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Bea Acuña
@beaacuna.bsky.social
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🌱🎨Scientific illustrator and digital artist
🔬PhD in Eco-immunology
📍Based in Madrid

Hire me: beaacunaillustration@gmail.com
Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/beatrizacuna

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I'm excited to share this new logo I made for the Armitage lab🪰 from the Freie Universität Berlin where I completed my PhD!

Check it out and feel free to connect if you’re interested in collaborating on projects that blend science and design!🔬

#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #ScientificIllustration
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Cover art symbolizing the reversibility of black holes
→ www.olenashmahalo.com/project/scia...

#science #physics #astrophysics
#SciArt #NoAI 🐡 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
3D art: A black hourglass containing galaxies that are falling in the top of a central wormhole (or 2-sided black hole) and spilling out into the bottom of the hourglass. Warped galaxies on the edge of the hourglass symbolize Anti-de Sitter space. Cover art for Scientific American by Olena Shmahalo, accompanying an article about the Black Hole Paradox.
January 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Unsolicited applications can be a surprisingly powerful tool for landing a job in science. Nature Careers presents four key strategies for success. #Academicsky 🧪
Four tips for writing the perfect ‘cold e-mail’ in job applications
These strategies can transform your unsolicited applications from forgettable to fabulous.
go.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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🐾🌍 Hoy celebramos el #DíaMundialdelLince, un símbolo de la biodiversidad ibérica y un ejemplo de resiliencia

😻 En WWF seguimos trabajando para proteger su hábitat y luchar contra el furtivismo, la segunda causa de su mortalidad no natural

Colabora: colabora.wwf.es/socio/unete-...
December 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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Once on the brink of extinction, the Iberian lynx has recently made a remarkable comeback due to conservation efforts.🐾 Below is a self-initiated infographic inspired by this recovery story.

Need infographics like this? Hire me for custom designs!

#Conservation #ScientificIllustration #AcademicSky
December 12, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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New paper available in Freshwater Biology, a collaboration with Wolinska Lab at IGB Berlin! doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

#Plastic #Pollution #Parasite #Freshwater #Biology
Size Matters: The Effects of Polystyrene Nanoplastics on Parasite Transmission in the Daphnia‐Metschnikowia Host–Parasite System
The accumulation of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) poses a significant threat to freshwater ecosystems. Nanoplastics (NPs; < 1000 nm) are particularly concerning due to their ability to penetrate ...
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 9:30 PM
beaacuna.bsky.social
Another piece of work I want to share is a #PhD thesis cover I illustrated for a dear friend who defended last year. One of my favourite projects so far!

Are you a PhD in your last year? Consider hiring me to design your thesis cover 🌱

#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #ScientificIllustration
December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Thrilled to see the logo I designed for the Evolutionary and Population Biology lab live on their website!!

The EPB lab has grown and expanded its research scope in the last few years. They needed a new logo that reflected this growth.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #ScientificIllustration
December 4, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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Hello #AcademicSky! This is my fist day on Bsky. Let's connect! I'm a biologist and scientific illustrator based in Madrid. Hoping to share a bit of my work here in the next weeks🌱
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November 26, 2024 at 11:46 AM