Ruth Williams
@rooph.bsky.social
Writer and illustrator. Tea fancier. Morning denier. NE-SCBWI Competition Winner. PBParty Honorable Mention.Tassy Walden Award Finalist. Illustration Department mentee. www.madebyruth.com. instagram.com/rooph.pix/.
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Ruth Williams
@rooph.bsky.social
· May 19
I won summink!! Thanks, NESCBWI peeps! That really meant a lot. #scbwi #illustration #kidlitart #nescbwi
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Attention all #kidlit friends: This Thursday, February 5th, is #KidLitArtPostcard day! Get your art ready and I'll see you on the timeline! www.ginaperry.com/postcard
All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations
www.ginaperry.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Attention all #kidlit friends: This Thursday, February 5th, is #KidLitArtPostcard day! Get your art ready and I'll see you on the timeline! www.ginaperry.com/postcard
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, and fellow #kidlit folk out there. Hope you’re all having a lovely February, you wonderful people. If you have a BB, PB, CB, MG project, and need an illustrator, get in touch!
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrators #illustratorsoninstragram
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrators #illustratorsoninstragram
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, and fellow #kidlit folk out there. Hope you’re all having a lovely February, you wonderful people. If you have a BB, PB, CB, MG project, and need an illustrator, get in touch!
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrators #illustratorsoninstragram
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrators #illustratorsoninstragram
Get some sleep!
Sleep to Repair: Sleeplessness is associated with accumulated DNA damage in neurons in sea anemones
📷 @chronoraph.bsky.social & Amir Harduf et al, Bar-Ilan University in @natcomms.nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 @chronoraph.bsky.social & Amir Harduf et al, Bar-Ilan University in @natcomms.nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Get some sleep!
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Response to rhinovirus depends on levels of interferon production & viral load – differences revealed using a nasal organoid
📷 Julien Amat & Bao Wang, relating to B.Wang et al article
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @cellpressblue.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Julien Amat & Bao Wang, relating to B.Wang et al article
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @cellpressblue.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Response to rhinovirus depends on levels of interferon production & viral load – differences revealed using a nasal organoid
📷 Julien Amat & Bao Wang, relating to B.Wang et al article
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @cellpressblue.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Julien Amat & Bao Wang, relating to B.Wang et al article
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @cellpressblue.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Assembloids are the new organoids!
Better Together: Two types of brain organoid grown together as an assembloid allows interaction between brain regions to be studied
📷 Masatoshi Nishimura et al @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp in
@pnas.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Masatoshi Nishimura et al @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp in
@pnas.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Assembloids are the new organoids!
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday! I’m Ruth and I’m a children’s book illustrator ready to take on your next picture book, chapter book, middle grade and more. Get in touch! 😊
#kidlitartpostcard #scbwiillustrator #funinthesnow #wintersports #illustration
#kidlitartpostcard #scbwiillustrator #funinthesnow #wintersports #illustration
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday! I’m Ruth and I’m a children’s book illustrator ready to take on your next picture book, chapter book, middle grade and more. Get in touch! 😊
#kidlitartpostcard #scbwiillustrator #funinthesnow #wintersports #illustration
#kidlitartpostcard #scbwiillustrator #funinthesnow #wintersports #illustration
Reposted by Ruth Williams
How connections from the brain's cerebellum established in early life shape brain function
📷 Raquel Murcia-Ramón et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in
@pnas.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Raquel Murcia-Ramón et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in
@pnas.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
How connections from the brain's cerebellum established in early life shape brain function
📷 Raquel Murcia-Ramón et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in
@pnas.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Raquel Murcia-Ramón et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in
@pnas.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Healing of injured blood vessels is driven by gap junction protein connexin 43 at the wound edge
📷 Meghan W. Sedovy et al Scott Johnstone lab
@fralinbiomed.bsky.social AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Meghan W. Sedovy et al Scott Johnstone lab
@fralinbiomed.bsky.social AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Healing of injured blood vessels is driven by gap junction protein connexin 43 at the wound edge
📷 Meghan W. Sedovy et al Scott Johnstone lab
@fralinbiomed.bsky.social AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Meghan W. Sedovy et al Scott Johnstone lab
@fralinbiomed.bsky.social AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Conducting Labour: Proteins PIEZO1 & PIEZO2 of womb tissue & its neurons, translate mechanical forces into contractions in labour
📷 @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social et al Patapoutian lab
@scripps.edu in @science.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social et al Patapoutian lab
@scripps.edu in @science.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Conducting Labour: Proteins PIEZO1 & PIEZO2 of womb tissue & its neurons, translate mechanical forces into contractions in labour
📷 @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social et al Patapoutian lab
@scripps.edu in @science.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social et al Patapoutian lab
@scripps.edu in @science.org
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Details of how the bacteria-killing viruses bacteriophages are built - progress towards their wider medical usage
📷 James Hodgkinson-Bean et al
Bostina lab @universityofotago.bsky.social Wolf lab @oistedu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 James Hodgkinson-Bean et al
Bostina lab @universityofotago.bsky.social Wolf lab @oistedu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Details of how the bacteria-killing viruses bacteriophages are built - progress towards their wider medical usage
📷 James Hodgkinson-Bean et al
Bostina lab @universityofotago.bsky.social Wolf lab @oistedu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 James Hodgkinson-Bean et al
Bostina lab @universityofotago.bsky.social Wolf lab @oistedu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, art directors and fellow kidlit creators out there. Hope you’re all having a lovely festive season, with bells on!
#kidlitartpostcard #illustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #childrensbookart #snowscene #boyinsnow #snowillustration
#kidlitartpostcard #illustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #childrensbookart #snowscene #boyinsnow #snowillustration
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, art directors and fellow kidlit creators out there. Hope you’re all having a lovely festive season, with bells on!
#kidlitartpostcard #illustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #childrensbookart #snowscene #boyinsnow #snowillustration
#kidlitartpostcard #illustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #childrensbookart #snowscene #boyinsnow #snowillustration
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Better Bait: 'Irresistible' sweaty sock scent traps black flies that spread the river blindness parasitic worm
📷 Louise Hamill of Sightsavers + Global Institute for Disease Elimination & MoHealth in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi & Mozambique
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Louise Hamill of Sightsavers + Global Institute for Disease Elimination & MoHealth in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi & Mozambique
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Better Bait: 'Irresistible' sweaty sock scent traps black flies that spread the river blindness parasitic worm
📷 Louise Hamill of Sightsavers + Global Institute for Disease Elimination & MoHealth in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi & Mozambique
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Louise Hamill of Sightsavers + Global Institute for Disease Elimination & MoHealth in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi & Mozambique
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Catching the Tube: CRISPR interference in organoids used to identify genes that drive neural tube closure during embryo development
📷 Roya E Huang & Giridhar M Anand et al @harvard.edu in @elife.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
John Ankers
📷 Roya E Huang & Giridhar M Anand et al @harvard.edu in @elife.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
John Ankers
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Catching the Tube: CRISPR interference in organoids used to identify genes that drive neural tube closure during embryo development
📷 Roya E Huang & Giridhar M Anand et al @harvard.edu in @elife.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
John Ankers
📷 Roya E Huang & Giridhar M Anand et al @harvard.edu in @elife.bsky.social
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
John Ankers
Neuronal nanotubes transfer toxic proteins around the brain. Read more here: bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
#bpod #neuroscience #biology #brain #art #lifeinthefactslane
#bpod #neuroscience #biology #brain #art #lifeinthefactslane
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Neuronal nanotubes transfer toxic proteins around the brain. Read more here: bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
#bpod #neuroscience #biology #brain #art #lifeinthefactslane
#bpod #neuroscience #biology #brain #art #lifeinthefactslane
Reposted by Ruth Williams
A #Micronaut in a prior #microbiology #Bio350 course at @univpugetsound.bsky.social made this for me a couple of years ago. I will miss working with students very much. @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A #Micronaut in a prior #microbiology #Bio350 course at @univpugetsound.bsky.social made this for me a couple of years ago. I will miss working with students very much. @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
Reposted by Ruth Williams
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
What really happened between Franklin, Watson and Crick in the discovery of the DNA double helix? — Genetics Unzipped
Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
geneticsunzipped.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Keeping the prompt alive: If you see this, post your bird art!(Dog is optional extra). #bird #dog #birdanddogillustration
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Keeping the prompt alive: If you see this, post your bird art!(Dog is optional extra). #bird #dog #birdanddogillustration
A mouse model of multiple-system atrophy made with synthetic alpha-synuclein.
Mouse model with synthetic α-synuclein based on patients' fibrils mimics multiple-system atrophy & reveals structure & behaviour of fibrillar α-syn
📹 Domenic Burger, Marianna Kashyrina & Lukas van den Heuvel et al, EPFL & @univbordeaux.bsky.social in @nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
📹 Domenic Burger, Marianna Kashyrina & Lukas van den Heuvel et al, EPFL & @univbordeaux.bsky.social in @nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A mouse model of multiple-system atrophy made with synthetic alpha-synuclein.
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Role of signalling pathway identified in fly hearing organ
=> possible sensorineural hearing loss treatments
📷 Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chong Li, & Rong Grace Zhai. Memoona Ramzan et al, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in
@jci.org
➡️ bpod.org.org/archive/2025... +
@rooph.bsky.social
=> possible sensorineural hearing loss treatments
📷 Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chong Li, & Rong Grace Zhai. Memoona Ramzan et al, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in
@jci.org
➡️ bpod.org.org/archive/2025... +
@rooph.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Role of signalling pathway identified in fly hearing organ
=> possible sensorineural hearing loss treatments
📷 Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chong Li, & Rong Grace Zhai. Memoona Ramzan et al, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in
@jci.org
➡️ bpod.org.org/archive/2025... +
@rooph.bsky.social
=> possible sensorineural hearing loss treatments
📷 Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chong Li, & Rong Grace Zhai. Memoona Ramzan et al, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in
@jci.org
➡️ bpod.org.org/archive/2025... +
@rooph.bsky.social
New improved organoids. Now with immune cells! #biomedicalpictureoftheday #bpod #science #nature #biology #art #picture #lifeinthefactslane
bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New improved organoids. Now with immune cells! #biomedicalpictureoftheday #bpod #science #nature #biology #art #picture #lifeinthefactslane
bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Human patient's liver cell organoid cultured with their T cells makes life-mimicking study & drug screen model
📷 Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in Advanced Science
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/11/5 with @rooph.bsky.social
📷 Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in Advanced Science
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/11/5 with @rooph.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Human patient's liver cell organoid cultured with their T cells makes life-mimicking study & drug screen model
📷 Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in Advanced Science
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/11/5 with @rooph.bsky.social
📷 Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in Advanced Science
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/11/5 with @rooph.bsky.social
Reposted by Ruth Williams
Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
Reposted by Ruth Williams
TSPO protein is a pre-cognitive-decline marker in Alzheimer's disease & abundant in plaque-associated microglia
📷 Daniel A. Martinez-Perez et al @fiu.bsky.social
in Acta Neuropathologica @springernature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Daniel A. Martinez-Perez et al @fiu.bsky.social
in Acta Neuropathologica @springernature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
TSPO protein is a pre-cognitive-decline marker in Alzheimer's disease & abundant in plaque-associated microglia
📷 Daniel A. Martinez-Perez et al @fiu.bsky.social
in Acta Neuropathologica @springernature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
📷 Daniel A. Martinez-Perez et al @fiu.bsky.social
in Acta Neuropathologica @springernature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Scrolling through socials at bedtime to discover you’ve forgotten #kidlitartpostcardday is not a great feeling! Hey ho. But seeing all the lovely postcards is! You beautiful people! Apologies for the tardiness.
#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #scbwi #middlegradeart #middlegrade
#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #scbwi #middlegradeart #middlegrade
October 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Scrolling through socials at bedtime to discover you’ve forgotten #kidlitartpostcardday is not a great feeling! Hey ho. But seeing all the lovely postcards is! You beautiful people! Apologies for the tardiness.
#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #scbwi #middlegradeart #middlegrade
#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #scbwi #middlegradeart #middlegrade