October has long gone, along with my unrealistic dream of doing a #circadian -themed drawing every day for #Inktober 🖋️
I did manage to finish one drawing though, and since also small achievements are worth celebrating, I thought I’d share it ✍️

That’s all the #mito news for today! And what better way to wrap up a mitochondria dump than with a mito-drawing I made a while ago? Did you catch all the references? Do you have a favorite mito?
For now, I’ll just say: good nightochondria 😴

#mitochondria #blueskyart #scicomm #WissKomm #scienceart

After first seeing the image, I could not help but see a flower, so I shaped the cover art around one. In this version of #vangogh ’s sunflowers, the yellow petals represent healthy mitochondria around a stiff nucleus, while red petals show stressed mitos pressing against a softened nucleus 🌻

Even cooler: mitochondrial stress also softens the nucleus. You can see it in the image below: on the right, the blue nucleus in cells lacking 𝘊𝘭𝘱𝘱 is dimpled by multiple red mitochondria 🔬

I stress 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 because preparing for this slam pushed me to finally read 'Power, Sex, Suicide' by Nick Lane. That book made me realize how the origin of mitochondria is way more complex than simply “one bacterium swallowing another.” Highly recommend ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

First #mito -related news of the day: the video of my latest #scienceslam is out! I did it with my former lab neighbour Harshita. We tried to introduce the audience to the mitochondrial theory of aging by acting as two bacteria that 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 came together to form a eukaryotic cell 👯

And the absolute winner 👑

First 3 words that come to your mind when you think about a scientist?

Evolutionary - chemist - SECURE JOB
(We should tell this child the truth…)

First 3 words that come to your mind when you think about a scientist?

Happy - angry - intelligent
(That emotional arc? 🤩🤬 Very real)

Good - ugly - funny
(Who needs beauty as long as you are good and funny?)

First 3 words that come to your mind when you think about science?

Experiment - does not work - works
(Flawless summary of the scientific process. Not sure about the last one though.)

Complete the sentence “If I were a scientist…”

“…I would go on holiday”
(Relatable 🏖️)

Big thanks to @taniodraws.bsky.social, Marta, Elena, Camilla, Eleonora and Stefan for bringing their experiments to the workshop, and also to Michael and Elisa for coming to support us 💪
If you’re an Italian-speaking scientist in Germany and would like to get involved, feel free to reach out 📩

We did it! The very first Native Scientist workshop for Italian kids in Cologne was a success 🇮🇹 41 Italian-speaking children explored the wonders of science through hands-on experiments in their heritage language 🧑‍🔬

Also, thanks to Victor and @markmzr.bsky.social for making the photo with the winning poster possible! Truly unlocked a new level of being (literally) supportive lab mates 💪

Big thanks to @itaiyanai.bsky.social for his Night Science Workshop 🌓 so much food for thought packed into just one hour! It’s super refreshing to see scientists step back and reflect on how we actually do science, especially the creative side of it

Been silently lurking here for a while 😶‍🌫️ so I figured it’s time to say something.
And what better moment than the start of a new adventure in Berlin? And what better way to start an adventure than with the ISCO conference? Excited for everything scRNA-seq ahead with @libuchauer.bsky.social and team!