Bridget Vincent
@bridgetsquidget.bsky.social
🐙🐟🦑🪼Ph.D candidate @ UCSB | Artist | Biologist | #UCFAlumni
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Prints available on my website: bridgetvincent.com
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Prints available on my website: bridgetvincent.com
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We’re combining science and art into double-sided cards featuring local scientists and leaving them at local coffee shops and breweries. Want to be featured or nominate a scientist? Fill out this interest survey by Sept 28th: forms.gle/CsTDjisunDMo...
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We’re combining science and art into double-sided cards featuring local scientists and leaving them at local coffee shops and breweries. Want to be featured or nominate a scientist? Fill out this interest survey by Sept 28th: forms.gle/CsTDjisunDMo...
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For #cephalopodweek we are jumping into scientific paths, featuring @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social
Remember it’s never too late to discover something new!
#dreamsofascientist #scientificjourney #sciencecommunication #sciencestory #marinescience #octopus #squid
Remember it’s never too late to discover something new!
#dreamsofascientist #scientificjourney #sciencecommunication #sciencestory #marinescience #octopus #squid
September 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For #cephalopodweek we are jumping into scientific paths, featuring @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social
Remember it’s never too late to discover something new!
#dreamsofascientist #scientificjourney #sciencecommunication #sciencestory #marinescience #octopus #squid
Remember it’s never too late to discover something new!
#dreamsofascientist #scientificjourney #sciencecommunication #sciencestory #marinescience #octopus #squid
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We have a new project: Made in Your Community!
With support from @skypeascientist.bsky.social , we’re creating beautiful double-sided cards that feature local scientists and their work — all placed in local cafes, breweries, and community spaces.
#SciComm #RepresentationMatters #ArtandScience
With support from @skypeascientist.bsky.social , we’re creating beautiful double-sided cards that feature local scientists and their work — all placed in local cafes, breweries, and community spaces.
#SciComm #RepresentationMatters #ArtandScience
August 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We have a new project: Made in Your Community!
With support from @skypeascientist.bsky.social , we’re creating beautiful double-sided cards that feature local scientists and their work — all placed in local cafes, breweries, and community spaces.
#SciComm #RepresentationMatters #ArtandScience
With support from @skypeascientist.bsky.social , we’re creating beautiful double-sided cards that feature local scientists and their work — all placed in local cafes, breweries, and community spaces.
#SciComm #RepresentationMatters #ArtandScience
We're looking for scientists to feature on our next cards! If you're interested, please go to the website and fill out the form
Our Made in Your Community project has been co-created by @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social , who is also one of the illustrators behind the double-sided cards.
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're looking for scientists to feature on our next cards! If you're interested, please go to the website and fill out the form
July 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The 2025 advent calendar will drop tomorrow at 10am!!!
The artist? @ehrenenglish.bsky.social
The animal? EELS.
Here's the sneakiest of sneak peeks 👀
The artist? @ehrenenglish.bsky.social
The animal? EELS.
Here's the sneakiest of sneak peeks 👀
July 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The 2025 advent calendar will drop tomorrow at 10am!!!
The artist? @ehrenenglish.bsky.social
The animal? EELS.
Here's the sneakiest of sneak peeks 👀
The artist? @ehrenenglish.bsky.social
The animal? EELS.
Here's the sneakiest of sneak peeks 👀
Happy (or at least paused despair?) #MolluscMonday! This species shows some extreme sexual dimorphism. Not only is the gorgeous webbing (blanket) only found in females, but the males are teeny tiny.
Inspired by pcaiger's Robson's blanket octopus observation on inaturalist.
#MolluskMonday #sciart
Inspired by pcaiger's Robson's blanket octopus observation on inaturalist.
#MolluskMonday #sciart
June 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Happy (or at least paused despair?) #MolluscMonday! This species shows some extreme sexual dimorphism. Not only is the gorgeous webbing (blanket) only found in females, but the males are teeny tiny.
Inspired by pcaiger's Robson's blanket octopus observation on inaturalist.
#MolluskMonday #sciart
Inspired by pcaiger's Robson's blanket octopus observation on inaturalist.
#MolluskMonday #sciart
I look more and more like this crab every day.
Repost of a painting I did of the little baby king crab NOAA found back in January
Repost of a painting I did of the little baby king crab NOAA found back in January
June 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I look more and more like this crab every day.
Repost of a painting I did of the little baby king crab NOAA found back in January
Repost of a painting I did of the little baby king crab NOAA found back in January
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Absolutely stunning video of a Antarctic gonate squid captured during an expedition aboard the R/V Falkor (Too). It's never been seen alive before! Read more in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/s...
Video: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute, courtesy of National Geographic 🦑🌊🧪
Video: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute, courtesy of National Geographic 🦑🌊🧪
June 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Absolutely stunning video of a Antarctic gonate squid captured during an expedition aboard the R/V Falkor (Too). It's never been seen alive before! Read more in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/s...
Video: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute, courtesy of National Geographic 🦑🌊🧪
Video: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute, courtesy of National Geographic 🦑🌊🧪
Happy summer solstice! Since we're celebrating the sun, it seems like a good time for an ocean sunfish! Like us, they like to bask in the sun after a cold dive to warm up ☀️ 🐟
#fishyfriday #drawntosummer25 #oceanart #solstice
#fishyfriday #drawntosummer25 #oceanart #solstice
June 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Happy summer solstice! Since we're celebrating the sun, it seems like a good time for an ocean sunfish! Like us, they like to bask in the sun after a cold dive to warm up ☀️ 🐟
#fishyfriday #drawntosummer25 #oceanart #solstice
#fishyfriday #drawntosummer25 #oceanart #solstice
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Here is the feed for #FishyFriday !
Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.
Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.
Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰
bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here is the feed for #FishyFriday !
Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.
Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.
Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I'm on PST so this still counts for #MolluscMonday, right? (right?!?) Meet the smooth giant clam (Tridacna derasa) 🐚✨ It's name is a bit misleading as it still has plenty of texture, just not quite as much as its cousin, the giant clam (T. gigas).
#MolluskMonday #oceanart #artyear
#MolluskMonday #oceanart #artyear
June 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I'm on PST so this still counts for #MolluscMonday, right? (right?!?) Meet the smooth giant clam (Tridacna derasa) 🐚✨ It's name is a bit misleading as it still has plenty of texture, just not quite as much as its cousin, the giant clam (T. gigas).
#MolluskMonday #oceanart #artyear
#MolluskMonday #oceanart #artyear
Happy Friday the 13th! It's not Halloween but it is spooky so here's a painted wooly bat 🦇 ❤️
Reminder to not buy taxidermied ones online - they aren't bred in captivity so all those specimens are wild-caught. Removing that many from the population isn't sustainable.
#art #bat #artoftheday #nature
Reminder to not buy taxidermied ones online - they aren't bred in captivity so all those specimens are wild-caught. Removing that many from the population isn't sustainable.
#art #bat #artoftheday #nature
June 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Happy Friday the 13th! It's not Halloween but it is spooky so here's a painted wooly bat 🦇 ❤️
Reminder to not buy taxidermied ones online - they aren't bred in captivity so all those specimens are wild-caught. Removing that many from the population isn't sustainable.
#art #bat #artoftheday #nature
Reminder to not buy taxidermied ones online - they aren't bred in captivity so all those specimens are wild-caught. Removing that many from the population isn't sustainable.
#art #bat #artoftheday #nature
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Today is Friday the 13th, the perfect day for a
✨🔮 DARK ART SHARE 🔮✨
🕷️ Share your #darkart
🖤 Like and repost!
🐀 Tag friends, if you like!
🖤 Add alt text, if possible!
🕸️ Label NSFW!
🖤 Support each other with a comment, repost or like!
❌ Human-made only, no A👁️ or NF🍵s
#artshare #art #friday13
✨🔮 DARK ART SHARE 🔮✨
🕷️ Share your #darkart
🖤 Like and repost!
🐀 Tag friends, if you like!
🖤 Add alt text, if possible!
🕸️ Label NSFW!
🖤 Support each other with a comment, repost or like!
❌ Human-made only, no A👁️ or NF🍵s
#artshare #art #friday13
June 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Reminder: sci-comm and outreach costs money, and it’s being defunded across all STEM fields. It’s not just something scientists “do” (or fail to do, or need to do more).
I mean, most of us do “do” it on our own time too, but that will never be enough.
I mean, most of us do “do” it on our own time too, but that will never be enough.
I see a lot of people talking about how "we just need to explain science more to the public".
The state Space Grant programs (one issued in each state) does incredible deep and wide outreach work - supporting education at every age and stage, nurturing science interest.
The state Space Grant programs (one issued in each state) does incredible deep and wide outreach work - supporting education at every age and stage, nurturing science interest.
Under the proposed White House budget, the NASA Space Grant program would be eliminated.
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
June 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminder: sci-comm and outreach costs money, and it’s being defunded across all STEM fields. It’s not just something scientists “do” (or fail to do, or need to do more).
I mean, most of us do “do” it on our own time too, but that will never be enough.
I mean, most of us do “do” it on our own time too, but that will never be enough.
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Another frog! 🐸 this is another super fun study painted for the mentorship with @leeshahannigan.bsky.social. Thank you as always, for being the kindest and most patient mentor! 💙
Fell in love with this little friend and its cute colours!
Reference in thread ⬇️
Fell in love with this little friend and its cute colours!
Reference in thread ⬇️
June 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Another frog! 🐸 this is another super fun study painted for the mentorship with @leeshahannigan.bsky.social. Thank you as always, for being the kindest and most patient mentor! 💙
Fell in love with this little friend and its cute colours!
Reference in thread ⬇️
Fell in love with this little friend and its cute colours!
Reference in thread ⬇️
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this is me if you even care
Bobtail squid (Eumandya parva) in the darkness, looking like it's ready to start a tiny, tiny fight with someone
June 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
this is me if you even care
June 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Happy #MolluscMonday! Today it's Cornu aspersum, the common garden snail. Seen any near you recently?
#MolluscMonday #SciArt #ArtYear #NearbyNature2025
#MolluscMonday #SciArt #ArtYear #NearbyNature2025
June 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy #MolluscMonday! Today it's Cornu aspersum, the common garden snail. Seen any near you recently?
#MolluscMonday #SciArt #ArtYear #NearbyNature2025
#MolluscMonday #SciArt #ArtYear #NearbyNature2025
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Don’t forget you can just go draw a bug whenever you want.
When the world gets too weird you can just go outside and look at bugs.
June 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Don’t forget you can just go draw a bug whenever you want.
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🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
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Our chromosome-scale genome assembly of Nanomia septata, a siphonophore - doi.org/10.1101/2025... . Much larger than many other cnidarian genomes, fewer chromosomes, and highly rearranged. No smoking gun for how they achieve complex colony-level organization. Great work Namrata Ahuja and friends!
May 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our chromosome-scale genome assembly of Nanomia septata, a siphonophore - doi.org/10.1101/2025... . Much larger than many other cnidarian genomes, fewer chromosomes, and highly rearranged. No smoking gun for how they achieve complex colony-level organization. Great work Namrata Ahuja and friends!
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But until then, you have two assignments:
1. Keep being a scientist.
2. Be the biggest, most creative, most persistent pain in the ass Trump and his clown posse have ever experienced.
1. Keep being a scientist.
2. Be the biggest, most creative, most persistent pain in the ass Trump and his clown posse have ever experienced.
May 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
But until then, you have two assignments:
1. Keep being a scientist.
2. Be the biggest, most creative, most persistent pain in the ass Trump and his clown posse have ever experienced.
1. Keep being a scientist.
2. Be the biggest, most creative, most persistent pain in the ass Trump and his clown posse have ever experienced.
Loved seeing all this amazing art!!! You should definitely check it out (and you'll see a nudibranch made by me)
IT'S FINISHED!
The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Loved seeing all this amazing art!!! You should definitely check it out (and you'll see a nudibranch made by me)