Sabela DeScience
@sabeladescience.bsky.social
Science Illustrator & Communicator | PhD in Neuroimmunology
Custom-made illustrations for scientists.
Custom-made illustrations for scientists.
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Science Illustrator | Sabela DeScience
Custom-made illustrations for scientists. Sabela DeScience is a science illustrator who designs engaging personalised figures to help researchers communicate their science.
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Hi Bluesky! I’m Sabela, a science illustrator helping scientists amplify their research with impactful design. Whether it’s for publications, grants, presentations, or branding, my work makes science accessible and engaging. Take a look at my portfolio at sabeladescience.com!
(Now) Dr. Geyer had a clear idea for her PhD thesis cover: an anatomical hand drawing of a human lung.
🫁She wanted to show the transition from a sick to a healthy lung through blue and pink shades.
#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Lungs #PhDthesis
🫁She wanted to show the transition from a sick to a healthy lung through blue and pink shades.
#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Lungs #PhDthesis
July 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
(Now) Dr. Geyer had a clear idea for her PhD thesis cover: an anatomical hand drawing of a human lung.
🫁She wanted to show the transition from a sick to a healthy lung through blue and pink shades.
#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Lungs #PhDthesis
🫁She wanted to show the transition from a sick to a healthy lung through blue and pink shades.
#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Lungs #PhDthesis
The JMM profile on the Ebola virus is finally published! I created two scientific illustrations:
🪱 1. The viral structure.
🪱 1. The viral structure.
July 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The JMM profile on the Ebola virus is finally published! I created two scientific illustrations:
🪱 1. The viral structure.
🪱 1. The viral structure.
📔 So happy to get this #PhDthesis in my hands!
A scientific and visual summary of years of research on one cover.
🎨 I really enjoyed bringing (now Dr.) Kop's idea to life.
Inspired by classic #ScientificIllustrations and cyanotypes, with a figure legend on the back, referencing each item.
#sciart
A scientific and visual summary of years of research on one cover.
🎨 I really enjoyed bringing (now Dr.) Kop's idea to life.
Inspired by classic #ScientificIllustrations and cyanotypes, with a figure legend on the back, referencing each item.
#sciart
July 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📔 So happy to get this #PhDthesis in my hands!
A scientific and visual summary of years of research on one cover.
🎨 I really enjoyed bringing (now Dr.) Kop's idea to life.
Inspired by classic #ScientificIllustrations and cyanotypes, with a figure legend on the back, referencing each item.
#sciart
A scientific and visual summary of years of research on one cover.
🎨 I really enjoyed bringing (now Dr.) Kop's idea to life.
Inspired by classic #ScientificIllustrations and cyanotypes, with a figure legend on the back, referencing each item.
#sciart
A #PhD cover is more than just an illustration: It's a symbol of your research and of YOU as a researcher.
For this design, I worked closely with Davide Vacondio to create an image that captures both his scientific journey and his vision of what research is: an exploration.
👇 More about the process
For this design, I worked closely with Davide Vacondio to create an image that captures both his scientific journey and his vision of what research is: an exploration.
👇 More about the process
July 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A #PhD cover is more than just an illustration: It's a symbol of your research and of YOU as a researcher.
For this design, I worked closely with Davide Vacondio to create an image that captures both his scientific journey and his vision of what research is: an exploration.
👇 More about the process
For this design, I worked closely with Davide Vacondio to create an image that captures both his scientific journey and his vision of what research is: an exploration.
👇 More about the process
🧵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🧠 🔬
Last month, it was all about the dance between brain barriers and the immune system. Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/11)
Last month, it was all about the dance between brain barriers and the immune system. Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/11)
June 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🧵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🧠 🔬
Last month, it was all about the dance between brain barriers and the immune system. Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/11)
Last month, it was all about the dance between brain barriers and the immune system. Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/11)
Reposted by Sabela DeScience
🌟 Ilustración da nosa socia Sabela Rodríguez @sabeladescience.bsky.social
para o “3° encontro da Sociedade Ibérica Ecoloxista" @sibecol.bsky.social en Pontevedra.
Exposición “GALICIA ILUSTRA (CON)CIENCIA”
Obra "Thesis Cover"
para o “3° encontro da Sociedade Ibérica Ecoloxista" @sibecol.bsky.social en Pontevedra.
Exposición “GALICIA ILUSTRA (CON)CIENCIA”
Obra "Thesis Cover"
June 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌟 Ilustración da nosa socia Sabela Rodríguez @sabeladescience.bsky.social
para o “3° encontro da Sociedade Ibérica Ecoloxista" @sibecol.bsky.social en Pontevedra.
Exposición “GALICIA ILUSTRA (CON)CIENCIA”
Obra "Thesis Cover"
para o “3° encontro da Sociedade Ibérica Ecoloxista" @sibecol.bsky.social en Pontevedra.
Exposición “GALICIA ILUSTRA (CON)CIENCIA”
Obra "Thesis Cover"
Reposted by Sabela DeScience
A AGPI participará no “3° encontro da Sociedade Ibérica Ecoloxista" @sibecol.bsky.social en Pontevedra, cunha exposición de ilustración titulada “GALICIA ILUSTRA (CON)CIENCIA”
June 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A AGPI participará no “3° encontro da Sociedade Ibérica Ecoloxista" @sibecol.bsky.social en Pontevedra, cunha exposición de ilustración titulada “GALICIA ILUSTRA (CON)CIENCIA”
From sketch to final: visualising lymphoma-on-chip research
I created this infographic with Dr. Lotte de Winde to help communicate her #OrganOnChip model of the lymphoma tumour microenvironment to medical specialists, patients, students and other researchers.
Take a look at the process 👇
I created this infographic with Dr. Lotte de Winde to help communicate her #OrganOnChip model of the lymphoma tumour microenvironment to medical specialists, patients, students and other researchers.
Take a look at the process 👇
June 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
From sketch to final: visualising lymphoma-on-chip research
I created this infographic with Dr. Lotte de Winde to help communicate her #OrganOnChip model of the lymphoma tumour microenvironment to medical specialists, patients, students and other researchers.
Take a look at the process 👇
I created this infographic with Dr. Lotte de Winde to help communicate her #OrganOnChip model of the lymphoma tumour microenvironment to medical specialists, patients, students and other researchers.
Take a look at the process 👇
🧠Today is World MS Day 💙
Re-sharing one of my first infographics to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and its many invisible symptoms.
#WorldMSDay #MultipleSclerosis #MSAwareness
Re-sharing one of my first infographics to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and its many invisible symptoms.
#WorldMSDay #MultipleSclerosis #MSAwareness
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🧠Today is World MS Day 💙
Re-sharing one of my first infographics to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and its many invisible symptoms.
#WorldMSDay #MultipleSclerosis #MSAwareness
Re-sharing one of my first infographics to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and its many invisible symptoms.
#WorldMSDay #MultipleSclerosis #MSAwareness
👁 Vision
🫁 The research findings of SPACETIME aim to aid in clinical decision-making, ultimately benefiting patients with lung cancer.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #research #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology
🫁 The research findings of SPACETIME aim to aid in clinical decision-making, ultimately benefiting patients with lung cancer.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #research #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology
May 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
👁 Vision
🫁 The research findings of SPACETIME aim to aid in clinical decision-making, ultimately benefiting patients with lung cancer.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #research #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology
🫁 The research findings of SPACETIME aim to aid in clinical decision-making, ultimately benefiting patients with lung cancer.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #research #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology
🧭 Strategy
🫁 The SPACETIME consortium will focus on cellular communities (SPACE) and tumour-host co-evolution (TIME) using single-cell spatial "omics" technologies, innovative disease models, and machine learning.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions
#brandidentity #amsterdamumc #lumc
🫁 The SPACETIME consortium will focus on cellular communities (SPACE) and tumour-host co-evolution (TIME) using single-cell spatial "omics" technologies, innovative disease models, and machine learning.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions
#brandidentity #amsterdamumc #lumc
May 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🧭 Strategy
🫁 The SPACETIME consortium will focus on cellular communities (SPACE) and tumour-host co-evolution (TIME) using single-cell spatial "omics" technologies, innovative disease models, and machine learning.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions
#brandidentity #amsterdamumc #lumc
🫁 The SPACETIME consortium will focus on cellular communities (SPACE) and tumour-host co-evolution (TIME) using single-cell spatial "omics" technologies, innovative disease models, and machine learning.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions
#brandidentity #amsterdamumc #lumc
🚀 Mission
🫁 SPACETIME is an EU consortium with a mission: To recognise and understand therapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology #brandidentity
🫁 SPACETIME is an EU consortium with a mission: To recognise and understand therapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology #brandidentity
May 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚀 Mission
🫁 SPACETIME is an EU consortium with a mission: To recognise and understand therapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology #brandidentity
🫁 SPACETIME is an EU consortium with a mission: To recognise and understand therapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
#lungcancer #missiononcancer #eumissions #nsclc #sciart #grant #scientificillustration #lungs #oncology #brandidentity
Here are 4 quick design tips to instantly improve your scientific figures 🎨👇 #SciComm #ScientificIllustration #PhDlife
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Here are 4 quick design tips to instantly improve your scientific figures 🎨👇 #SciComm #ScientificIllustration #PhDlife
These dots... Relaxing when I'm calm, overwhelming when I'm nervous! 🙈 Can you guess what structure I’m drawing?
Hint: It’s part of the respiratory system!
#IllustrationProcess #SciArt
Hint: It’s part of the respiratory system!
#IllustrationProcess #SciArt
March 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
These dots... Relaxing when I'm calm, overwhelming when I'm nervous! 🙈 Can you guess what structure I’m drawing?
Hint: It’s part of the respiratory system!
#IllustrationProcess #SciArt
Hint: It’s part of the respiratory system!
#IllustrationProcess #SciArt
🧵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🧠🔬
February brought some fascinating discoveries in brain barriers! Glycocalyx erosion with age, unique astrocytes at the brain’s surface, and the amphibian BBB.
Dive in! 👇
#BrainBarriers #Neuroscience #BBB (1/12)
February brought some fascinating discoveries in brain barriers! Glycocalyx erosion with age, unique astrocytes at the brain’s surface, and the amphibian BBB.
Dive in! 👇
#BrainBarriers #Neuroscience #BBB (1/12)
March 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🧵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🧠🔬
February brought some fascinating discoveries in brain barriers! Glycocalyx erosion with age, unique astrocytes at the brain’s surface, and the amphibian BBB.
Dive in! 👇
#BrainBarriers #Neuroscience #BBB (1/12)
February brought some fascinating discoveries in brain barriers! Glycocalyx erosion with age, unique astrocytes at the brain’s surface, and the amphibian BBB.
Dive in! 👇
#BrainBarriers #Neuroscience #BBB (1/12)
🌳 A different kind of project: I illustrated the thesis of now Dr. Freya Zinovieff, "Activist Listening".
Freya envisioned a banyan tree—with its aerial roots—as a symbol of colonial processes. I framed it in the style of an old colonial map.
#coverillustration #phdthesis #simonfraseruniversity
Freya envisioned a banyan tree—with its aerial roots—as a symbol of colonial processes. I framed it in the style of an old colonial map.
#coverillustration #phdthesis #simonfraseruniversity
February 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🌳 A different kind of project: I illustrated the thesis of now Dr. Freya Zinovieff, "Activist Listening".
Freya envisioned a banyan tree—with its aerial roots—as a symbol of colonial processes. I framed it in the style of an old colonial map.
#coverillustration #phdthesis #simonfraseruniversity
Freya envisioned a banyan tree—with its aerial roots—as a symbol of colonial processes. I framed it in the style of an old colonial map.
#coverillustration #phdthesis #simonfraseruniversity
🧵 December & January highlights in #BrainBarriers research 🧠🔬
Ending 2024 and beginning 2025, I’ve collected my favourite articles on brain barriers. Meninges, mechanical forces at the BBB, and the choroid plexus too!
Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
Ending 2024 and beginning 2025, I’ve collected my favourite articles on brain barriers. Meninges, mechanical forces at the BBB, and the choroid plexus too!
Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
February 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🧵 December & January highlights in #BrainBarriers research 🧠🔬
Ending 2024 and beginning 2025, I’ve collected my favourite articles on brain barriers. Meninges, mechanical forces at the BBB, and the choroid plexus too!
Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
Ending 2024 and beginning 2025, I’ve collected my favourite articles on brain barriers. Meninges, mechanical forces at the BBB, and the choroid plexus too!
Let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
🛣️ Generating guidelines for the design of a spatial signature test 🫁
This is the third illustration for the research projects of the SPACETIME EU consortium.
#LungCancer #MissionOnCancer #SciArt
This is the third illustration for the research projects of the SPACETIME EU consortium.
#LungCancer #MissionOnCancer #SciArt
December 20, 2024 at 11:27 AM
🛣️ Generating guidelines for the design of a spatial signature test 🫁
This is the third illustration for the research projects of the SPACETIME EU consortium.
#LungCancer #MissionOnCancer #SciArt
This is the third illustration for the research projects of the SPACETIME EU consortium.
#LungCancer #MissionOnCancer #SciArt
🌳🫁 Placing the tumour microenvironment within the context of the host 🏞️🐠
Another of a series of illustrations for the visual identity of the SPACETIME European consortium.
#EUresearch #CancerResearch #LungCancer #SciArt #ScientificIllustration
Another of a series of illustrations for the visual identity of the SPACETIME European consortium.
#EUresearch #CancerResearch #LungCancer #SciArt #ScientificIllustration
December 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM
🌳🫁 Placing the tumour microenvironment within the context of the host 🏞️🐠
Another of a series of illustrations for the visual identity of the SPACETIME European consortium.
#EUresearch #CancerResearch #LungCancer #SciArt #ScientificIllustration
Another of a series of illustrations for the visual identity of the SPACETIME European consortium.
#EUresearch #CancerResearch #LungCancer #SciArt #ScientificIllustration
🥀 From cancer initiation to progression 🫁
I made this illustration as part of the visual identity for the lung cancer SPACETIME EU consortium.
#SciArt #VisualIdentity #CancerResearch #LungCancer
I made this illustration as part of the visual identity for the lung cancer SPACETIME EU consortium.
#SciArt #VisualIdentity #CancerResearch #LungCancer
December 18, 2024 at 9:18 AM
🥀 From cancer initiation to progression 🫁
I made this illustration as part of the visual identity for the lung cancer SPACETIME EU consortium.
#SciArt #VisualIdentity #CancerResearch #LungCancer
I made this illustration as part of the visual identity for the lung cancer SPACETIME EU consortium.
#SciArt #VisualIdentity #CancerResearch #LungCancer
A peek at the doodling process to make sense of a study linking #neutrophil priming in the #meninges and behavioural adaptation.
🔗 Read more in Neuron @cellpress.bsky.social : www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#BrainBarriers #Neuroimmunology #Meninges #Behaviour
🔗 Read more in Neuron @cellpress.bsky.social : www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#BrainBarriers #Neuroimmunology #Meninges #Behaviour
December 13, 2024 at 11:33 AM
A peek at the doodling process to make sense of a study linking #neutrophil priming in the #meninges and behavioural adaptation.
🔗 Read more in Neuron @cellpress.bsky.social : www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#BrainBarriers #Neuroimmunology #Meninges #Behaviour
🔗 Read more in Neuron @cellpress.bsky.social : www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#BrainBarriers #Neuroimmunology #Meninges #Behaviour
🧵 November highlights in #BrainBarriers research 🧠🔬
From ageing to behaviour and from the BBB to the meninges: brain barriers influence key vital functions. Last month’s papers are fascinating—let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
From ageing to behaviour and from the BBB to the meninges: brain barriers influence key vital functions. Last month’s papers are fascinating—let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🧵 November highlights in #BrainBarriers research 🧠🔬
From ageing to behaviour and from the BBB to the meninges: brain barriers influence key vital functions. Last month’s papers are fascinating—let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
From ageing to behaviour and from the BBB to the meninges: brain barriers influence key vital functions. Last month’s papers are fascinating—let’s go! 👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #Neuroimmunology (1/12)
December 2, 2024 at 3:15 PM
🫁👨🏿🔬 How do you visually represent cutting-edge lung cancer research?
For SPACETIME EU research consortium, the brand identity combines a data-driven approach with the organic complexity of the lungs.
For SPACETIME EU research consortium, the brand identity combines a data-driven approach with the organic complexity of the lungs.
November 19, 2024 at 9:34 AM
🫁👨🏿🔬 How do you visually represent cutting-edge lung cancer research?
For SPACETIME EU research consortium, the brand identity combines a data-driven approach with the organic complexity of the lungs.
For SPACETIME EU research consortium, the brand identity combines a data-driven approach with the organic complexity of the lungs.
🧵 October highlights in #BrainBarriers research 🧠🔬
From immune privilege and lymphatics to skull stem cells and microvessel isolation — exciting findings!
Dive in 🧵👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #NeuroImmunology (1/10)
From immune privilege and lymphatics to skull stem cells and microvessel isolation — exciting findings!
Dive in 🧵👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #NeuroImmunology (1/10)
November 14, 2024 at 9:37 AM
🧵 October highlights in #BrainBarriers research 🧠🔬
From immune privilege and lymphatics to skull stem cells and microvessel isolation — exciting findings!
Dive in 🧵👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #NeuroImmunology (1/10)
From immune privilege and lymphatics to skull stem cells and microvessel isolation — exciting findings!
Dive in 🧵👇
#BBB #Neuroscience #NeuroImmunology (1/10)