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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Rotavirus, which causes a significant number of childhood deaths worldwide. Each tiny sphere represents an atom within its structure. These atomic models can help uncover molecular mechanisms of infection, offering insights for the prevention and treatment of the disease #sciart #blender

Close up of a virus made of thousands of tiny spheres or atoms within its structure.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I started a substack to share long format stories about my work at the intersection of science and visual storytelling. If you want to follow along the journey, please subscribe! #sciart #scicomm #blender3D open.substack.com/pub/leonoram...

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A scientific illustrator's winding road from the lab bench to visual storytelling

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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Meet me at the intersection of science, art & design.

A scientific illustrator's winding road from the lab bench to visual storytelling

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Andrew "TmsT" Kepple @theoddkepple.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Part of your complete breakfast... if you use your phlegmbrane right. (As usual, click the image for a lore dump in the alt text.) #alienlandscape #specevo #aliens #xenobiology

As day breaks on planet Cloofnorp, we see a thruple of mountain splorbinoids fishing for rockplabners by standing over them and slowly extending irresistible phlegmbranes with the aid of stony weights.

(Documentarian's note: I use the term "fishing" here to make it easier for my fellow Earthlings to understand, but I also must stress that you'd NEVER see a splorbinoid wearing a hat emblazoned with anything so cringeworthy as "Gone Rockplabnering" or lengthier boastful claims regarding how their breakfast - if not society at large - allegedly feels about the prospect of the hat's wearer carrying out such a feat.)

Splorbinoids are not a single species but a more broad category of organism where the gel-like phlegmbrane (wherein the creature's mouth is found) is held in a bipedal carapace; this particular splorbinoid is one of a few that use rocks and other material to alter the shape of their phelgmbrane for various applications, but it will take some sudden, drastic upheavals to life on Cloofnorp before a level of intelligence emerges that could prompt more sophisticated development of this simple tool use.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Art vs Artist 2025. Took a break, moved across the world, and officially launched my science visualisation studio. Foundation year. The plan from 5 years ago is still on—just took the scenic route. 2026 is gonna be fun!

A grid of 9 illustrations with the artist in the middle.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

#sciart community, apparently I don’t know how to use this platform 🤣

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Triptofanito made Biology Fun. A classic Mexican science book by physician Julio Frenk follows an amino acid's adventure through the human body. Written while Frenk was a medical student, it makes biology accessible and exciting for kids #sciart #scicomm

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Beata Science Art @beatascienceart.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

All #CellBio2025 attendees! Here’s our phenomenal lineup for our session on #SciArt & #SciComm: @ahnaskop.bsky.social, @jiwasa.bsky.social, @mag2art.bsky.social, @nat-prunet.bsky.social, and Julia Licholai. Please come by and spread the word! Huge thanks to @ascbiology.bsky.social and co-organizers!

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I've got a couple of spots left in my giveaway for a complete visual redesign + strategic audit. Publication-ready. Investor-ready. Impact-ready. Worth $2,000. Completely free. Apply here --> buff.ly/8GGXh4s Because your science is too important to go unnoticed. Winner announced on 12/2

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Turn Your Science Into Visual Impact! Grab a spot in the giveaway: a high-impact visual redesign, ready for publication or investor standards. Apply --> buff.ly/QJ9dOqp Like this visual that supported the Kelch lab's work all the way to the JBC cover and into several science news outlets #sciart

A long tail virus that kills bacteria on the cover of a scientific journal

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Turn your Science into Visual Impact! I'm doing a little giveaway for Black Friday. Winner gets: -A high-impact visual redesign (publication or investor standards) -A strategic audit of your visual assets: highlighting gaps, opportunities, and wins. sign up --> forms.gle/6zxe3Pa7qotZ...

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

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Bethann Garramon Merkle (@commnatural elsewhere) @bgmerkle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hi all! I'm hiring for a #scicomm research postdoc to join our Scicomm LIFT team! Short story is: 2 years guaranteed funding, open to remote or hybrid work, $61k+hearty benefits (see UW's 401k match in particular)! Please share with folks who might be interested! 1/

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Post Doctoral Research Associate - Zoology & Physiology (B Merkle Lab)

Hiring a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate position to join an NSF-funded, multi-institutional, research team studying graduate students’ ability to communicate science effectively and ...

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Last week, the Dodonova lab published a fascinating paper on chromatin structures in Asgard archaea, microbes thought to be the closest relatives of complex life. Asgard histones can wrap DNA into a “closed” form shared across archaea, and an “open” form similar to eukaryotic cells #sciart #blender

Open / closed chromatin in Asgard archaea with glowing interacting residues

Open / closed chromatin in Asgard archaea

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I used the word Colonizers on a post and it tanked faster than a lead balloon. I guess Lord LinkedIn didn’t like the loaded language I used 😅😂

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I celebrated Día de Muertos in Australia. That was a surreal experience, so far from home but so close at the same time. Mexico is a maximalist country; we love colour, contrasts, boldness. I think that seeps into my work a lot.

Dia de muertos altar with a catrina skeleton

A hallway covered in prints and a ceiling decorated with large paper flowers

mexican person posing next to a wall filled with art.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Check out some of my illustrations featuring DNA that is, actually, structurally accurate. Whilst color is absent at the nanoscale, I choose it to highlight the form and function. These illustrations are grounded in structural data. #blender3d #sciart #DNA #scicomm

DNA as ropes, organized in nucleosomes while interacting with a donut-shaped protein.

DNA represented as spheres sitting on an image of the crystallographic data obtained by Rosalind Franklin.

DNA as ropes, organized in nucleosomes while interacting with proteins.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Portrait of a ribonuclease inhibitor, a protein built from repeating units called leucine-rich repeats. It prevents ribonucleases from breaking down RNA, acting like a molecular shield that protects the cell’s RNA so processes like protein synthesis can continue normally #molecularnodes #sciart

A protein that looks like the letter C made of small spheres set against a plain background.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Is it really #NationalMushroomDay ? I can't believe it 😲 My first scientific love is the wolrd of #fungi so I'm bringing some #hongos from previous work to your feed. This is my #vizbi 2022 poster. #sciart

A grassy mushroom patch in a blue sky background

Explainer poster of the molecular and cell biology of cell walss in mushrooms

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hola #PortfolioDay !! I'm Leonora, a scientific illustrator & designer with a strong background in microbiology and biochemistry, translating complex science into radiant and memorable visuals. I'm open to freelance work! www.leonoramartinez.com #sciart

A collection of colorful 3D modeled scientific Illustrations depicting pathogens, bacteria, cells, proteins and protein interactions.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Plasmodium falciparum in its merozoite phase: tiny parasites gearing up to invade red blood cells. Each one is only about 1-2 micrometers long, roughly the size of a fraction of a red blood cell. A critical moment for malaria research. #sciart #blender3d #3dillustration

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Bringing invisible ideas to life. #sciart #blender3D #illustration *illustrations created for Mary Munson’s Lab website at UMass Chan Medical School*

A blobby structure cut open showing its contents which are hélices and loops and light emitting spheres in the middle. This all depicts VPS45 protein

A conglomerate of lipid molecules forming a wall and separating two spaces with different contents

A space-like scene showing a sphere or vesicle about to be hooked by a multi subunit protein complex

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Bringing invisible ideas to life. #sciart #blender3D #illustration *illustrations created for Mary Munson’s Lab website at UMass Chan Medical School*

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I wrote a short perspective for Frontiers detailing the process behind my artwork "Musings of the Protein Alphabet," and the VIZBI 2025 Annual Conference logo. Please check it out; it's open access! www.frontiersin.org/journals/bio... #dataviz #sciart #VIZBI

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 08/05/2025

From paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery, explore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with the SciArt Starter Pack. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs.

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Leonora. I create illustrations to explain science, mostly cell biology, biochemistry, and microbiology, although I like exploring all areas of science. My website www.leonoramartinez.com #sciart #design #science

Atomic representation of a DNA fragment on a black background with colorful lines depicting DNA sequences.

Illustration of a motor neuron attached to muscle fibers. Motor neurons live in the nerves that radiate from the spinal cord.

An illustration of different bacteria proliferating on tissue.

An illustration of blood cells and vessels

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

From VIZBI 2025 organizers: VIZBI 2025 (vizbi.org), the 15th international meeting on Visualizing Biological Data, takes place 8-11 April at the University of Cambridge. If you can’t join in person, you can participate remotely. Pre-register now to secure your spot.

text reads V I Z B I represented by biological structures such proteins, DNA, RNA, cells and genomes

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Beata Science Art @beatascienceart.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

After our #SciArt subgroup at #CellBio2024, join us for a very special Science Art Show & Reception, where you'll get to interact with our amazing speakers and other pioneers in this field. We are honored to feature over 30 scientists/artists in the exhibition! RSVP: beatascienceart.com/artshow2024/

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Beata Science Art @beatascienceart.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

We have an exciting lineup for our #CellBio2024 #SciArt subgroup on Tuesday! Enjoy fascinating talks by @doroteaartscience.bsky.social, @hudrewthis.bsky.social, @snowotarski.bsky.social, Jessica Heebner, Hermina Nedelescu, Leah Krevitt, Igor Siwanowicz, and Yan Yu. Hope to see many of you there!

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Leonora Martínez-Núñez @leonoramartinez.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

If you are in San Diego for #ASCB2024, take advantage of this unique opportunity to explore innovative artwork and connect with brilliant creatives at the intersection of Science and Art. Follow the link below to RSVP and join the conversation!

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