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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI

@falconierivisuals.bsky.social
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Certified Medical Illustrator and Animator, Washington DC. 🧬Molecular & cellular #sciart 👉Website & portfolio: www.falconierivisuals.com 📰Monthly newsletter, SciViz Simplified: www.falconierivisuals.com/subscribe…

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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This AI slop world is exhausting. I can't trust client provided references anymore, and I can't trust publications post 2023.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If someone made a biology coloring book, what would you want to color the most? Mitosis? DNA? Apoptosis? Neurons? #sciart (It's me, I'm the someone.)
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Recently heard about an AI project using an LLM to reference only vetted sources (🤷‍♀️, maybe it's worth the electricity?).... but then they also decided, hey, let's use a digital twin of an existing individual (a content expert) to deliver this generated info! 🤯 Nothing could go wrong...
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Ian Malcolm's Iconic Jurassic Park Quote
Alt: Ian Malcolm's Iconic Jurassic Park Quote "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should".
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Love it when I'm talking with a scientist about a visual and they say "I've never thought of it that way before..." and then proceed to hypothesize new ideas on the fly. :)
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Who could have predicted? /sarcasm
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Everyone who uses AI should have to take a statistics course first.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Switched my work email from Gmail to Proton Mail today! @proton.me No more finding obscure settings to turn off the latest Gemini AI every other month.
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a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom
ALT: a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Also it's insulting to be expected to read something that someone couldn't even be bothered to write.
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Greg Pinelo @gregpinelo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Daylight Savings Time sucks and should be abolished. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
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Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time
Daylight saving time gives us more light at the end of the day to enjoy spring and summer activities, but it can have a negative impact on our health.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Come Mother's Day, my kid better remember who got a tent all winter long and who most definitely did not get a tent.
Longtail cargo ebike with luxurious tent for kids riding as passengers. It's snowing wet, heavy snow
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I made this gif to preview my latest newsletter #sciart freebie (yay mitochondria!), but I feel like it could have legs as a reaction gif too. 😆
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hey #sciart - what do you think, SciViz or SciVis for abbreviating science visualization?
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Finally put together my 2025 Art vs. Artist. Made some cool artwork, and overcame my fear of being upside down. :) Here's to more science visuals and handstands in 2026!
3x3 grid of images. Center image is the artist, very sweaty, doing a handstand against a wall. Various science visuals in the lateral positions.
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Sven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Love the caption of Fig. 3 in this impressive preprint: "A Goodsell-esque 3D orthogonal rendering of an IsoNet2-processed FIB-milled tomogram of C. reinhardtii" doi.org/10.64898/202... Since I am no expert, what does the cryoET community think of IsoNet? @cellarchlab.com doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 01/12/2025
If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes. #AcademicChatter
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Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals. The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
My recent #sciart on kinetochore structure is now live! 👇 Congrats to the authors! 👏
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My trading cards are ready for the Association of Medical Illustrators mentor mixer! Who's going to be trading with me in Grand Rapids? #AMI2025 #sciart
Stack of trading cards - left side shows front design of purple virus with orange spikes. Right side show back design, featuring woman's portrait and name.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Wanted to share this fun side project for the last day of Pride month - DNA strand with the colors of the Progress Pride flag. :) #sciart
DNA strand with base pairs sequentially colored with Progress Pride Flag colors - the traditional LGBTQ+ rainbow, plus the black and brown to recognize folx of color, and the white blue pink of the trans flag. Unfortunately no circle symbol to represent intersex inclusive pride flag. :(
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Want to follow my #sciart, but don't want to slog through a feed to find it? Then I've got the newsletter for you!
person thinking about sciviz
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
@capitalweather.bsky.social is there a technical definition of sky? If so, what are the upper and lower bounds? Asking for a 4 y/o who wants to know if buildings touch the sky.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/05/2025
Our first Teach In is on the map...and it's a big one with @whysharksmatter.bsky.social! You can RSVP at the bottom of this page: www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight... #standupforscience
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Summer Fight For Science 2025 — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Inspired by Vietnam-era activism, Stand Up For Science is hosting a series of teach-ins around the USA this summer, focusing on the importance of science and science funding. I’m doing one May 30th in Silver Spring. Many of you should consider doing one too, and I’m happy to help you plan it 🦑🧪🌎
Flier for the talk
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/04/2025
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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Guild of Natural Science Illustrators @gnsiart.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Registration for our July 13-19 Visual SciComm Conference is now open! We invite everyone to join us for a week of social events, #SciArt camaraderie, and presentations by pioneering visual science communicators. Register by May 5 for early bird pricing. www.gnsi.org/visual-scico...
The 2025 Bridgewater, Massachusetts GNSI Visual SciComm Conference logo. It features the GNSI logo with a whale, cranberries, a chickadee, and a ladybug all twisting along the logo. At the top, text reads "Registration is now LIVE!"
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Director of the Nat'l Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) was summarily dismissed yesterday. So here's your reminder that birth defects kill twice as many American kids as cancer. But there is no St. Jude's for birth defects. Only the NICHD. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
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Emily Hromi, CMI | Illustrator, Designer, Artist @studiohromi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
At the bottom of her email newsletter, @falconierivisuals.bsky.social writes "This newsletter is 100% human created. If I can't be bothered to write it, I won't bother you to read it!" and I really really love that! It perfectly sums up how I feel about using ChatGPT, even for simple tasks.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Getting ready for #standupforscience2025 on Friday. Will you be there? #sciart #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
Cardboard rectangle with "SCIENCE MAKES AMERICA GREAT" written in black marker. First S drawn to look like DNA strandCardboard rectangle with "SCIENCE SAVES LIVES" written in black marker. First S drawn to look like DNA strand
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/03/2025
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone. Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
navy blue background with white text that says "3 days until we stand up for science"
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I'm going to be at Stand Up for Science in DC on March 7! Come join me!
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I had to message Google support just to *enable the button* to turn Gemini AI off for my work email. If users actually wanted the feature, it wouldn't be set up like this.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
You had me at "pyroptotic corpses". 🔥😂 But seriously this is a great bluetorial with fascinating microscopy!
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Celia Ford @celiaford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Part 5, 10 years of molecular #sciart and medical illustration 2018, just getting established as a freelancer. I was lucky to work with Synlogic Therapeutics on this image that ended up on the cover of Science Translational Medicine!
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I recently had my appendix out and this is a horrible week to not be able to work out.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I'll be speaking at Science Talk '25 in April! Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can connect! 👋 #SCITALK25 #SCIENCETALK25 #scicomm #AssocSciComm
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I reject “AI or die”. 🧵
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I loved these as a kid! Which probably explains why I ended up in medical illustration. 😂
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Part 4, 10 years of molecular #sciart and medical illustration 2017, putting 3D electron microscopy (FIB SEM) data of the salivary gland in context. In collab with Kedar Narayan, NCI's CCR Volume EM lab. 🧪 crtp.ccr.cancer.gov/vem/
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Guild of Natural Science Illustrators @gnsiart.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Greetings, Bluesky!
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a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Part 3, 10 years of molecular #sciart and medical illustration 2016, my first piece for Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social - HIV surface spike (Env) attaching to a host cell. 🧪
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Part 2, 10 years of molecular #sciart and medical illustration Single Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy animation, 2015: This video for the Subramaniam Lab (then NCI, now UBC) shows how single particle #cryoem reveals molecular structures.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Let's get caught up, shall we? Over the next few weeks I'm going to share #sciart highlights from my 10 years as a professional medical illustrator. First up, my 2014 image of beta-galactosidase, created in collaboration with Doreen Matthies (NIH), illustrating #cryoem resolution breakthroughs
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Diana Kwon @dianakwon.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
GenAI has given fraudsters a powerful new way of making fake images. My story in @natureportfolio.bsky.social looks at what people are doing to try to stop this problem from spiraling out of control: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI-generated images threaten science — here’s how researchers hope to spot them
Generative-AI technologies can create convincing scientific data with ease — publishers and integrity specialists fear a torrent of faked science.
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
The right science. The right style. Always. :)
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Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA CMI @falconierivisuals.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Hi Bluesky! I'm a Certified Medical Illustrator and animator, specializing in cellular & molecular visuals. Nice to meet you!
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