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CGEBM Aberdeen @cgebm-aberdeen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Last Thursday, Ines Hahn visited the IMS from York and gave a seminar on "Targeted peptides for GSK-3β inhibition reveal distinct subcellular roles in neurons". Check out Tilly's visual notes below:

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📖 Published📖 By enabling reliable and comparatively affordable collection, DeepZoo expands sampling capacity into environments previously constrained by cost and logistical barriers, supporting biodiversity and connectivity studies in the deep ocean 🦠 🌊 🐙 🔎 buff.ly/7ya6ymS

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Victoria @vicgillman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Thanks also to @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social for the fab cake, @ethan-ross.bsky.social for organising a lovely card, @ellalillyy.bsky.social for the mini Ziggy, @tillysscott.bsky.social for her art and @meta-kittiwake.bsky.social and many others for their support. Grateful to have an ace network 🥰

A table set up for a PhD celebration with a handmade card reading “Congratulations Dr Gillman!!” showing a collage of photos, alongside a decorated cake that has been cut into. A gift bag, flowers, and drinks are visible, with people standing around the table.

Miniature blonde ceramic dog laying down, resting its face on its front paws in a red coat.

A framed illustration including “Dr Victoria Gillman“ in decorative calligraphy and drawings including a freshwater mussel shell, a tree, leafy motifs, a net and a dog collar.

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The hidden danger of Biorender (& the death of scientific illustration) A short thread 🧵

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Danielle Jordan @djsnails.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

First preprint from my PhD is out! If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

For today's quick sketches I got to draw sonic the hedgehog (which is a fabulous gene name)

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CGEBM Aberdeen @cgebm-aberdeen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

It was great to hear about Dr Peng (Alex) Liu's research today, finding out how black carbon pollution affects developing fetuses. Many methods were featured, including proteomics to identify potential reactionary metabolites, single cell transcriptome sequencing (done by our CGEBM team) and more.

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CGEBM Aberdeen @cgebm-aberdeen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the SBS seminar from @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social , looking at over 20 years of butterfly data. In Spanish mountain ranges, cold specialised species are going locally extinct and are being replaced by warmer habitat species #UniofAberdeen #Biology #SciArt

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The 2025/2026 CGEBM Bioinformatics Courses have been announced: #genomics Courses 1-2 days, taught in person (by me!), training in #Unix/cluster computing, #genomeassembly , #RNAseq , #microbiome, other applications of short read sequencing. Full details on CGEBMs training page: tinyurl.com/c5n9n6p4

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Here are all the talks I attended and sketched at #ESEB2025 ! Only a fraction of the 642 speakers at the conference 😮 I had an absolutely amazing week chatting about lots of fascinating science #sciart #eseb #esebcongress @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Case and point that simple drawings are the best drawings!

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂

#SciArt poster with 6 white boxes on a purple/grey background.
the test above in white says IN THIS LAB WE BELIEVE
boxes upper left to bottom right:
- text SCIENCE is real, a scientist in a blue labcoar holds a flask with teal liquid with an orange microbe above their head, while a round earth circles around them
- text LOVE is love, two stickfigures are happily write in a pride flag with hearts above them
- text BLACK LIVES matter, three stickfigures hold their fists proudly in the air
- text FEMINISM is for everyone, a stickfigure holds a purple female symbol sign and is wrapped in a purple schal with a trans colors pin
text EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY is cool, a mosquito stands by a series going from single atoms, to blue RNA, to red DNA, to a blue virus, to a red malaria parasite and orange bacteria, to a yellow worm, to a green amoeba, i drew this in a way where the amoeba looks like the mosquito's fart, I'm so sorry amoeba
- text IMMIGRANTS are welcome, a little stickfigure statue of liberty stands tall and proud in between clouds and birds

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I attended three great talks from the cancer in an evolutionary framework symposium this morning. Cancer therapies from nature, population genomics of Tasmanian devil cancer, and the tug of war of cancer resistance #eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

TIR elements in the centromere of brown algae, chromosome breakage and repair in bdelloid rotifers, chromosome number in beetles, chromosome restructuring in nematodes, and finally chromosome interactions in non-marine annelids 🧵2/2 #eseb2025 #conferenceart #sketchnotes #eseb

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We started today with a wonderful talk on how cordyceps fungus generates zombie ants. Then on to modelling, egg laying timing & brood number, white clover in rural and urban environments, young active SINEs in Italian sparrow, TE content in ferns 🧵1/2 #eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

ESEB Day 3! Molecular clocks & identifying ghost lineages; marrying micro & macro evolution; female polymorphism; balancing selection in round-nose grenadier; the genetics of guppy colour polymorphisms; modelling genetic interactions; antagonist selection in flying ants #eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

There's going to be a lot of sketches by the end of this week! We're not even halfway though #eseb2025 and I've filled up my usual template of boxes! Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the week's talks include #eseb #sciart #sketchnotes

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The day finished off strong with loads of great talks in the Genomics of Evolutionary Innovations symposium! I'm pleased to report that my talk went well ☺️ 🎨🖌️ #eseb2025 #eseb #esebconference @eseb2025.bsky.social @jfenn.bsky.social @timothyfuqua.bsky.social

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

A bunch of inspiring talks this morning! Chromatin loops (identified with Micro-C) in cephalopods; odorant receptors in slave ants; chromosome inversions in a beetle, the genetics of critically endangered bellinger river turtle +the importance of MHC; genetic load in the helmet honeyeater #eseb2025

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I'm excited for my @eseb2025.bsky.social presentation later today. I'm part of the symposium on the Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations! I will have stickers to give out too (if bribery is required for attendance) 😁 #eseb2025 #sciart #eseb

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations

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Molly Gale (Gale-Hammell Lab) @mollygale.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬 Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Today's seminar featured amphipods! David has been researching the tidal clock cycle in intertidal marine animals. Parhyale (the #amphipod) has a 12.4 hour tidal cycle in the lab, tidal clock genes that play a role have been found - these genes are expressed in dorsal-lateral brain cells #sciart

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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Queer Animals of the World! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ For LGBTQ+ History Month, our PhD Society, Zoo&Roots, wanted to highlight how nature is filled with queer animals. For sources & reading material, go to linktr.ee/gayanimals Remember, spread your wings and F • L • Y! #gayanimals #lgbt #citypop

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Two new drawings of my mascot Allie the Amphipod! Hirondellea gigas, my main study species & the most abundant animal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, withstands 1000x the pressure that we and shallow-water amphipods experience. It also has enzymes that show cellulase activity,... 🧵1/2

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

For more cool facts about Hirondellea gigas check out this wonderful thread from Jon. At some point I'll have to draw Allie is an aluminium suit of armour, but I think that'll be a tad more time consuming than making her munch on wood! #SciArt

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A great start to the 2025 seminar series with a talk from @hasikadam.bsky.social (thanks for organising @gretabocedi.bsky.social) We heard about the importance of considering eco-evolution whilst looking at parasitology - with examples from odenates, deer and soay sheep

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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

For those who have never seen one, they look like this 👇

A giant deep sea amphipod, the size of a hand, laying on top of the hand. The amphipod is white in colour, with multiple legs. It resembles a shrimp, but fatter

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Alex Brighten @alexbrighten1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Stoked this is published! Collect feathers > chop into tiny pieces > set them on fire > measure the gasses. Now just need to learn multi-isotope isoscapes. Thank you Tilly for the cute summary swift! Follow @tillysscott.bsky.social if you haven’t already for cool science & more super SciComm & art!

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Check out Alex's @alexbrighten1.bsky.social first PhD paper! Looking at age and migratory patterns in alpine swifts, using stable isotope analysis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Cartoon alpine swift, with a grey and white body and pink feet, walks carrying a cartoon bag on a pole (travelling)

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The last seminar I attended in 2024 was from Beth Scott. Temperature levels in the North Sea create stratified plankton blooms, 25-40m below the surface. Internal ocean waves catapult deeper living fish upwards to sea birds BUT, wind turbines mix water more, reducing the spring plankton bloom

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

@empseb30.bsky.social have extended their abstract deadline until the 30th January. I had a wonderful time at this conference last year, I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to give their first conference presentation. Here are all the wonderful talks from last year #sciart

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Dr Rachel Hale Marine Biologist @seafloorscience.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year from invertebrates that look like fireworks. Credits Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live Anemone: Cathy Lewis Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute

A round jellyfish with glowing golden stripes on the bell and long tendril tentacles against a background of deep sea sediment.

An anemone with many white thin tentacles

A close up into the centre of a feather duster worm with radiating striped white and brown tentacles

A semi-translucent octopus with a spotted mantle and blue tentacles.

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Thank you for the lovely mention in the @gensocuk.bsky.social magazine @alicegodden.bsky.social ! Check out Alice's summary of the Transposon meeting ⬇️ My physical copy arrived on Christmas Eve so that was a nice Christmas present

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Check out Jack's new paper! Diversionary feeding of predators (in this case a Pine Martin) increases the breeding success of Capercaillie, as fewer eggs get stolen #SciArt

Cartoon pine Martin eats a chicken leg provided as diversionary feeding. This equals a cartoon capercaillie having more eggs in it's nest

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Pío Sierra @piosierra.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Do you need to curate a Transposable Elements library for a new genome 🧬 or a new species 🐜🦟🦖? Try MCHelper.! Very proud of my (small) contribution here. Gracias a @simonorozcoa.bsky.social y @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social! genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated! Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you? #DataVisualization github.com/cxli233/Frie...

A figure comparing box plot and showing all data points.
Group1: normally distributed data.
Group2: bimodal data.
Group3: Data with 3 modes.

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thank you for the lovely seminar @anadrago.bsky.social . I hope you like the little comic! 1. Hawian field crickets find mates with wing songs. 2. silent males sneak in and steal mates. 3. Silent Flatwing males may be camouflaged during matings by their reduced chc

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A lovely seminar from Tuomas @aivelo.bsky.social on the work of the Helsinki Urban Rat Project, featuring the work of a historian (History), visual artist (Niche), many school kids (Rat Tracks), and, of course, an ecologist. Covering loads of different aspects of rats in cities. #SciArt #UrbanRats

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A wonderful set of talks from all the new PhD students in our department and from three Research Fellows, lots of very varied, very cool research! @quadratdtp.bsky.social @gallowayselkie.bsky.social #SciArt #SBSresearchday

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Since the @spaam-community.bsky.social team is now here too might as well repost the two SPAAM online conferences I doodled for them back in the day 🦠 Too bad they switched to in person, now I don't get to see the progress in that map of new members 🌏

a poster of SPAAM3 (Standards, precautions and advances in ancient metagenomics), with a map of participants, and drawings of speakers with their subjects around them. color scheme is pink, yellow, blue and green

a poster of SPAAM4 (Standards, precautions and advances in ancient metagenomics), with a map of participants, and drawings of speakers with their subjects around them. color scheme is pink, yellow, blue and green

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'm still buzzing after the @gensocuk.bsky.social meeting. Here are all 25 talks summaries together #SciArt #TEsky

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