Places remaining for Sept 2025 start!
#sciart #artscience #postgrad
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We are exited to be part of British Science Festival 2025 in Liverpool!
Our exhibition, ‘Convergence’, reveals how art and science comes together to spark new ways of understanding the world.
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/conver...
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
Our exhibition, ‘Convergence’, reveals how art and science comes together to spark new ways of understanding the world.
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/conver...
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We are exited to be part of British Science Festival 2025 in Liverpool!
Our exhibition, ‘Convergence’, reveals how art and science comes together to spark new ways of understanding the world.
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/conver...
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
Our exhibition, ‘Convergence’, reveals how art and science comes together to spark new ways of understanding the world.
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/conver...
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
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The latest project from LJMU's Face Lab ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The latest project from LJMU's Face Lab ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
If you’re in Maidstone tomorrow, come and join us to learn more about the work of Face Lab!
As part of the Festival of Archaeology, we are at Maidstone Museums between 10am - 3pm tomorrow (2nd August, 2025). Come find out more about the two facial depictions we made for the museum!
August 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you’re in Maidstone tomorrow, come and join us to learn more about the work of Face Lab!
“Students & researchers showcased their innovative sci-art research at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, as part of the vibrant Science Futures area.”
Great to have taken part in this alongside Face Lab colleagues & MA Art in Science students!
Read more 👉🏼 lnkd.in/ekMS3y_3
#sciart #glastonbury
Great to have taken part in this alongside Face Lab colleagues & MA Art in Science students!
Read more 👉🏼 lnkd.in/ekMS3y_3
#sciart #glastonbury
June 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Students & researchers showcased their innovative sci-art research at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, as part of the vibrant Science Futures area.”
Great to have taken part in this alongside Face Lab colleagues & MA Art in Science students!
Read more 👉🏼 lnkd.in/ekMS3y_3
#sciart #glastonbury
Great to have taken part in this alongside Face Lab colleagues & MA Art in Science students!
Read more 👉🏼 lnkd.in/ekMS3y_3
#sciart #glastonbury
Read our newest article in the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine: ‘Development of 3D training models for the identification and classification of colorectal polyps’.
🔗 lnkd.in/ebcfrDG8
🔗 lnkd.in/ebcfrDG8
June 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Read our newest article in the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine: ‘Development of 3D training models for the identification and classification of colorectal polyps’.
🔗 lnkd.in/ebcfrDG8
🔗 lnkd.in/ebcfrDG8
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Face Lab is on tour! We will be in Helsingborg, Sweden Dunkers kulturhus between 16-17 May 2025 in the exhibition "About Helsingborg". We will be talking about the facial depiction of Peter Karlsson. Please do come see us if you are around. dunkerskulturhus.se/event/lar-di...
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Face Lab is on tour! We will be in Helsingborg, Sweden Dunkers kulturhus between 16-17 May 2025 in the exhibition "About Helsingborg". We will be talking about the facial depiction of Peter Karlsson. Please do come see us if you are around. dunkerskulturhus.se/event/lar-di...
Had a great Friday hosting this Leonardo Art Science Evening
Rendezvous (LASER) to explore the role of music in dementia healthcare. Thanks to #BYOB25 & @susannahcwalker.bsky.social for supporting the LASER, to the speakers & musicians, & the audience who joined in with our music moments!
Rendezvous (LASER) to explore the role of music in dementia healthcare. Thanks to #BYOB25 & @susannahcwalker.bsky.social for supporting the LASER, to the speakers & musicians, & the audience who joined in with our music moments!
May 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Had a great Friday hosting this Leonardo Art Science Evening
Rendezvous (LASER) to explore the role of music in dementia healthcare. Thanks to #BYOB25 & @susannahcwalker.bsky.social for supporting the LASER, to the speakers & musicians, & the audience who joined in with our music moments!
Rendezvous (LASER) to explore the role of music in dementia healthcare. Thanks to #BYOB25 & @susannahcwalker.bsky.social for supporting the LASER, to the speakers & musicians, & the audience who joined in with our music moments!
Join us for our next Liverpool LASER Talks: Pockets of Joy - Music Participation in Community & Healthcare Settings
2nd May, 19:00-21:00
LEAF, Bold Street, Liverpool
MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE www.eventbookings.com/b/event/live...
#LASERTalks #LiverpoolLASER #BNA2025 #BringYourOwnBrain
2nd May, 19:00-21:00
LEAF, Bold Street, Liverpool
MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE www.eventbookings.com/b/event/live...
#LASERTalks #LiverpoolLASER #BNA2025 #BringYourOwnBrain
Liverpool LASER - Pockets of Joy (BYOB Liverpool)
Liverpool LASER TalksPockets of Joy: Music Participation in Community & Healthcare Settings
In this Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous we bring together musicians, scientists and healthcare pract...
www.eventbookings.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join us for our next Liverpool LASER Talks: Pockets of Joy - Music Participation in Community & Healthcare Settings
2nd May, 19:00-21:00
LEAF, Bold Street, Liverpool
MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE www.eventbookings.com/b/event/live...
#LASERTalks #LiverpoolLASER #BNA2025 #BringYourOwnBrain
2nd May, 19:00-21:00
LEAF, Bold Street, Liverpool
MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE www.eventbookings.com/b/event/live...
#LASERTalks #LiverpoolLASER #BNA2025 #BringYourOwnBrain
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Maternity cover
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk
April 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Maternity cover
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...
Enjoyed writing this Creative Engagement case study about our 2024 public engagement event, 'The Ecologies of Hilbre Island - A Creative Expedition', which was part of Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social.
🔗 www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/ca...
🔗 www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/ca...
April 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Enjoyed writing this Creative Engagement case study about our 2024 public engagement event, 'The Ecologies of Hilbre Island - A Creative Expedition', which was part of Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social.
🔗 www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/ca...
🔗 www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/ca...
Red our newest article in the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine
‘Development of 3D training models for the identification and classification of colorectal polyps’.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
‘Development of 3D training models for the identification and classification of colorectal polyps’.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
April 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Red our newest article in the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine
‘Development of 3D training models for the identification and classification of colorectal polyps’.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
‘Development of 3D training models for the identification and classification of colorectal polyps’.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
Reposted by Mark 💀👨🏻🎨
Happy Burns Night All! Watch our animated facial depiction of Robert Burns reading the poem ‘To A Mouse’ on YouTube youtu.be/qkr0po3rhec and read more about the project here www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
Robert Burns animated poetry recital
YouTube video by Liverpool John Moores University
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Happy Burns Night All! Watch our animated facial depiction of Robert Burns reading the poem ‘To A Mouse’ on YouTube youtu.be/qkr0po3rhec and read more about the project here www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
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📢 @ljmuofficial.bsky.social colleagues and PGRs support LJMU's application for @NCCPE Bronze Engage Watermark.
✏️ Complete the Watermark Survey to share your views on how well LJMU supports #PublicEngagement
📧The survey link and further information has been emailed to you.
✏️ Complete the Watermark Survey to share your views on how well LJMU supports #PublicEngagement
📧The survey link and further information has been emailed to you.
January 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📢 @ljmuofficial.bsky.social colleagues and PGRs support LJMU's application for @NCCPE Bronze Engage Watermark.
✏️ Complete the Watermark Survey to share your views on how well LJMU supports #PublicEngagement
📧The survey link and further information has been emailed to you.
✏️ Complete the Watermark Survey to share your views on how well LJMU supports #PublicEngagement
📧The survey link and further information has been emailed to you.
It’s been a year since ‘Approaches for Science Illustration & Communication’ was published. Check out the 10 chapters written by talented artists & scientists, edited by myself here > doi.org/10.1007/978-...
@springer1842.bsky.social #sciart #scicomm #medicalillustration #graphicmedicine #collage
@springer1842.bsky.social #sciart #scicomm #medicalillustration #graphicmedicine #collage
December 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
It’s been a year since ‘Approaches for Science Illustration & Communication’ was published. Check out the 10 chapters written by talented artists & scientists, edited by myself here > doi.org/10.1007/978-...
@springer1842.bsky.social #sciart #scicomm #medicalillustration #graphicmedicine #collage
@springer1842.bsky.social #sciart #scicomm #medicalillustration #graphicmedicine #collage
Reposted by Mark 💀👨🏻🎨
Last year I worked with some incredible academics, artists & science communicators to bring together the edited book ‘Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication’ Vol 4 in the Springer Biomedical Visualization series. Check out the inspiring work 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart
#scicomm #sciart
Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication
This edited book explores approaches undertaken by biomedical illustrators and communicators to make science accessible, engaging and impactful.
doi.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Last year I worked with some incredible academics, artists & science communicators to bring together the edited book ‘Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication’ Vol 4 in the Springer Biomedical Visualization series. Check out the inspiring work 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#scicomm #sciart
#scicomm #sciart
Reposted by Mark 💀👨🏻🎨
🚨New publication🚨“Digital Immortality in Palaeoanthropology & Archaeology: The Rise of the Postmortem Avatar”
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
Digital Immortality in Palaeoanthropology and Archaeology: The Rise of the Postmortem Avatar
It has been proposed that we are entering the age of postmortalism, where digital immortality is a credible option. The desire to overcome death has occupied humanity for centuries, and even though bi...
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 9:22 AM
🚨New publication🚨“Digital Immortality in Palaeoanthropology & Archaeology: The Rise of the Postmortem Avatar”
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...