Petra Korlević
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Petra Korlević
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Geneticist working on malaria mosquitoes, I also doodle bugs 🦟

Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own

🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
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Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
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My Lemon pig is ready for its new life to watch over my workshop.
January 1, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Thank you everyone for a great year! Happy new year everyone 🌟
December 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Day 2 of #birbfest2026 with a many-coloured rush tyrant 🐤 i love this guy so much!
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 AM
an utter muppet looking creature

Day 2 of #Birbfest2026 - Many-coloured Rush Tyrant

#SciArt #birds 🪶
January 2, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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First bird of the year.
#birbfest2026 #bronzewingpigeon
Acrylics on mdf #traditionalart
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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2: Many-Coloured Rush Tyrant: Riley is a blob but will fight you about anything. Did you just ignore his greeting this morning? Are you late by 2 minutes? He won't hear your ~excuses~, you're a bottomless pit of them.

#birbfest2026 #birbfest #art #mixedmedia
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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Bronzewing pigeon for #BirbFest2026 ! I wish I had fabulous clothes like these little guys. Now, who else loves birbs?

BirbFest라는 챌린지에 대해 알게 됐어요. 조류 덕후가 빠질 수 없죠. 블친 분들 중에 조류 덕후이신 분 계시나요?👀

#BirdArt #BirbFest #artmoots
January 2, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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Birbfest day 1! 💜 I'm attempting the shorter list so I'm hoping to draw a bird every Thursday of January☺️ #birbfest2026
January 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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to a year, let’s have a one i guess, maybe midnight ethanol shots will cure me
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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welcome 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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A Bronzewing Pigeon strutting for #birbfest2026 🐦‍⬛
#birbfest #birds #birdart #bronzewing #pigeon
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Day 1 of Birbfest - a Bronzewing Pigeon.

#BirbFest2026 #MixedMediaIllustration #BirdIllustration
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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'tis time... to post feathery bugs

Day 1 of #Birbfest2026 - Bronzewing Pigeon

#SciArt #birds 🪶
January 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Pitcher plants

#pixelart #украрт
February 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It's time for the passing year!

✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨

Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!

Keep it up!
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Its kinda sad that this even needs to be said but here we are.

Our games will NEVER use this crap, human made all the way!
We love trash, but not this type!

At no point will we ever use gen AI in the making of our games. Get in the bin with that rubbish!
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Reply with a piece of paleoart that deeplt influenced you as a child.

EVERYTHING in this book, i love it
January 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Happy Birthday Lemon Pig
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI

Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.

Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Happy New Year!
It's time for #birbfest2026 and we kick off proceedings with a fittingly dazzling bird: the bronze wing pigeon.
Rainbow coloured body and a trans flag coloured head - what's not to love? 🌈🏳️‍⚧️
#bird #birbfest
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Happy 2026
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Day 1 - Bronzewing Pigeon

Design available in my shops. Link in Bio.

Starting #Birbfest2026! It's my 5th Birbfest and I couldn't be happier to take part in!

#birds #birdart ##birbfest #ornithology
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Cat's outta the bag, here's the full view of the first iteration of my newest moth plushie!

#invertefest #inverts 🪲🦐
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM