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Curious about the world, and more specifically about communicable disease dynamics. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-8989

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Four images of clothes on a line which are positioned to resemble animals, an elephant,  a zebra, a cow and a fox

Four images of clothes on a line which are positioned to resemble animals, an elephant, a zebra, a cow and a fox

More of artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline creatures #WomensArt #Monday

16.02.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 823 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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#ResearchHighlight from Yewei Xie & Mo Yin @moru-mip.bsky.social

One health perspective of antibiotic resistance in enterobacterales from Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Read more πŸ‘‰ www.ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi
Full publication πŸ‘‰ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

21.01.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans

No excuse for killing animals while trying to photograph them. Any photographs obtained like that should be boycotted www.theguardian.com/environment/...

18.12.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustrated screen print of a nuthatch perched in a tree trunk

Illustrated screen print of a nuthatch perched in a tree trunk

A red breasted nuthatch, four color screen print. Edition of 22. #ArtAdventCalendar 🐑🎨πŸͺΆ

16.12.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Powerful description of the importance of palliative care in settings where people too often assume palliative care can’t be delivered, and MSF’s role in delivering that care www.bmj.com/content/391/...

13.12.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Original oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Low Autumn Evening" 8"x6" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). Loosely painted abstract-leaning atmospheric seascape with earth tones on a dark shore. The sky has orange and gray tones with hints of blue.

Original oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Low Autumn Evening" 8"x6" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). Loosely painted abstract-leaning atmospheric seascape with earth tones on a dark shore. The sky has orange and gray tones with hints of blue.

Day 12: #ArtAdventCalendar

It's also #scape day!

Tisha Mark Β©2025, Low Autumn Evening, oil on gessobord, 8"x6"

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#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt

12.12.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
A framed painting of the sea front of Lyme Regis, UK with older buildings along a paved pathway by the beach, and a street light decorated with metal-work ammonites in honor of Mary Anning.

A framed painting of the sea front of Lyme Regis, UK with older buildings along a paved pathway by the beach, and a street light decorated with metal-work ammonites in honor of Mary Anning.

I wish I had a better pic of this painting my Mum did of Lyme Regis. It's hanging in our living room. #ArtAdventCalendar

11.12.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Fractal printed balloon hovers over a mountainous lake with its reflection in the water below

Fractal printed balloon hovers over a mountainous lake with its reflection in the water below

Fractal balloon β€œFibonacci” hovers over a mountain lake as its perfect symmetry is mirrored in the water below. #ArtAdventCalendar

11.12.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Watercolour of three wading birds, each one facing the viewer, standing on one leg only, with black heads and backs. Their heads are all turned round and tucked into their wings, so that only the left hand bird is still showing an eye.

Watercolour of three wading birds, each one facing the viewer, standing on one leg only, with black heads and backs. Their heads are all turned round and tucked into their wings, so that only the left hand bird is still showing an eye.

#ArtDD2025
'Not looking'

3 lovely stilts keeping their heads tucked under their wings.

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 10

From a great πŸ“· by @theonetruekat.bsky.social with thanks.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social

10.12.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
Landscape format mat board painted in loose very heavily textured acrylics creating broken effects all over. A blue bay comes in from the left. In the foreground is clumpy green grass with specks of blue, yellow, white and red, and black rocks. On far side of bay is a ridge of low hills, in pale olive and lilac with, low down, a cluster of turquoise trees holding a scattering of white cottages - little more than dots or tiny triangles of their gable ends. Nearer than them, on the right side an orange hill slopes down to lines of black and orange rocks in the water. Behind the hills are two pyramidal rounded peaked mountains in pale blue. Sky is paler blue with white blurry clouds. Signed top left in red, Liam Daly

Landscape format mat board painted in loose very heavily textured acrylics creating broken effects all over. A blue bay comes in from the left. In the foreground is clumpy green grass with specks of blue, yellow, white and red, and black rocks. On far side of bay is a ridge of low hills, in pale olive and lilac with, low down, a cluster of turquoise trees holding a scattering of white cottages - little more than dots or tiny triangles of their gable ends. Nearer than them, on the right side an orange hill slopes down to lines of black and orange rocks in the water. Behind the hills are two pyramidal rounded peaked mountains in pale blue. Sky is paler blue with white blurry clouds. Signed top left in red, Liam Daly

A #painting from a series I did of a bay in the west of Ireland. "Bertraghboy Bay 5" came out of a day cycling in Connemara where I was on a high from the incessant beauty of it all as every bay and mountain came into view. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar

10.12.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Acrylic painting. Two chinstrap penguins looking away from each other. A bay and icy hills behind them

Acrylic painting. Two chinstrap penguins looking away from each other. A bay and icy hills behind them

#ArtAdventCalendar day 10. Chinstrap penguins at Deception Island. #Antarctica #art #painting #penguin

10.12.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pastel drawing of Bergen harbour at night. The picture is filled with reflections from boats and buildings

Pastel drawing of Bergen harbour at night. The picture is filled with reflections from boats and buildings

#ArtAdventCalendar day 9. Bergen harbour at night. #art

09.12.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
This is a graphite drawing of a field with a telegraph line going through it, the pov is from the small bank of the river land yeo.

This is a graphite drawing of a field with a telegraph line going through it, the pov is from the small bank of the river land yeo.

#LandYeo #landscape #art #Scape #Graphite #drawing

09.12.2025 00:30 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This is a graphite drawing of access to a river.

This is a graphite drawing of access to a river.

#LandYeo #landscape #art #Scape #Graphite #drawing

09.12.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A Hoopoe made of felt

A Hoopoe made of felt

A #Hoopoe today. #needlefelted over wire with a wax beak. I keep watching out for one #artAdventCalendar #orange #birdwatching

09.12.2025 05:33 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1
Pickering 1992, acrylic on canvas of my former home following a massive blizzard.

Pickering 1992, acrylic on canvas of my former home following a massive blizzard.

Day 8, #artadventcalendar This is Pickering 1992, from a photo I took following a massive blizzard in December 1992. Sadly this view no longer exists due to everything being developed with subdivisions.

08.12.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A painting showing a hug wave crashing against the rocks at the base of the lighthouse at Portland Bill.

A painting showing a hug wave crashing against the rocks at the base of the lighthouse at Portland Bill.

This is one of my favorite paintings by my Mum. It shows the Portland Bill lighthouse during stormy weather. #ArtAdventCalendar

08.12.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Acrylic painting. A redwing bird on a branch. It has a holly berry in its beak and there are holly leaves and berries in the background

Acrylic painting. A redwing bird on a branch. It has a holly berry in its beak and there are holly leaves and berries in the background

Day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar already! A redwing. I’m quite happy with the bird but less so with the background. #art #painting

08.12.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A painting of Weymouth harbour showing some boats on the water and buildings behind them.

A painting of Weymouth harbour showing some boats on the water and buildings behind them.

Another painting of Weymouth harbour by my Mum for Day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar

07.12.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s very nice to hear. Thank you

07.12.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Acrylic painting. A castle in the top left of the image above a cliff, with a beach in the foreground

Acrylic painting. A castle in the top left of the image above a cliff, with a beach in the foreground

Day 7 #ArtAdventCalendar: Gylen Castle on the island Kerrera. I’ve tried to paint this castle four times and never really been happy with it, but this is the best so far. #art #painting

07.12.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Colored pencil drawing of an elephant head in profile.

Colored pencil drawing of an elephant head in profile.

Day 7 of #artadventcalendar
β€œElephant”
Prismacolor pencils

07.12.2025 07:44 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An original abstract artwork of a badger, created using watercolour paints on paper.

An original abstract artwork of a badger, created using watercolour paints on paper.

In Celtic folklore, the goddess Brigantia has the badger as her sacred animal totem. This connection highlights new life, wisdom, and the emergence of spring. The badger is an earth-dwelling creature that symbolises new life emerging from beneath the earth.
Art my own

#ArtAdventCalendar

06.12.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Aedes aegypti mosquito drawn in blue biro against a pale pink and orange watercolour background - human flesh.

Aedes aegypti mosquito drawn in blue biro against a pale pink and orange watercolour background - human flesh.

It's day 6 of #artadventcalendar and here's a yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti).

From my blogpost about engineering mosquitoes to help limit the spread of dengue and other mosquito-borne illnesses 🐑

www.kathryngarner.co.uk/blog/must-ha...

06.12.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Pencil drawing of me

Pencil drawing of me

Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar: a self-portrait. #art #drawing

06.12.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Watercolour of the back view of 3 small boys looking over and through a 5 bar gate at a tractor in a field.

Watercolour of the back view of 3 small boys looking over and through a 5 bar gate at a tractor in a field.

#ArtAdventCalendar The only watercolour I've done this year was another surprise gift, this time for my sister in law. Her grandsons. It's a different challenge when you're painting for someone else.

05.12.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
An acrylic painting of a bunch of seagulls with only their heads visible, all stacked on each other making a lot of noise, blue background

An acrylic painting of a bunch of seagulls with only their heads visible, all stacked on each other making a lot of noise, blue background

Day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar A Flock of Discontent #art #painting

05.12.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Snowy landscape in watercolor

Snowy landscape in watercolor

#ArtAdventCalendar

05.12.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An elderly lady looks off to the side into the distance with a worried expression. She has grey hair, a prominent nose and eyes hooded by old age. She is wearing a white and blue checkered shirt over top of a white turtleneck that matches the white highlights of her hair. Over all that is a gray sweater. The backdrop is strips of trellis that mimic the checkered pattern of her shirt.

An elderly lady looks off to the side into the distance with a worried expression. She has grey hair, a prominent nose and eyes hooded by old age. She is wearing a white and blue checkered shirt over top of a white turtleneck that matches the white highlights of her hair. Over all that is a gray sweater. The backdrop is strips of trellis that mimic the checkered pattern of her shirt.

#ArtAdventCalendar #Art #OilPaint #Portrait
Detail of a portrait of my 89 year old mom. I’m not quite finished yet. Still working on the background but her face and shirt shall remain as is.

05.12.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Painting of a northern bald ibis

Painting of a northern bald ibis

For day 5 of #artadventcalendar… One of the rarest birds in the world but their numbers are growing.. so hopefully one day I can say they are as common as any other ibis.

Until then, the #NorthernBaldIbis continues the fight to thrive… with the help of many heroes.

Mixed media
#waldrapp #birdart

05.12.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1