A J Eastman
@alisonjeastman.bsky.social
PhD, reproductive immunologist, infectious disease researcher- but wait there's more! Enthusiast of fine cinema, trash cinema, food, surf guitar, cover songs, and cats. I also make a lot of art, and sometimes that art has science in it. And maybe cats.
Everything IS tuberculosis! *head explodes*
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Everything IS tuberculosis! *head explodes*
Impromptu American absurdism movie marathon:
Zoolander
From Beyond
Smokey and the Bandit
All amazing. Zero regrets. Night well spent.
I usually go for Eastern European absurdism, especially Czech. But these were all so different and so insane and beautiful. And Letterboxd reviewers are, too.
Zoolander
From Beyond
Smokey and the Bandit
All amazing. Zero regrets. Night well spent.
I usually go for Eastern European absurdism, especially Czech. But these were all so different and so insane and beautiful. And Letterboxd reviewers are, too.
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Impromptu American absurdism movie marathon:
Zoolander
From Beyond
Smokey and the Bandit
All amazing. Zero regrets. Night well spent.
I usually go for Eastern European absurdism, especially Czech. But these were all so different and so insane and beautiful. And Letterboxd reviewers are, too.
Zoolander
From Beyond
Smokey and the Bandit
All amazing. Zero regrets. Night well spent.
I usually go for Eastern European absurdism, especially Czech. But these were all so different and so insane and beautiful. And Letterboxd reviewers are, too.
I call the set “cats fucking with the fabric of reality”. It’s got the Mandlecat set, cats dancing on Koch curves, cats batting at the Julia set, and of course the Sierpiński cat-sket.
#fractals #cats #collage #fuckingwiththefabricoftheuniverse
#fractals #cats #collage #fuckingwiththefabricoftheuniverse
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I call the set “cats fucking with the fabric of reality”. It’s got the Mandlecat set, cats dancing on Koch curves, cats batting at the Julia set, and of course the Sierpiński cat-sket.
#fractals #cats #collage #fuckingwiththefabricoftheuniverse
#fractals #cats #collage #fuckingwiththefabricoftheuniverse
Doing another print run of my favorite design I’ve made, an adaptation of the lab rat knitting a genome. It makes me so happy getting back into printing! #scienceart #sciart #labrats
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Doing another print run of my favorite design I’ve made, an adaptation of the lab rat knitting a genome. It makes me so happy getting back into printing! #scienceart #sciart #labrats
Another year, another Mandelbrot Set. Comrade Serge made a Taylor Series to go with it this year! It’s maths-y AND it looks like a little grumpus 😻
#mandlebrot #fractals #pumpkin #happyhalloween
#mandlebrot #fractals #pumpkin #happyhalloween
October 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Another year, another Mandelbrot Set. Comrade Serge made a Taylor Series to go with it this year! It’s maths-y AND it looks like a little grumpus 😻
#mandlebrot #fractals #pumpkin #happyhalloween
#mandlebrot #fractals #pumpkin #happyhalloween
Nothing says “manly” like soap labeled specifically for men based on one of cinema’s greatest female protagonists fighting one of cinema’s greatest female monsters, and based on the premise that men, too, can get face-fucked, impregnated, live solely as incubators, and die violently giving birth.
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nothing says “manly” like soap labeled specifically for men based on one of cinema’s greatest female protagonists fighting one of cinema’s greatest female monsters, and based on the premise that men, too, can get face-fucked, impregnated, live solely as incubators, and die violently giving birth.
Working on opening a side hustle- Budget Cuts Science-Art. This is what you can use your PhD and back issues of society journals for when funding becomes unstable.
#scienceart #budgetcuts #collage
#scienceart #budgetcuts #collage
July 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Working on opening a side hustle- Budget Cuts Science-Art. This is what you can use your PhD and back issues of society journals for when funding becomes unstable.
#scienceart #budgetcuts #collage
#scienceart #budgetcuts #collage
The joys of reading poorly-edited papers! I’ve highlighted the relevant sections for you:
July 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The joys of reading poorly-edited papers! I’ve highlighted the relevant sections for you:
June 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Me, trying to make small talk while waiting for A/V issues to resolve at seminar-
#awkward #manymachinesonix #dune
#awkward #manymachinesonix #dune
June 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Me, trying to make small talk while waiting for A/V issues to resolve at seminar-
#awkward #manymachinesonix #dune
#awkward #manymachinesonix #dune
A heads up in case this reaches other investigators: several PAs were canceled last week, and there was very little fanfare and no warning or explanation. One of them is the Katz R01 I was applying for. #NIH #Canceledgrants
May 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A heads up in case this reaches other investigators: several PAs were canceled last week, and there was very little fanfare and no warning or explanation. One of them is the Katz R01 I was applying for. #NIH #Canceledgrants
That probably put me on a list in light of recent events. I’d like to make it public knowledge that my solution was to be the best godless queer commie I could be, and to lean into medicinal coffee. And the only reason I’m researching IVF is for the middle of my book, not for explod-y purposes. 3/
May 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
That probably put me on a list in light of recent events. I’d like to make it public knowledge that my solution was to be the best godless queer commie I could be, and to lean into medicinal coffee. And the only reason I’m researching IVF is for the middle of my book, not for explod-y purposes. 3/
Found my favorite explanation of god today in Peter Watts’s Echopraxia. #echopraxia #hardscifi
May 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Found my favorite explanation of god today in Peter Watts’s Echopraxia. #echopraxia #hardscifi
When we both lower our standards, my spouse and I can wear the same sized T-shirts which, let me tell you, saves a lot of money on band merch and novelty T-shirts. I finally designated the area of the closet where they go last night.
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When we both lower our standards, my spouse and I can wear the same sized T-shirts which, let me tell you, saves a lot of money on band merch and novelty T-shirts. I finally designated the area of the closet where they go last night.
Our cat, Colossus, only drinks water out of human-style drinking vessels, never bowls or dishes. Here he is by his dedicated coffee table pint glass looking like Showa-era Godzilla. Bonus: perfect placement of my husband’s sassy cat mug. #mainecoon #cats #godzilla
May 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Our cat, Colossus, only drinks water out of human-style drinking vessels, never bowls or dishes. Here he is by his dedicated coffee table pint glass looking like Showa-era Godzilla. Bonus: perfect placement of my husband’s sassy cat mug. #mainecoon #cats #godzilla
I thought I could beat the storm home from the lab, but alas. Perks to being junior faculty though- my office and lab are already half underground and don’t have any windows, so I can just keep on working through a tornado warning. My only window is this picture my mom took for me. #tornadowarning
May 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I thought I could beat the storm home from the lab, but alas. Perks to being junior faculty though- my office and lab are already half underground and don’t have any windows, so I can just keep on working through a tornado warning. My only window is this picture my mom took for me. #tornadowarning
Also they melted my face off.
May 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Also they melted my face off.
As a reproductive immunologist and former contraception and STI researcher, I wholeheartedly support the band HEALTH for having their own condoms at their merch table. Also butt plugs, made of materials that will neither degrade nor get stuck and necessitate an ER visit. HEALTH indeed! 👏👏👏 #health
May 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
As a reproductive immunologist and former contraception and STI researcher, I wholeheartedly support the band HEALTH for having their own condoms at their merch table. Also butt plugs, made of materials that will neither degrade nor get stuck and necessitate an ER visit. HEALTH indeed! 👏👏👏 #health
Thank you, friend. I went from feeling like a blobfish caught at depth and brought to the surface to feeling like a blobfish in her natural habitat.
May 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thank you, friend. I went from feeling like a blobfish caught at depth and brought to the surface to feeling like a blobfish in her natural habitat.
And the tension gripped clamps represent the delicate balance.
April 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And the tension gripped clamps represent the delicate balance.
The red horns and the halo represent the duality of science.
April 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The red horns and the halo represent the duality of science.
I salvaged these ring stand attachments from the trash pile of a lab getting cleaned out during grad school. Finally made my abomination! It looks a little like Crow and Tom Servo had a baby made of very thin parts.
April 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I salvaged these ring stand attachments from the trash pile of a lab getting cleaned out during grad school. Finally made my abomination! It looks a little like Crow and Tom Servo had a baby made of very thin parts.
Seen in the wild.
Awwwwwwwwww WHAT’S IN THE BOOT?!?!
Awwwwwwwwww WHAT’S IN THE BOOT?!?!
April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seen in the wild.
Awwwwwwwwww WHAT’S IN THE BOOT?!?!
Awwwwwwwwww WHAT’S IN THE BOOT?!?!
Hugenin, 1895, Texas medical journal: "Not to be given during pregnancy".
Pregnant ladies, put down that tonic water-- unless you've got enough opium to prevent the quinine from damaging the fetus.
Pregnant ladies, put down that tonic water-- unless you've got enough opium to prevent the quinine from damaging the fetus.
March 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hugenin, 1895, Texas medical journal: "Not to be given during pregnancy".
Pregnant ladies, put down that tonic water-- unless you've got enough opium to prevent the quinine from damaging the fetus.
Pregnant ladies, put down that tonic water-- unless you've got enough opium to prevent the quinine from damaging the fetus.
Snagged this to help me write the first few chapters of my book!
March 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Snagged this to help me write the first few chapters of my book!