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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Aug 30

#sciart #comic #sciencecomic

Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Aug 30

I worked with @tysonmedstudios.bsky.social to create this sketchy comic about Paul Nurse’s groundbreaking work on genes that control the cell cycle! Worked on this as a “bonus” to a job interview assignment. If you love it let us know. 🥰 #scicomm @nobelprize.bsky.social

Panel 1 — The Question
Visual: Young Paul Nurse at a desk, thinking deeply, with poster in the background of dividing budding yeast cells, some bigger than others, with “Lee Hartwell” appearing on it.
Caption: As a grad student, Paul Nurse wondered about the fundamentals of life.
Paul: “All living things reproduce – a good place to start.”

Panel 2 — Inspiration & Discovery
Visual: Nurse at a microscope, spotting two odd yeast cells amongst others that are normally long and “sausage” shaped, and these odd ones are smaller than the rest. In the background, a whiteboard with “critical genes” and a list of them.
Caption: Paul looked for fission yeast cell mutants that couldn’t divide, to understand which genes are critical for reproduction.
Paul: “What a strange wee mutant!”

Panel 3 — From Yeast to Humans
Visual: Paul and Melanie Lee looking at a whiteboard laying out an experiment in a sketch format, where a “library of human genes” is going to be “sprinkled” onto “mutant yeast cells with defective cdc2”
Caption: The wee mutant had a defective protein kinase that acts as a “brake” for another protein that drives cell division: CDC2. Paul and Melanie Lee planned an experiment to determine if a CDC2-equivalent is present in humans.
Paul: "Cdc2 is the key!"
Melanie: "But does it exist in humans?"

Panel 4 — Eureka
A zoom in of a pipette dropping “human DNA” library of genes onto small wee mutant yeast cells that aren’t dividing… One of the cells is now because it took up one of the genes, dividing.
Caption: “Eureka!”
Paul: "This means..."
Melanie: “CDC2 is conserved in all complex organisms!!”

Panel 5 — Legacy & Impact
Visual:
Older Paul Nurse with a Nobel medal and a Lasker prize on his desk, looking at a magazine news article labeled “CDK1 – A Target for Cancer Therapy.”
Caption: Paul’s curiosity led to the discovery of a master regulator of the cell cycle.
Paul: “Stay curious!”

Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Aug 30

I worked with @tysonmedstudios.bsky.social to create this sketchy comic about Paul Nurse’s groundbreaking work on genes that control the cell cycle! Worked on this as a “bonus” to a job interview assignment. If you love it let us know. 🥰 #scicomm @nobelprize.bsky.social

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · Jun 2

Came across this webinar I took part in a few years ago with Prof. Massimiano Bucchi and @fromthelabbench.bsky.social which might still be of interest to #SciArt folks here on BlueSky. It's about a free Lifeology course I illustrated on "style" 😎: lifeomic.app.us.lifeology.io/viewer/lifeo...

Style in SciComm Webinar

YouTube video by Lifeology App

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 30

If you haven't checked out the @silencedscience.bsky.social site in a minute, it is full of amazing portraits of scientists formerly employed by or supported by federal science agencies. There are so many amazing stories here, and compelling research that deserves funding! silencedsciencestories.com

Silenced Science Stories

Explore the people and groundbreaking science research affected by federal firings, budget cuts, and grant terminations. Featuring scientists via art.

silencedsciencestories.com

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 30

A beautiful story and amazing science from @oceanana.bsky.social, former fish biologist with @noaa.gov, with a stunning visual by science artist Kayla Y Lim!

Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi...

#sciencematters #scicomm

Ana Vaz, Fish Biologist

From the time she was nine years old, Ana Vaz dreamed of becoming an oceanographer. She sees everything in the ocean as interconnected. She’s passionate about understanding those connections.

silencedsciencestories.com

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 29

I’ve lost so many of my coworkers and friends, not to mention the directors who brought me in, who had a vision for our center at NIH to do more innovative scicomm. Let’s just say it’s been a tough time to stay motivated!

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 29

Is anyone else feeling this way? 😭

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 29

Working for a federal science agency this year has been low key traumatizing. I am lucky to still have my job but I feel like I’m not doing enough… I feel guilty, and that the least I can do is stay busy doing #scicomm, but everything is going so slow that I feel I’m not providing much value…

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 29

Hey folks! My summer is going to be quieter than I thought, so I’d love to take on freelance science communication work!

If you need science writing, graphic / science visualization creation, or scientific writing / manuscript editing, please reach out!

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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · May 2

I just cited your work on #SilencedScienceStories in my new post, Paige Brown Jarreau www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... Thanks for your good work in highlighting this travesty. @fromthelabbench.bsky.social

The Future Of Researchers In The U.S. Is In Jeopardy

Funding cuts are having a devastating toll on researchers' careers and threatening future innovation in the U.S. Their request: bring science-based decisions back.

www.forbes.com

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Apr 10

"As a tribal member who has no allotted lands or mineral rights or head rights, I find it difficult to grasp the fact that I, in 2025, have been traumatized by the federal government and the BIA.” - Desirae Abella, Natural Resource Specialist

silencedsciencestories.com/f/desirae-ab...

Desirae Abella, Natural Resource Specialist

Desirae Abella is a Former Natural Resource Specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in natural resource conservation, agriculture, and po...

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 26

Hi all! We are still looking for scientists who’ve been terminated from federal positions or who’ve had grants terminated to tell their stories for illustrated portraits at www.silencedsciencestories.com. Scientists will be able to approve any materials before we publish! Please spread the word.

Silenced Science Stories

Explore the people and groundbreaking science research affected by federal firings, budget cuts, and grant terminations. Featuring scientists via art.

www.silencedsciencestories.com

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 25

Joy Havens is a terminated wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"When small parts of an ecosystem become sick, ripple effects can touch everyone and everything."

silencedsciencestories.com/f/joy-havens...
#sciart by @aprilmycetes.bsky.social #sciencematters #fedscientist

Portrait of Joy, a young woman with olive skin and brown hair wearing a hiking backpack, with a lizard on her shoulder. Around her are icons of wildlife, animal tracks, binoculars, and a blue bird called the Pinyon Jay. She is quoted: "When small parts of an ecosystem become sick, ripple effects can touch everyone and everything."

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 25

It truly was!

Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 24

Laura Collins, a longtime federal civil servant, has a unique perspective on the importance of federally funded research. In 2023, she received immunotherapy for #breastcancer... a therapy that emerged through #NIHfunded research.

silencedsciencestories.com/f/a-patients... @gloglita.bsky.social

A Patient's Perspective on Federal Science

Laura Collins is a recently retired federal civil servant with nearly four decades of dedicated service to the American public. She also has a unique perspective on the importance of federally funded ...

silencedsciencestories.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Mar 20

Studies like this analysis of weather station data have shown that increasing heat and rainfall extremes are already far outside the historical climate.
Whether you like it or prefer to deny it.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate

www.nature.com

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 23

I’m so sorry. We have a form for collecting stories if you’d tell yours for a feature.

Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 23

Yes! We want to feature engineers!

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neonoptimism.itch.io @neonoptimism.itch.io · Mar 22

Another illustration I did for @fromthelabbench.bsky.social's @silencedscience.bsky.social project. Prior to her layoff, Breanna Martin, monitored potato fields in Idaho for pests that could devastate crop yields. As someone who grew up in rural Idaho, this one hit close to home.

#ResearchMatters

Breanna Martin, Plant Protector

Breanna was a pest management expert working at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) as a Plant Protection and Quarantine Technician. APHIS is an agency of the US Department of Agric...

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neonoptimism.itch.io @neonoptimism.itch.io · Mar 20

I created this illustration for Silenced Science Stories, a powerful project led by @fromthelabbench.bsky.social that captures the consequences of mass firings and layoffs in the scientific community in the US.

Follow this project! bsky.app/profile/sile...

#layoffs #science #communityimpact

Patrick Hogan, Environmental Economist

Patrick Hogan bridges the gap between ecological sustainability and economic analysis. With dual undergraduate studies in environmental sustainability and economics, followed by a Master's in environm...

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Silenced science stories @silencedscience.bsky.social · Mar 18

Eva (Dia) Windhoffer is a Natural Resources Scientist who worked as an Avian Biologist for BOEM when she was terminated due to federal cuts. Her background is in wildlife biology, and she is passionate about environmental work and conservation.

Illustration by @sigridknemeyer.bsky.social

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 18

I love this new #fedscientist feature! Beautiful work by @sigridknemeyer.bsky.social. It’s an honor to be able to tell these stories.

While some of these scientists are being temporarily reinstated the future is still uncertain. So we will continue to tell their stories.

Silenced science stories @silencedscience.bsky.social · Mar 18

Eva (Dia) Windhoffer is a Natural Resources Scientist who worked as an Avian Biologist for BOEM when she was terminated due to federal cuts. Her background is in wildlife biology, and she is passionate about environmental work and conservation.

Illustration by @sigridknemeyer.bsky.social

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · Mar 18

New scientist feature at @silencedscience.bsky.social!

Are you a scientist or do you know a scientist affected by federal budget cuts, mass firings, or grant terminations? Tell us your story and we will illustrate it! Please share. #sciart #scicomm

silencedsciencestories.com/f/jennifer-k...

Jennifer Kali, Statistician

Jennifer Kali is a statistician who worked for 22 years at Westat and Mathematica, conducting large-scale surveys to provide data for governments to use to create evidence-based policies. However, fed...

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Silenced science stories @silencedscience.bsky.social · Mar 16

Dr. @zacklabe.com is a climate scientist passionate about exploring the intersection of climate variability, extreme events, and innovative data science methods. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine,

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