Petra Korlević
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Petra Korlević
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Geneticist working on malaria mosquitoes, I also doodle bugs 🦟

Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own

🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
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Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
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Celebrating Superb Owls day, here are some of our burrowing owls being particualrly superb! Training isn't just tricks; medical behaviors like learning voluntary nail trims here mean not having to catch and restrain birds, much less stress for people and birds alike.
#SuperbOwl
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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I keep seeing this trend on LinkedIn where people are asking ChatGPT to generate a caricature of them based on what it knows about them... wtf? It baffles me that they would not only not care about the ethics of such frivolous AI but then also not be embarrassed to post it in a professional space
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Im sorry did young robert's trials and tribulations teach these people nothing
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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the fit... fit this evening's event in Glasgow really well

t-shirt from @skypeascientist.bsky.social designed by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and @franzanth.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
#HourlyComic2026 is happening but will post at the end so just have this PEAK moment of the day
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Also see Dan O’Bannon’s sketch of The Facehugger from Alien
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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UNRWA continues to support children in the #Gaza Strip through temporary learning spaces and distance learning.

Between 26 January and 1 February, over 68,000 children took part in activities in shelters, while nearly 300,000 children used UNRWA’s digital learning tools.

#UNRWAworks
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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We have the fabulous pantaloon-wearing burrowing owl, the gorgeous and ghostly snow owl and the imposing screech owl too 🦉

minouette.etsy.com/listing/6749...

minouette.etsy.com/listing/1145...

#Superb_owl #linocut #printmaking #owl #sciart
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Happy #SuperbOwl🦉 Sunday! This is one of my favorite examples from ancient Egypt, the letter "M". Share your favorite Superb Owls.
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Tfw u touch the wet soggy food bits in the sink stopper
February 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
the fit... fit this evening's event in Glasgow really well

t-shirt from @skypeascientist.bsky.social designed by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and @franzanth.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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been getting a lot of asks about the critter monks on tumblr. i like to make little doodles to go along with my answers
February 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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going forward this is my reply to all of 2026
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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On Feb 7 2020, Dr Li Wenliang, known as one of the first whistleblowers on COVID, died from the disease in Wuhan.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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I made the soil too nice and now the untreated wooden sign stakes are deteriorating. Remind me to get a metal trellis and do this
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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redrew a sketch from 3 years ago of one of my favourite tumblr posts #art
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Beyond thrilled to announce that “Extremely Accurate Birds: An Anatomically Precise Field Guide” is coming this April via Running Press! Been working on this thing for years now and can’t wait for you to see all 200 pages of accurate bird information and *extremely* accurate illustrations!
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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just a little baby child (from @mosquitolab.bsky.social's pitfall samples; I can see how this one got sorted into the beetle pile)
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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I've definitely overdone the stars here! 😂 So gonna tweak that a bit.

But this is supposed to be a fun drawing not a super-serious one. So I'm mostly gonna scan it and not be too fussy.

#FebruaryFrost26
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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🌊 Caribbean Reef Octopus & Golden Trevally Sculpture 🐙✨🪸

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
February 7, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Dinosaurs Survived!

All 15 designs so far.

www.emmalerae.com/store.html
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM