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🎨Science Illustrator artbysonhita.com ✍️Scientific Editor & Illustrator @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social 🌱Associate Features Editor @ThePlantCell.bsky.social 📝Previously Editor for @cp-molcell.bsky.social @CellPress.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈she/her 📍Tkaronto🇨🇦

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Mar 22

So honoured to be featured as the first #sciart artist of this series! 🎨🧬

Thank you @swc-can.bsky.social for supporting Canadian #scicomm, #sciencewriters and #sciartists 🇨🇦🍁🧪🔬

Science Writers and Communicators of Canada @swc-can.bsky.social · Mar 22

Introducing the SciArt Series! 🎨🧬

We’re kicking things off with Sonhita @sonhita.bsky.social, a biologist and science illustrator whose work transforms molecular biology into whimsical, captivating art.

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A colourful illustration showing DNA replication with a yellow background.

A dark laboratory with a wanted poster showing differen functional RNA's

Two hands with henna designs cupped and holding a science form with plants and flowers surrounding intertwined with DNA strands and other microbiology illustrations.

$Patterned organization of DNA and chromatin into higher-order structures superimposed on the fractal architecture of the fiddlehead fern, with chromosome territories enlarging from spores originating in the fern’s leaves.$

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RMSBA @rmsbartists.bsky.social · 5d

OPEN CALL FOR ART! "Full Spectrum" — A joyful celebration of colors. Submit botanical artworks accentuating a singular hue.

Learn more and sign up at: asba-art.org/content.aspx...
The call closes November 2, 2026, but you must claim your color spot soon!
#callforart #juriedshow #botanicalart

FULL SPECTRUM call for art closes November 2, 2026 (yes, a year away—botanical art is slow art!)

YELLOW: A close-up sunflower by member Dorothy DePaulo.

VIOLET: A single thistle blossom by member Mary Crabtree.

RED: A pairing featuring bright Indian Paintbrush by Jan Boyd Haring.

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · 27d

Highly recommend for anyone considering a career as a journal editor! 🧪🧬🔬🥼 #sciencecareers #scientificediting #journaleditor #careersoutsidescademia

Life Science Editors @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social · 28d

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Life Science Editors @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social · 28d

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jul 29

It was my pleasure Robert! Thank you so much! I’d love to illustrate a cover for you some day :)

Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jul 28

🧪New method for anyone interested in protein-DNA interactions and TF mapping, from the lab of @epistrucstab.bsky.social at @unicologne.bsky.social!👇

Robert Hänsel-Hertsch @epistrucstab.bsky.social · Jul 28

🧪Move over CUT&Tag, there’s a new #TranscriptionFactor mapping method in town.
Our newly developed DynaTag is faster, cleaner, more sensitive than #ChIPseq, #CUT&RUN and #CUT&Tag.
🔗 Our @natcomms.nature.com paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵Let’s break down what makes DynaTag so powerful (1/7)

Image credit: @gloglita.bsky.social‬ @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social‬ captured DynaTag in action: a pA-Tn5 probe (multicoloured) binds an antibody (white), which binds p53 DNA-binding domain (green) on DNA (blue) within 2 nucleosomes

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Robert Hänsel-Hertsch @epistrucstab.bsky.social · Jul 28

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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · Jul 24

And of course, our recent #sciart graphical abstracts wouldn't exist without @sonhita.bsky.social's workshop on visual storytelling we've hosted recently on preLights 🖌️

preLights @prelights.bsky.social · Jul 21

Flip a switch, control cell adhesion! Light-controlled talin, a powerful tool to study how cells sense and respond to their environment.

Another #sciArt #preLight features graphical abstracts by Barbora Knotkova and Sonhita Chakraborty and presents the work of Ryosuke Nishimura and the team💫

Optogenetic control of mechanotransduction based on light-induced homodimerization of talin - preLights

Flip a switch, control cell adhesion. Light-controlled talin to control cell adhesion and mechanosignaling - a powerful tool to study how cells sense and respond to their environment.

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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking forward to this discussion today! biorender.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Funding U.S. Science Through Uncertainty. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join a live virtual discussion with critical voices in the research community – including senior leaders from Columbia, Novartis, and the former Director for Science appointed by President Obama – as ...

biorender.zoom.us

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Life Science Editors @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our talented former-journal editors have been writing Snippets: short (1-3-paragraph) summaries of papers that caught our eye. They are digestible highlights of a recent discovery, and why we think you should know about it. You can find the full list at www.lifescienceeditors.com/snippets/ 🧪

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Life Science Editors @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social · Jul 21

We're welcoming another former Editor-in-Chief to our team, this time Allyson Evans from Cell Metabolism.👇

Allyson joins our other six(!) former EiCs, and our 15 former journal editors. We share our insights directly with scientists to strengthen the visibility and impact of their research.

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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · Jul 22

Do you need someone to talk to about an editorial decision, a response to reviewers, or a job talk? Look no further - we're here, we have the behind-the-scenes insight, and we want to help you! www.lifescienceeditors.com/scientific-c...

Illustration of a person consulting with a professional. The person has a tangled thought bubble, while the consultant has a speech bubble showing the tangled line transformed into a neat spiral, symbolizing clarity and guidance.

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jul 1

🍁🐻🌿Collage for Canada Day 🦌🛶🐡

#digitalcollage #collageart #canadaday #canada #canadianartist #truenorth

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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · Jun 23

Our latest on cell death and our second on maize: Using single-nucleus RNAseq of maize endosperm, Nicolas Doll (now @rdplab.bsky.social‬) shows that KIL transcription factors promote endosperm cell death to facilitate embryo growth - with a genomic imprinting twist! academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

Confocal image showing a nucleus of a maize endosperm cell expressing proNAC130:NL-mCherry counterstained with DAPI.

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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · Jun 25

And please have a look at this super nice In Brief article by @sonhita.bsky.social Chakraborty doi.org/10.1093/plce...

KILing in the name of embryonic growth: KIL transcription factors drive cell death in the maize endosperm

Life's journey within a single kernel of maize (Zea mays) is one of growth and sacrifice. As the developing embryo derives nutrition from the neighboring n

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 20

So fabulous, even after death 🪦💅

Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 20

Wow you made this!? 😍

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 20

🛹🧢☀️ He was a skater bird, she said see you later bird… 🛼😎🌴

#CollageArt #SkaterBirds #BirdsWithAttitude #BirdArt #SkateCulture #AvrilLavigne #Summer #CollageArtist #CanadianArtist

Collage of 2 birds, one on a skateboard and one on roller skates, in LA

Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 17

Nice action shot!

Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 17

If you see this, post a bird!

#redcardinal #spring #toronto

Red cardinal sitting on a branch outside a window

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 15

These are dope! I’d totally wear them

Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thanks so much! :) I forgot to mention this in the caption but there are 4 cats hiding in the background! 👀🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 14

Throwback to this #sciart cover I made for @cp-med.bsky.social 2 years ago!

🧪 This covers shows pink dendritic cells producing CCL19 (boxes), which acts on blue CD8+ T cells to enhance their antitumor effectiveness in #breastcancer patients

🌈 It also features a rainbow to commemorate #pridemonth

This journal covers shows pink dendritic cells producing CCL19 (shown here as boxes), which acts on blue CD8+ T cells to enhance their antitumor effectiveness in breast cancer patients. It also features a rainbow to commemorate pridemonth

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Life Science Editors @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our Research Snippets leverage the talent of our scientific editors and communicators to present recent top research in an easily digestible format. 👇 🧪

Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · Jun 7

Another great new Research Snippet from @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social awesome Scientific Editor Dr. Katy Woolcock - Using metagenomics to find causes of antibiotic resistance www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/06/05/u...

Using metagenomics to find causes of antibiotic resistance - Scientific editing and writing experts - Life Science Editors

Scientific editing and writing experts for manuscripts and grants

www.lifescienceeditors.com

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 13

It’s lovely! How do you make them repeat so seamlessly?

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Sonhita 🌞 @sonhita.bsky.social · Jun 12

Seeking

#digitalcollage #collageart #scienceinspired #sciart #astronomer #sciencefiction

Digital collage of a fish, moon and astronomer

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