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John Chilton
@axonology.bsky.social
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Aquatic ape 🌊🏊‍♂️🏄‍♂️ cartoonophile ✏ recovering neurobiologist 🧠
Passionate about education and science communication 👨‍🏫📢🔬🦠🧫
For more see www.axonology.com
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axonology.bsky.social
With spookily good timing this year my lecture on red blood cells - and them being eaten by the vampire macrophages in the spleen - falls on Halloween! 🎃
#blood #MedEd #SciArt 🧪 #EduSky
Cartoon of a spleen macrophage as a vampire
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
axonology.bsky.social
Swan & O'Ligo organic myelin. Ranvier compatible. Central or peripheral delivery. The finest in sartorial saltation.
#glia #SciArt #neuroscience #neuroSkyence 🧪
axonology.com/glia/
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
axonology.bsky.social
The world's No. 1 Brain Juice. Now available in a can.
axonology.com/glia/
#SciArt 🧪 #glia #neuroscience #neuroSkyence
Cartoon of can of brain juice advertising poster
October 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
axonology.bsky.social
New from epenDymal labs - DYMAL Brain Juice! For all your brain hydration and nutrition needs!!
axonology.com/glia/
#SciArt 🧪 #neuroSkyence #neuroscience #glia
Cartoon ependymal cell
October 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
axonology.bsky.social
My 'Drawing Blood' series of artwork is now featured on The Blood Project! 🩸
There's even reflective Qs to consider after viewing them. It's brilliant to be collaborating on this:
www.thebloodproject.com/red-blood-ce...
#SciArt #SciComm 🧪 #eduSky
Red Blood Cells and Granulocytes • The Blood Project
"The Granulocytes" Consider the following after viewing the artwork: How does the artistic representation of blood cells and granulocytes influence your
www.thebloodproject.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
axonology.bsky.social
Boosting the learning from Wordotomy by adding augmented reality!!
I sculpted the RBC in #blender and used Halo AR for visualisation.
Really excited by the potential! 🤓
Going to be a job making models for the whole pack tho!🥴😂
#AR #3D #eduSky 🧪 #sciArt #blood
May 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
axonology.bsky.social
Interested in #outreach? Want to use #games to make it more effective but don't know where to start? Help is at hand with our new paper! The underexplored opportunity of gamifying outreach, using #anatomy as an example with @mikaelastiver.bsky.social
Open access: doi.org/10.1002/ase....
#EduSky 🧪
Gamifying anatomy outreach: An underexplored opportunity
This article explores the underutilized potential of incorporating gamified approaches into anatomy outreach initiatives. While gamification and game-based learning approaches have been widely adopte....
doi.org
March 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
axonology.bsky.social
I've co-opted two of my favourite artists personified as cone cells to illustrate how we perceive colour and thus many great works of art.
axonology.com/cartoon/cones/
#SciArt #neuroscience #neuroSkyence 🧪
Cartoon of photoreceptor cone cells, a cyan one resembling Salvador Dali and a red one resembling Vincent Van Gogh, both responding to a magenta drawing of them.
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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MSc Global Health (distance). This programme will empower you to confidently meet the clinical and logistical challenges of working in complex and...
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February 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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biochemsoc.bsky.social
We’re excited to join the Bluesky community! If you’re part of the molecular biosciences, follow us for updates on all our activities from across the Society and Portland Press. We will be posting about upcoming events, webinars, grants, published articles, and more.
December 11, 2024 at 9:18 AM
axonology.bsky.social
Struggling to get going on those dark January mornings? - thank your rod photoreceptors for picking out the photons in the gloom!
axonology.com/cartoon/rods/
#neuroSky #neuroscience #SciArt 🧪
Cartoon of retinal photoreceptor rod cells looking for photons
January 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
axonology.bsky.social
Happy new year folks! I've made some more free vector art at scidraw.io hope these help with your fresh presentations and figures 🤓
#SciArt #immunosky #immunology #microbiology 🧪
Diagram titled granulocytes, showing vector art images of a neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil and mast cell
January 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
axonology.bsky.social
Made a table for axonology jr for Christmas. 52 sea creatures based on old engravings lovingly pyrographed on before being lacquered 🐙🦑🐟🐠🐡
December 22, 2024 at 8:47 PM
axonology.bsky.social
Arrived at work to find my insulin receptor model has been turned into a festive decoration for the daily timetable! 😅🎄
#eduSky 🧪
December 10, 2024 at 12:20 PM
axonology.bsky.social
Get up for the swim stay for the sunrise.
As the old saying goes 'Red in the morning, shepherd's warning of Storm Darragh approaching...' 💨
December 6, 2024 at 10:02 AM
axonology.bsky.social
Gently poke fun at your nearest and dearest cardiologist with this handy anatomical illustration 💓
Soften the blow by gifting it to them on some smart merch now added to my 'Drawing Blood' collection
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1668...
#SciArt #medSky 🧪
Vintage style illustration of the torso emphasising the cardiac anatomy titled Anatomy for Cardiologists
December 3, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by John Chilton
petramoce.bsky.social
Help #neurosky #neuroskyence

Are you (or do you know) someone studying the transcription factor Ascl4/Mash4? 🧠 #neurodevelopment #differentiation #neurons #wiring

N.b. This is not the same as the acyl CoA synthetase protein ASCL4

I have some questions 💡

Please share! 🙏
December 2, 2024 at 6:53 AM
axonology.bsky.social
I've just added this brain (dorsal view) for free download from scidraw.io a fantastic library of *free* vector art of all things scientific.
Exactly what you needed for that important figure/presentation/tattoo...
#eduSky #SciArt #neuroSky 🧪
November 25, 2024 at 8:55 PM
axonology.bsky.social
Can't decide which is your favourite granulocyte? Don't worry we've all been there.
Problem solved - now you can have all 4 on the same design!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1666...
#immunoSky #microSky #SciArt 🧪 #immunology #microbiology
November 24, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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scheiffelelab.bsky.social
Looking forward to AXON2025 - mark your calendars
November 17, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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ananeurogeek.bsky.social
Oldie But Goldie:
Don’t you just love little #neurobollocks from time to time? 🧠🤯😭
A funny blog post about a serious problem in #psychotherapy

#NeuroTherapy #TherapistSky #neuroscience #NeuroCounseling #mentalhealth
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/neuro-b...
Neuro Bollocks(And Psychotherapy)
What is it about humans and the prefix 'neuro-'? What makes us so susceptible to suspending our disbelief in its presence? And why, as thera
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
axonology.bsky.social
Some of my designs are available as one-off pyrographed handmade chopping boards. No chance to digitally retouch these if I slip!
Here's the pyramidal neuron
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
(*lime not included)
#neuroSky #neuroscience #SciArt 🧪
Wooden chopping board pyrograph etched with a cartoon pyramidal neuron, a lime and a knife next to the original cartoon of a pyramidal neuron shown as an ancient Egyptian pharaoh
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by John Chilton
liddelowsa.bsky.social
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!WELCOME!

thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list.

apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added

and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 AM
axonology.bsky.social
The eagle eyed might have spotted this in the back of Mike R O'Glia's barbershop in my recent post 'Synaptic Pruning' 👀
Now you can get your own copy from my RedBubble store
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1662...
#SciArt 🧪 #neuroskyence #immunoSky
Poster for a microglial barber shop
November 12, 2024 at 9:44 PM
axonology.bsky.social
Taking a break from the serious side of the job on Friday afternoon to put together the cover of the School newsletter (the DLE is our loveably byzantine digital learning environment)
#edusky #sciart #meded
A spoof movie poster for the cover of a medical school newsletter showing a zombie appendix comig out of a graveyard
November 1, 2024 at 3:22 PM