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Paige Jarreau
@fromthelabbench.bsky.social
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Science communicator! Storyteller, #sciart-ist, dancer, convener of scientists and creative professionals for better #scicomm. Currently, helping you learn the science of science communication at scicommlexicon.com - in English and #ASL! (She/Her.)
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I worked with @tysonmedstudios.bsky.social to create this sketchy comic about Paul Nurse’s groundbreaking work on genes that control the cell cycle! Worked on this as a “bonus” to a job interview assignment. If you love it let us know. 🥰 #scicomm @nobelprize.bsky.social
Panel 1 — The Question Visual: Young Paul Nurse at a desk, thinking deeply, with poster in the background of dividing budding yeast cells, some bigger than others, with “Lee Hartwell” appearing on it. Caption: As a grad student, Paul Nurse wondered about the fundamentals of life.  Paul: “All living things reproduce – a good place to start.” Panel 2 — Inspiration & Discovery Visual: Nurse at a microscope, spotting two odd yeast cells amongst others that are normally long and “sausage” shaped, and these odd ones are smaller than the rest. In the background, a whiteboard with “critical genes” and a list of them. Caption: Paul looked for fission yeast cell mutants that couldn’t divide, to understand which genes are critical for reproduction. Paul: “What a strange wee mutant!” Panel 3 — From Yeast to Humans Visual: Paul and Melanie Lee looking at a whiteboard laying out an experiment in a sketch format, where a “library of human genes” is going to be “sprinkled” onto “mutant yeast cells with defective cdc2” Caption: The wee mutant had a defective protein kinase that acts as a “brake” for another protein that drives cell division: CDC2. Paul and Melanie Lee planned an experiment to determine if a CDC2-equivalent is present in humans. Paul: "Cdc2 is the key!" Melanie: "But does it exist in humans?" Panel 4 — Eureka A zoom in of a pipette dropping “human DNA” library of genes onto small wee mutant yeast cells that aren’t dividing… One of the cells is now because it took up one of the genes, dividing. Caption: “Eureka!” Paul: "This means..." Melanie: “CDC2 is conserved in all complex organisms!!” Panel 5 — Legacy & Impact Visual: Older Paul Nurse with a Nobel medal and a Lasker prize on his desk, looking at a magazine news article labeled “CDK1 – A Target for Cancer Therapy.” Caption: Paul’s curiosity led to the discovery of a master regulator of the cell cycle. Paul: “Stay curious!”
August 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Joy Havens is a terminated wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"When small parts of an ecosystem become sick, ripple effects can touch everyone and everything."

silencedsciencestories.com/f/joy-havens...
#sciart by @aprilmycetes.bsky.social #sciencematters #fedscientist
Portrait of Joy, a young woman with olive skin and brown hair wearing a hiking backpack, with a lizard on her shoulder. Around her are icons of wildlife, animal tracks, binoculars, and a blue bird called the Pinyon Jay. She is quoted: "When small parts of an ecosystem become sick, ripple effects can touch everyone and everything."
March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Rebecca Clement, PhD, is an entomologist who has worked as a scientist at the USDA in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is the latest #fedscientist featured #SilencedScienceStories! Loved laying this out with #sciart by Laura Fitzgibbons silencedsciencestories.com/f/dr-rebecca...
Visual of a woman with long brown hair and glasses, with various insects around her. She is quoted: “If no one is working on invasive insects, we are walking into danger.”
March 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Our first scientist feature is out as part of our effort to highlight the importance of the work of #firedfed scientists!

This features Kelsey Hopland, PhD, illustrated by Lia Ferguson! #sciart

Please enjoy and share. If you want to contribute, learn more:

www.linkedin.com/company/scie...
Illustrative feature of Kelsey Hopland, a woman with long brown hair and a lab coat on. She was working as a health science policy analyst. In a speech bubble she says “I contributed to life-saving research for Alzheimer’s, a devastating condition that has affected my own family.” She studied Microglia for her PhD, the immune defense of the central nervous system. She is an avid crafter.
March 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Hey! I’m a science communicator at NIH collecting stories of scientists affected by budget cuts and mass firings, to be communicated in science artist illustrated portraits. Would you be willing to share? www.linkedin.com/posts/fromth...
They can’t fire science. Tell your story.
March 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Would love to help tell the stories of those fired and others affected. Collecting stories for illustrated scientist spotlights at bit.ly/faces_of_science
March 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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@sabs.bsky.social hi! I see you’ve been interviewing dismissed Feds and wondering if you’d share this with them? It’s for a series of illustrated portraits to showcase their work.
March 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Looking for scientists to feature! Is your work affected by mass firings and defunding of federal science? Tell us your story!

Bit.ly/faces_of_science #sciart #scicomm
A female scientist looks at a flask. Text: They can’t fire science. Tell us your story. Link: bit.ly/faces_of_science
March 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Let’s do this.

#scicomm #sciart #science #federalscience #firedfeds
March 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Support in #ASL. #sciart
February 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I was stressed so I had to do some drawing! #procreate #art
February 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Best science nerd Christmas tree ever at NIH Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias! #sciart
CARD Christmas tree, ornament with alcohol bottle drawn on it Card Christmas tree Card Christmas tree with rna plushy ornament hanging Card Christmas tree
December 13, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Cool paper that I've helped to write a comment on for the journal and a blog post coming soon at NIH I Am Intramural blog! #genetics. Also worked with Cassandra Tyson #sciart to create this overview graphic!
December 13, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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Y’all… you can’t talk about prioritizing art in science and then use an ai-generated image. This kills me.
A header image on nih catalyst magazine showing a brain outline with musical instruments
December 12, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Such a fantastic book! I love science comics. #sciart
Cover of “two heads” book - “a graphic exploration of how our brains work with other brains.” A picture of a spread in the graphic novel “two heads”
December 9, 2024 at 5:24 AM
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What do you do when nobody really cares to find out what’s true? And when science is too caught up in the folly of absolute logic and reason to realistically make a difference? (Because a fact never beats a feeling… that via @lizneeley.bsky.social)
Picture of page 49 of “the psychology of stupidity” on the phenomenon of mass stupidity.
December 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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A theory of assholes…
November 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Today’s plans! #psych
November 29, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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Would love to connect with #deaf scientists, scholars, artists, science storytellers! I recently started a blog series on science communication with style at scicommlexicon.com - reach out if you’d ever let to chat or be featured there! I want to highlight anyone combing science and visual stories!
November 23, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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As a proponent of #sciart, something I think all of us visual-minded scicommers should take note of is how the Deaf community has been using visuals all long to explain complex topics and interpret the world around them! We can learn a lot from Deaf scientists in how to explain science visually!
November 18, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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New blog post! Don't AI my #SciArt. Read my take on the issues with using AI-generated content to communicate science, especially when it comes to visuals and art!

www.fromthelabbench.com/from-the-lab...

Illustration by me. 🐡 #scicomm
An arm reaches out of a computer monitor and draws a colorful visual of DNA on paper.
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Hello bluesky! Maybe I’ll get active again on this platform… 4 #scicomm. I’ll be making posts on the intersection of science, art and scicomm!

A little illustration I did after a recent science talk on mitochondria and their role in brain health!
November 14, 2024 at 9:02 PM