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Dawn Hunter
@dawnhunter.bsky.social
Visual Artist, Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina, and Fulbright Scholar of Santiago Ramón y Cajal - Cajal is my muse. Primary sources from Cajal's life are the subjects of my artwork and writing.

https://www.dawnhunterartist.com
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The Cajal Club proudly presents the 2025 Palay Award to Hongkui Zeng and Ed Lein of the Allen Institute, who led global initiatives to create comprehensive cell type atlases of the mammalian brain, including the first complete mouse & draft human brain cell atlases. #Neuroscience #Cajal #BrainAtlas
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m honored and grateful to be featured on Cerebros y Cajal on this special day—May 1st, the 173rd anniversary of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s birth. santiagoramonycajal.org/2025/05/01/c...

#Cajal #Neuroscience #SciArt #Neuron #Neurology #SciComm @joseadserias.bsky.social @institutocajal.bsky.social
Explorando el Legado Artístico y Científico de Cajal
Explora el legado de Santiago Ramón y Cajal a través del arte de Dawn Hunter, una innovadora fusión de ciencia y creatividad visual.
santiagoramonycajal.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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If you need anyone to come sit with you while you’re getting any kind of hours long medical treatment - ask an embroiderer.

We love a good excuse to just sit and embroider 🥰
March 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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TONIGHT! March 18th at 7 PM EST, Dr. Usaamah Khan will discuss how his wonderful artworks express the experience of treating patients with complex neurologic diseases.

Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Neurohumanities Network - "Abstract Art and the Brain" with Usamaah Khan. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Neurohumanities Network - "Abstract Art and the Brain" with Usamaah Khan. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting...
harvard.zoom.us
March 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I am pleased to share that I have a solo exhibition of my artwork from my Cajal Inventory series in the West Alcove Gallery, Clinical Center, NIH. The exhibition opened January 13, 2025; will run through April 5, 2025.

@institutocajal.bsky.social

#Cajal #neuroscience #Neuron #SciArt #CellBiology
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I am pleased to share that I have a solo exhibition of my artwork from my Cajal Inventory series in the West Alcove Gallery, Clinical Center, NIH. The exhibition opened January 13, 2025; will run through April 5, 2025.

@institutocajal.bsky.social

#Cajal #neuroscience #Neuron #SciArt #CellBiology
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Happy #Valentine’sDay throwback, look at some of my most beloved artworks, starting w/ “Art Department”—my autobiographical blending #metaphor & #symbolism to reflect my journey from art student to faculty. Its reception exceeded expectations, resonating across #AcademicDisciplines. #ArtSchool #Art
February 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Valentine's day count down continues w/ highlighting a facet of Cajal. Against the wishes of his family, Cajal was resolved to marry Silveria Fañanás García. She was his steadfast companion & her role in his life underscores the profound human element behind his groundbreaking work. #Cajal #SciArt
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The brain is a pattern-seeking machine, shaping identity through memory, perception & experience. Cajal mapped neurons—the “butterflies of the soul”—portraiture maps the inner self, capturing a moment in time that is both personal and universal. #Cajal #NeuroArt #SciArt @institutocajal.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Throwing it back with butterflies, ponies, and pink ladies for Valentine’s Week. 💕🦋🎠 Cajal saw neurons as “butterflies of the soul,” capturing the fleeting beauty of thought itself. Pink impacts the brain in fascinating ways? Baker-Miller Pink has a sedative effect.

#SciArt #NeuroArt #Cajal #Art
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Throwing it back with butterflies, ponies, and pink ladies for Valentine’s Week. 💕🦋🎠 Cajal saw neurons as “butterflies of the soul,” capturing the fleeting beauty of thought itself. Pink impacts the brain in fascinating ways? Baker-Miller Pink has a sedative effect.

#SciArt #NeuroArt #Cajal #Art
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The 2025 CNCM conference will take place August 18–20, 2025. Jointly sponsored by the CNCM, Cajal Club & Allen Institute for Brain Science, this event will also feature workshops on spatial transcriptomics. )ur largest conference yet!

#neuroscience #humanevolution @alleninstitute.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Honoring the legacy of those who've shaped neuroscience. The Cajal Club pays tribute to Duane E. Haines, Dennis D.M. O'Leary & Floyd E. Bloom who expanded our understanding and beauty of the brain. www.cajalclub.org/in-memoriam

#neuroscience #neuroanatomy #cajal #cortex @salkinstitute.bsky.social
In-Memoriam | Cajal Club
The Cajal Club remembers and celebrates the lives of extraordinary neuroscientists who have profoundly shaped our understanding of the brain and nervous system. These esteemed individuals, through the...
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January 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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6/6 Our final event of the year took place in December where Dawn Hunter took us on an inspiring journey into the life and art of Ramón y Cajal

Through self-portraits and photography, we saw how Cajal marketed his work and identity @dawnhunter.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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2/6 In our inaugural seminar, Dr. Alison Christy guided us through a whirlwind tour of the history of disability and taught us her method for research in medical history, and also suggested why knowing our past is so important @oligoclonalband.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Thrilled that my painting Drip has been accepted into ArtFields 2025 Competition! Drip combines simulated drips & real paint elements, merging 2-D surfaces w/ 3-D paint chunks, serving as a metaphor for the body's plasticity & modern reshaping body concepts. #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #art
December 14, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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⏰ In case you missed it!

Dawn Hunter took us on an inspiring journey into the life and art of Ramón y Cajal during our latest NHN Seminar

📚Born in 1852 in a small rural village in Spain, Cajal showed two lifelong passions from an early age: painting and medicine
December 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Art train! 🚂

Thanks for the tag @dawnhunter.bsky.social and @thepurplelilac.bsky.social

I’ll share some #sciart too (scientists, astronomy and marine mammal & invertebrates 🧪) and

tag @flyingtrilobite.com and @franzanth.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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Art train! 🚃
Thank you for the tag, @dawnhunter.bsky.social

Sharing a few of my creations 🧠 🧪 🎨 - exploring #Memory #NeuroArt and #SciArt

Now passing the torch to @artologica.net and @daisypatton.bsky.social - you're up next!
November 26, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Art train! 🚂
Thanks for the tag, @neurobatool.bsky.social .

Sharing a few of my #BrainArt creations 🎨—exploring #NeuroArt and #SciArt.

#Cajal #Neuroscience #Neurology

Now passing the torch to @minouette.bsky.social and @kindracrick.com —you're up next!
November 26, 2024 at 4:22 AM

Thank you, Neurohumanities Network, for inviting me to speak on 12/10 @ 7 PM. I will discuss Cajal's legacy share images from the Legado Cajal, Biblioteca Nacional de España & private collections. Register for the event here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#Neuroscience #Cajal #SciArt #Neurology
November 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM