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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love seeing how the journal covers and Sci-art designs come to life in print!

Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Congrats again to Miguel-Aliaga Lab and their new publication in Cell! Thank you to @alemineo.bsky.social and their team for trusting me with two of their graphical abstracts. More about sex and guts here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Doris Kaltenecker @dorie00.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Super happy to see our work published in @nature.com last week 🤩 By combining whole-body tissue clearing, light-sheet microscopy and AI, we mapped obesity-associated remodeling across the entire mouse body in 3D at cellular resolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @erturklab.bsky.social

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Had so much fun reconstructing the face of Amud the Neanderthal with wax! I learned a lot about hominin facial reconstruction and human anatomy in general. Also, focusing on sculpting for a full day was so relaxing. Thank you @catherinebone.bsky.social for your amazing workshop!

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thanks to @Laura Boulan for trusting me with her lab logo, showing growth control as an architectural plan!

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Congrats!! I really enjoyed working on the graphical abstract for this paper, it is always great to see it in its final form!

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I am thrilled to have been accepted as an Affiliate Member of the Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain (MAA). Looking forward to expanding my portfolio into medical illustration using their amazing courses and resources! maa.org.uk

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Medical Artists Association of Great Britain (MAA)

The Medical Artists Association of Great Britain provide illustration services that specialise in anatomy, science and medicine.

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Vote for a @dev-journal.bsky.social cover from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology We’re excited to launch a cover competition to select an image from the 2025 cohort of @devbioquintay.bsky.social. Voting closes on 24 June 2026. thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-a-d...

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Vote for a Development cover from the Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology - the Node

Browse through the gallery of the 9 images and vote for your favourite by Wednesday, 24 June 2026.

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BioImagingUK @bioimaginguk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📢 BioImagingUK Community Meeting 2026 is GO! 📅 12 Oct | 10:00–17:00 📍 Natural History Museum, London ✅ Free to attend (lunch included!) Careers, funding, community updates & more Travel bursaries for techs & ECRs — apply by 8 May Register👇 LINK in comments #Bioimaging

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I finally had some time to improve my poster about staging Drosophila embryos in collaboration with @stramerlab.bsky.social and we would like to share this with the community! You can find it here or at a higher resolution on my portfolio: www.behance.net/gallery/2458... #DrosophilaEmbryogenesis

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Exploring the telomere bouquet and its nucleus-to-cytoplasm connection across species. A beautiful commission for Julia Cooper to start the year, featured in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (doi.org/10.1101/cshp...). Check out my portfolio at Behance.net/MariaDiaz_delaLoza!

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Luca Valzania @valzanial.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A small but very meaningful milestone for me 🪰📘 I contributed a chapter to the 2nd edition of Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science www.sciencedirect.com/referencewor...

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Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science

Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science, Second Edition is a unique resource that provides extensive review articles on contemporary topics in insect s...

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A scientific touch for the Holidays: Drosophila bone china baubles!

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A Halloween treat just for fun! My beloved journal covers have come to life today. Check them out here! www.behance.net/gallery/2364...

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Journal Covers, Halloween - Maria Diaz de la Loza

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A little peek at my illustration work from the last year! I had some really creative scientific commissions and also expanded into new areas, creating teaching resources for subjects like History and Design (loved it!). If you're curious, check my portfolio at: www.behance.net/MariaDiaz_de...

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Laura Boulan @lboulan.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Our new paper is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using 3D reconstructions and volume measurements in Drosophila wing primordia, we show that growth can be uncoupled from cell proliferation and uncover a new time window for growth arrest. With @leopoldlab.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...

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A switch to non-proliferative growth sustains Drosophila wing development during the early pupal stage

Using precise tissue volume quantification, El Marzkioui, Gaugué, et al. show that wing primordia continue to grow during the early pupal stage, a phase of increased cell volume driven by insulin/IGF ...

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Kasia Siudeja @ksiudeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Although we didn't make it to a cover, it was so wonderful to work with @mariadiazillus.bsky.social on designing an artwork inspired by our work. Thank you Maria! We love it and will be proudly showing it around. Rover ERV wandering around the chromatin rapped around the moons of the solar system:

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Kristina Stapornwongkul is joining IMBA! The Stapornwongkul lab will study how the nutritional environment and metabolic processes influence embryonic development—an emerging research area with broad implications for both fundamental biology and biomedical applications. Welcome, Kristina!

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Maria Diaz de la Loza, Scientific Illustrator @mariadiazillus.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

My first blue update! Sharing my most recent illustration in a scientific journal.Thank you to @oliverastone.bsky.social who contacted me to adapt his concept as the cover for his paper in @naturecvr.bsky.social. These are the original design and the journal version!

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