It changed my understanding too! Same story with flow cytometry!

It could be from one of a number of hosts ranging from small mammals to humans.

These are from the blood meal of a hard bodied tick. Missing from the animation is the peritrophic matrix

Spot colors to call attention. This is not a literal representation.

It’s a blood feeding arthropod. The blood and viruses are taken up by ticks from an infected host. So yes they do not have red blood cells but they digest host blood in their midgut.

lol not AI slop. Hand rendered. I work directly with researchers.

Thank you Steph!

If you are looking for more science art your should check out the new science icon app we started at NIH.
bioart.niaid.nih.gov

Aww thank you! I am going to post about the process for that illustration later today. I was pushing for them to change the journal branding to look like an old school comic book. Unfortunately they are not allowed to do that, so I had to compromise

I can look into it.

Thanks for promoting!

Thank you!

Yes it is! Thank you for sharing! We will keep updating it as we find time.

Agreed! I’ve dedicated the last ten years of my life as a science illustrator for NIAID. It’s been an honor and a privilege

Thanks for promoting Bioart source!

lol