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Jeffery Stone
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Diatom paleoecologist, Professor at Indiana State University.
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Here's another. Actinoptychus from San Francisco Bay.

#Diatom #SEM #SciArt
SEM image of a diatom (Actinoptychus) colorized.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Internal view of a Pinnularia species from the SEM.

#SciArt #Pinnularia #Diatom
Colorized image of a diatom (Pinnularia).
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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#Diatom #SEM #SciArt #Decussata
SEM image of a diatom (Decussata).
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Diploneis species from a recent sample on the SEM. I've colorized it (SEMs don't use light, so no color).

#SciArt #Diatoms #Diploneis
Colorized image of a Diploneis in SEM.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Full article: Encyonema larvatum sp. nov.: a new species of diatom identified from the Mid-Pleistocene of Lake Malawi, Eastern Africa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Encyonema larvatum sp. nov.: a new species of diatom identified from the Mid-Pleistocene of Lake Malawi, Eastern Africa
Lake Malawi, eastern Africa, is one of the largest, deepest and oldest lakes in the world. A ∼1.4 Ma sediment record from this lake, unique for its length and continuity, has a newly updated chrono...
www.tandfonline.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Mysteries are afoot. Diatom valves from Yellowstone National Park.

#SciArt #diatoms #SEM #Stumped
April 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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This one is more like a diatom-inspired zentangle (for more advanced coloring). It's not just for kids!

#SciArt #Outreach #Diatoms #ColoringPage
November 30, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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I have been turning a bunch of my own drawings (rendered from SEM images) of diatoms that I post onto Redbubble shop (www.redbubble.com/people/Diato...) as coloring pages. Feel free to use them for your outreach. Here's another one #Surirella.

#SciArt #Outreach #Diatoms #ColoringPage
November 30, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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I have been turning a bunch of my own drawings (rendered from SEM images) of diatoms that I post onto Redbubble shop (www.redbubble.com/people/Diato...) as coloring pages. Feel free to use them for your outreach. Here's a marine diatom #Arachnoidiscus.

#SciArt #Outreach #Diatoms #ColoringPage
November 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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A Cyclotella (close to C. quillensis, but not quite) from Fox Lake, IN. Present in a sediment core we collected as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (student: Sydney Williams). Color has been added (me).
#SEM #diatoms #SciArt #Paleolimnology #Paleoecology #algae #phytoplankton
A colorized image of a diatom SEM micrograph. The diatom is colored in mostly frosty blues and purples.
November 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Yay yay yay. The Diatoms Board Game has finally arrived!
October 25, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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External valve view of the diatom Lindavia radiosa in SEM (imaged by me, colorized by me) from Lake Michigan.

#SciArt #Diatoms #SEM #Lindavia #LakeMichigan
October 22, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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A sequence of photos that I collected from the #eclipse totality.
April 10, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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First play through of the digital version of #DiatomsTheGame in the solo mode (win). Now that I have a sense of it I should play against someone. :)
January 21, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Next blog-post on the third prize in the IDS Oral Presentations. How can Diatom-derived biomarker be used in paleoreconstruktion? Kotaro Hoshi shares the practical case at the Gulf of Alaska.
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November 17, 2023 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Jeffery Stone
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Job opportunities on microalgae!

#protistsonsky
youngisdr.bsky.social Young ISDR @youngisdr.bsky.social · Nov 15
Some new jobs listed on our opportunities page.

🧪🔬Looking for a PhD position, Postdoc position or Curator position in diatoms or algae? Look no further! Positions in France, Germany, Portugal and the UK... isdr.org/opportunities/
November 22, 2023 at 4:41 AM
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A colorized SEM image of a foraminifera.

#SEM #foraminifera #SciArt
SEM image of a foraminifera colorized as SciArt
November 10, 2023 at 8:20 PM
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Colorized SEM image of the tiny toenails of a tarantula from a molt.

#tarantula #SEM #SciArt #spiders
Colorized SEM image of toenails of a tarantula - colors grade from orange to pink across the image.
November 10, 2023 at 8:19 PM
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Some more photos from #GSA2023 and around Pittsburgh
October 16, 2023 at 11:55 PM
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Some photos from the city of Pittsburgh during the lunch break today. #GSA2023
October 16, 2023 at 4:31 PM
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Hanging out this week at the annual GSA meeting, which takes place in Pittsburgh, PA. I have 3 students with posters - if you are interested in hearing about their research, stop by on Wednesday! #GSA2023
October 15, 2023 at 8:38 PM