@rooph
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/.
Epidermal rete ridges correlate with less hairy skin but what's the relationship? This study details how rete ridges aren't directly coupled to hair development
@leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscopy
π· Sean M. Thompson et al @pullman.wsu.edu in
@nature.com
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NEK7 proteinβ'traffic warden' in liver cells keeping energy flowing in the right direction, warding off fibrosis-causing oxidation
π· Zhenzhen Sun & Le Sun et al Childrenβs Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, in @natcomms.nature.com
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...
@antdlewis.bsky.social
Mechanisms to overcome instability in early embryo cell division differ in zebrafish & fruit flies: species-specific mechanisms both orchestrated by cytoskeletal microtubules
πΉ Melissa Rinaldin et al, @brugueslab.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social in @nature.com
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...
Fruit fly study finds enzymes Hip14 & Patsas limit lysosome formation & fusion so protecting against Huntington's disease-like symptoms
π· GyΕzΕ Szenci et al, EΓΆtvΓΆs LorΓ‘nd University, in
@plos.org Genetics
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@antdlewis.bsky.social
Human liver tissue with & without fibrosis reconstructed at cell level in 3D - insights for understanding liver disease & how to treat it
πΉ Wesley B. Fabyan & Chelsea L. Fortin et al @kellystevens.bsky.social lab University of Washington
in @science.org Advances
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...
Transfer of mitochondria from glia to adjacent sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglia β protects against nerve degeneration & pain
π· Jing Xu et al @dukehealth.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social in @nature.com
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...
Wrap Map: Mouse life-time brain-wide map of myelin-producing cells and myelin density in health and disease
πΉ Yu Kang T. Xu, Abigail Bush & Ephraim Musheyev et al Bergles Lab @jhu.edu in @cellpress.bsky.social
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Hear, hear!!
Itβs #kidlitartpostcardday ! Optimism is in the air and it smells sweet. Have a good one #kidlit peeps!
Interaction between candida fungus & some strains of bacterium E.faecalis makes infections more damaging
π· Mario Kapitan et al Ilse D. Jacobsen Lab, @leibniz-hki.de in
@pnas.org
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Evolving towards antibiotic resistance bacteria pass DNA sequences between each other via protrusions called pili which also enhance biofilm formation
π· James B. Winans et al Nadell lab, @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Announcement in Publisher's Weekly, Feb 24th. #FliffPB #FliffTheFluff #picturebook #scbwi #authorillustrator #TheLittlePress
Picture book author Bess Kalb on silencing, #bookbanning. A must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgeE...
I also had two rejections from agents today! These are the ups and downs of kidlit, condensed for your convenience.
Hooray hooray!! Fliff is on his way!!
#debutpicturebook #FLIFF #author-illustrator
Genome-wide screen using CRISPR identifies 100s of genes important for neuronal development
π· Galya Monderer-Rothkoff re paper A Amelan, S Collins, N Damseh et al bsky.app/profile/sagi...
& Binnaz Yalcin lab in @natneuro.nature.com
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
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
Aw thanks, Rachel!
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, and fellow #kidlit folk out there. Hope youβre 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
Get some sleep!
Response to rhinovirus depends on levels of interferon production & viral load β differences revealed using a nasal organoid
π· Julien Amat & Bao Wang, relating to B.Wang et al article
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @cellpressblue.bsky.social
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Assembloids are the new organoids!
Illustration of children skiing, snowboarding and having fun on a mountain.
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday! Iβm Ruth and Iβm a childrenβs book illustrator ready to take on your next picture book, chapter book, middle grade and more. Get in touch! π
#kidlitartpostcard #scbwiillustrator #funinthesnow #wintersports #illustration
How connections from the brain's cerebellum established in early life shape brain function
π· Raquel Murcia-RamΓ³n et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in
@pnas.org
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Healing of injured blood vessels is driven by gap junction protein connexin 43 at the wound edge
π· Meghan W. Sedovy et al Scott Johnstone lab
@fralinbiomed.bsky.social AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Conducting Labour: Proteins PIEZO1 & PIEZO2 of womb tissue & its neurons, translate mechanical forces into contractions in labour
π· @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social et al Patapoutian lab
@scripps.edu in @science.org
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Details of how the bacteria-killing viruses bacteriophages are built - progress towards their wider medical usage
π· James Hodgkinson-Bean et al
Bostina lab @universityofotago.bsky.social Wolf lab @oistedu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Illustration of a cute kid standing in the snow catching snowflakes on his tongue.
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all the agents, editors, art directors and fellow kidlit creators out there. Hope youβre all having a lovely festive season, with bells on!
#kidlitartpostcard #illustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #childrensbookart #snowscene #boyinsnow #snowillustration
Better Bait: 'Irresistible' sweaty sock scent traps black flies that spread the river blindness parasitic worm
π· Louise Hamill of Sightsavers + Global Institute for Disease Elimination & MoHealth in Ghana, CΓ΄te dβIvoire, Malawi & Mozambique
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
@rooph.bsky.social
Catching the Tube: CRISPR interference in organoids used to identify genes that drive neural tube closure during embryo development
π· Roya E Huang & Giridhar M Anand et al @harvard.edu in @elife.bsky.social
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
John Ankers
