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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wouldn’t that be great? New post from my (free) science cartoon newsletter. Help me pick which older lab cartoon I should redraw: himelblau.substack.com/p/time-trave...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Laboratory Bliss… savor the moments when thing go right. (Latest (free) newsletter post) substack.com/@himelblau/n...

Lab worker gazes happily at twelve tubes on the bench

Lab worker basks in the glow of a micropipette

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Cartoon for anyone who has ever trained new folks in lab.

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I posted this 2017 cartoon in my (free) science cartoon newsletter after listening to @erictopol.bsky.social interview Matthew Cobb about the achievements and flaws of Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Newsletter: himelblau.substack.com The interview: erictopol.substack.com/…

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

New post about tiny writing. See the full post and sign up for my (free) science cartoon newsletter: himelblau.substack.com

Cartoon showing a scientist intensely writing on tiny tubes with a sharpie. Caption, "Her passion for science and her passion for writing have merged into a passion for labeling."

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Neuroscience cartoon inspired by a interview by a @erictopol.bsky.social interview. In my latest (FREE) newsletter, learn how the brain gets washed while you sleep. Also, exciting reports about the potential of brain-drain-expanding surgery to combat dementia. himelblau.substack.com/p/brain-washed

A guy naps on the couch in front of a big pile of dirty dishes.

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Congratulations to @bradguigar.com for making it onto the cover of the New Yorker!

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Need some big data of your own? Check out the link in my latest issue of my FREE science cartoon newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/himelbla...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

One of about 50 cartoons I drew for my book, The Teaching Assistant's Guide. www.thetasguide.com/cartoons

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The curcumin molecule, which gives turmeric its distinct color, looks like a cute crab. Here a turmeric-themed post from my FREE science cartoon newsletter: himelblau.substack.com/p/trendy-tur...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Will virtual cells move biology research out of the lab and into the computer? Newsletter post (and cartoons) inspired by @erictopol.bsky.social Ground Truth Podcast. open.substack.com/pub/himelblau

Comic image of a computer technician and a lab researcher

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Researchers are discovering new organelles all the time. Collaboration with Shannon O'Dell. (from my FREE science cartoon newsletter: himelblau.substack.com)

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

In 1980, when Joy Division sang, “Love will tear us apart again,” they were thinking about cytokinesis when two “daughter cells” are pinched apart by strong molecular forces. Read the full newsletter post: us9.campaign-archive.com?u=6da1485294...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Open your sock drawer, yank a pair of socks apart, and put each in a separate drawer. Now repeat that with every pair. Not only have you created a wardrobe headache for yourself, you’ve also demonstrated the main event of anaphase. Read the full post: us9.campaign-archive.com?u=6da1485294...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

In lab, proteins called enzymes to do important jobs like sequencing DNA and building new genes. Enzymes need to be kept cold. Read the full post here: us9.campaign-archive.com?u=6da1485294...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

In the kitchen, you follow a recipe. In lab, you follow a protocol. I was a graduate student in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin. My background was in biology. Many of my peers had a chemistry background. Guess whose experiments worked better.

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

My cartoon in The New Yorker this week. See more at himelblau.com. This is the first cartoon I ever sold to the magazine (March 2021).

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 16/03/2024

Cartoon in the New Yorker this week.

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

Who doesn’t love poems about mitosis? New post from my FREE science cartoon newsletter: mailchi.mp/76a91e6297bb...

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Mitosis limericks… part 1 or4. Join my FREE science cartoon newsletter for more. www.himelblau.com

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

I’m excited to bring back these two from New Yorker Caption Contest 860 for a NEW caption contest for wordsbelow.app Here’s the twist–all captions must be ABOUT THE NEW YORKER CAPTION CONTEST (It’s very meta…) . If you like the Caption Contest, you’ll appreciate all the data you get from WordsBelow.

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Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Nice to be here. I’m a biologist and cartoonist. Check out my FREE newsletter. A new science cartoon every few weeks: www.himelblau.com

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