Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 10/10/2025Using a material originally developed as a bioluminescent algae-powered biosensor, biodesigner Chris Bellamy, scientist Nicho Schramma, and fashion icon Iris van Herpen created a living textile that reacts to touch. 000
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 10/10/2025Really interesting science-art collaboration story that speaks to something I think a lot of biodesigners are looking for: deeper connections with other organisms as a way to connect more deeply with other people. nautil.us/a-living-gow...nautil.usA Living GownIris van Herpen’s new bioluminescent dress made of algae debuts in Paris 200
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 31/05/2025undark.org/2025/05/29/m...undark.org'Make America Healthy Again' Report Cites Nonexistent StudiesThe original report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors. 020
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 11/04/2025LITERALLY Really devastating cuts being proposed wwww.septa.org/wp-content/u...wwww.septa.org 000
Reposted by Matthew FainorConrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Philly was recently named the “Best City for Street Art.” And if you’re interested in learning more about this dynamic world, I’d love to invite you to check out my podcast with WHYY called, Art Outside! 1233452
Reposted by Matthew FainorConrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 03/04/20251/6 New sticker from local scientist and artist, @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, spotted in Philly. I texted Sarah to learn more: “Shrimp and Krill are these tiny little animals that you don’t think of as being particularly powerful in the oceans, but in the huge schools they’re incredibly important.” 348440
Reposted by Matthew FainorCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 28/03/2025I wish all Americans would watch this, in particular Trump/Musk supporters who might consider this without their pre-existing biases that blind them. This is framed so well. This is how I would be convincing people that they are going to end up funding this huge scam where they are the losers. 24018
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 27/03/2025Every new announcement about some update to an AI image generator makes me seethe. People with the audacity to say OpenAI is “making art accessible” so gravely misunderstand what art and the purpose of art is in our society. Not to mention the energy, the water, or the theft. 000
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 24/03/2025The state of my fridge has reached a new lowest point at the end of this grocery cycle. It’s just a jar of olives, eggs, and about 6 things of pickles/pickle juice. And some really old kimchi 😂 010
Reposted by Matthew FainorSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I usually stay around my own neighborhood, so when I venture down to south Philly I get the treat of seeing a different set of street art. This one is by Sean Lugo, whose signature is animal heads on people’s bodies. His stuff is SO good. Love this cat. 735627
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 08/03/2025“That trail of tiny footprints, indiscernible to the naked eye, is remarkably effective at protecting the tree from pathogens and pests. That makes ants a legion of unlikely warriors—one humans should consider enlisting in the fight to grow food in a warming world.” 000
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 08/03/2025BUGS ARE SO COOL!! “The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each unknowingly leaves antibiotic microorganisms secreted from its feet” grist.org/food-and-agr...grist.orgA secret weapon in agriculture's climate fight: AntsAnts — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change. 110
Reposted by Matthew FainorLindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I've received several inquiries as to why I don't paint many butterflies. This is why. There are massive multitudes of more interesting and ecologically vital arthropods out there who are underrepresented in our societal advocacy. I want to help remedy that through art. #bugsky 🐝🕷️🐡🦋🪲🌱 17110
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 03/03/2025This is one of my favorite kinds of stories in that it surprised me! These activists are challenging the notion that “mine sites are considered ideal locations for prisons or a dumping ground for waste, rather than places of ecological value.” grist.org/justice/biso...grist.orgBison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the landA coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons. 010
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 24/02/2025Sad news for my Philly friends. share.inquirer.com/z6Xct9share.inquirer.comDOGE cuts four local U.S. Fish & Wildlife workers, three of them from the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, another from S. JerseyAll three sacked employees from the Heinz refuge were under the one-year mark in employment. One of them —a bio-technology worker —was just two weeks shy of a full year of service. 031
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 23/02/2025Thanks, Ryan! Just trying to find words that cut through some of confusion and chaos for myself. Glad to hear they’re resonating 🙂 000
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 21/02/2025I am on the bus, minding my business when the man in front of me begins frantically using 3 phones at once. THREE! What unspeakable force drove him to such madness??? And what could he possibly need to be doing like that??? 000
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 20/02/2025A healthy scientific ecosystem answers questions of all kinds for people of all identities in order to unravel the complexities of our biology. Unfortunately, attempts to suppress, censor, or erase rigorous, well-designed research only serve to suppress, censor, and erase the needs of real people. 010
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 20/02/2025As we continue to advocate for a well-funded, well-rounded, rigorous US research and regulatory ecosystem, I thought about how messy biology is and this sentiment came to mind: 100
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 20/02/2025As I was rounding up some of this news, it all felt a bit silly, like there were bigger, more existential, more important issues to focus on. But sharing good work is part of supporting science in general! And these talented scientists deserve their flowers 💐 100
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 20/02/2025Science news, get your science news here! I know a lot is happening right now, but people are still doing excellent research in the field of #RegenerativeMedicine, work that supports people of all kinds. Some of our field’s recent highlights ⬇️ 🧠 🦴🫀 fleshyfutures.substack.com/p/the-tissue...fleshyfutures.substack.comThe Tissue #7: Recommendations from one scientist to anotherFDA approves first MSC therapy, woven PCL hip implant moves toward phase I clinical trial, iPSC treatment for Parkinson's disease 120
Reposted by Matthew FainorAllison Raine Chapman @alli.gay · 13/02/2025UPDATE: The National Park Service have now removed “queer” and the “Q+” from the web page for stonewall, along with any mentions of transgender people. 411039395
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 09/02/2025I presented our lab’s work trying to identify which patients with low back pain may be suitable candidates for cell therapy treatments and which may be non-responders. You can see more about the project: www.ors.org/wp-content/u... 050
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 09/02/2025Really excited to share the scientific research we do in the Gullbrand Lab at #ORS2025. At a time when the scientific priorities, structure, and funding in the US are being reassessed, it’s very grounding to be surrounded by talented scientists working to solve real problems for real people. 1193
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 08/02/2025The Mauck Lab is well represented at #ORS2025. We work on such a wide variety of problems, that hopefully there’s a little bit of something for everyone! Presenters on Bluesky: @emsharp.bsky.social @meghankup.bsky.social 082
Reposted by Matthew FainorJason C. Marvin, Ph.D. (he/they) 🏳️🌈 @jasoncmarvin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025It's extremely disappointing to see BME colleagues being silent about the imminent danger that the new administration poses to the trans community. Though one can hardly be surprised when the field has been platforming those who hold explicitly transphobic views. 1103
Reposted by Matthew FainorOh, god, nickel! Blood! Blood! @snickettes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it. It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating. 71640414
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 06/02/2025The Gullbrand Lab is talking science at #ORS2025 this week! Check out our presentations if you’re in Phoenix and interested in intervertebral disc degeneration, cell therapies, and more! @sgullbrand.bsky.social @emsharp.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social 084
Reposted by Matthew FainorDeb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Would you? Could you? RT for my 29th bday 🙂↕️🎂 nothing else is happening in this country 30690307
Reposted by Matthew FainorSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Inject science into your Valentines Day with LOVE BUGS! Each card has a fact about the animal AND something you can do to help the animal. They come in packs of 20 😎 Art by Michele Scott! Supports @skypeascientist.bsky.social! Get 'em here 👇 squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/love... 1419882
Reposted by Matthew FainorGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 07/01/2025My love of body horror comes from the Zoobooks page where live, moving animals were gradually stripped of their flesh 14470111
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 31/12/2024To all the books I read in 2024, thanks for the great times. Would definitely recommend almost all these books, but if I could only pick three, I’d tell everyone they must read A Psalm for the Wild Built, A Certain Hunger, and Crying in H Mart. 030
Reposted by Matthew FainorScience News @scinews.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Breathing polluted air increases the risk of osteoporosis. #Science Open Access www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... 35621
Reposted by Matthew FainorKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point. 15667811771
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 12/12/2024I’ve loved working on this project with everyone on our incredible spine team! If you are interested in large-scale disc tissue engineering, you know what to do 👀 ⬇️ 030
Reposted by Matthew FainorAlmosthomefree Art & Design @almosthomefree.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Cover for Hexagon Issue No.19 Speculative Fiction Magazine. Cover at based on L.M. Guay's short story. Thanks so very much to @hexagonmagazine J.W. Stebner for the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful magazine. Great contributors this issue, check It out here: hexagonmagazine.ca 0164
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 04/12/2024This is exactly the kind of story I started Fleshy Futures to write, a story about the incredible scientists working on new #biotechnologies to heal both people and our planet. And to think it all started out because I wanted to know why the growth factors I use in the lab are so expensive! 010
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 04/12/2024 I also talked to @coledeforest.bsky.social about how this technology could one day be used to produce his lab's innovative photo-responsive #biomaterials for tomorrow's #TissueEngineering therapies. 110
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 04/12/2024In the latest Fleshy Futures story, I dive into how Canadian startup Future Fields is using the common fruit fly to transform our #biomanufacturing supply chain. 120
Matthew Fainor @handle.invalid · 04/12/2024You're telling me the next generation of medical therapies will be made INSIDE fruit flies? But how? And why? fleshyfutures.substack.com/p/fruit-flie...fleshyfutures.substack.comFruit flies will produce the next groundbreaking medical therapyAnd, according to a new life cycle assessment, will significantly reduce biotech's environmental footprint 2156