Petra Korlević
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Petra Korlević
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Geneticist working on malaria mosquitoes, I also doodle bugs 🦟

Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own

🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
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Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
I have unlocked him...... but at what cost........ (my sanity)
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
me when i get that black friday sale VPN and now have add-less youtube videos... IN ALBANIA
a black and white cat with a pink nose is laying on a bed
Alt: gig of a black and grey cat with a very pink nose and a shit eating smirk face illuminated dramatically by a lamp
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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my section was all about uterine tissues creating happy little "benign" tumors that make your life hell but since they are not cancerous it takes forever to diagnose and find a treatment that works for YOU!

#SciArt #endometriosis #fibroids #adenomyosis
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Thank you!
Here is my shop, with many prints and some original paintings.
lostthicket.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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www.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Its neighbor nearby managed to stay nice and dry 😴
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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This touches on a few of the biggest sources of low morale for me:

- flood of AI slop lands in my inbox as peer review requests
- my critical reviews of said AI slop are then ignored by editors at Journals that won't give my work consideration
- all while I'm expected to ⬆️ research output
It's easy to see shoddy research as a bad actor problem. But if AI slop like this can make it through editors and peer reviewers, it means there are systemic problems at work. And I'd argue that at least part of the problem is the overwork culture in academia-- pressure to do more while caring less.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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🛍️💪

[ #cuteart #shopsmall ]
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:

crna udovica (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) 🕷️
krijesnica (Lampyris noctiluca) ✨
poskok (Vipera ammodytes) 🐍
čančara (Testudo hermanni) 🐢
ćuk (Otus scops) 🦉
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:

Alligators (LOTS)
Coyote
River otters
Snapping turtle
White-tailed deer
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:

Octopus
Marmot
Tanuki
Owl
Orca
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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we got Christmas T-rexes! and molecular biology t-shirts! and a flamingo!

we don't have an active sail as both of us are swamped with our actual genomics jobs before the holidays, but we are going to have a stall at two local science campus Christmas Markets!

www.etsy.com/shop/theintr...
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day.
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.

No NSFW. No AI.

Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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It's also just distracting because usually the image has some weirdness to it, and it doesn't tend to add explanatory value. So if you're just adding them for ambience or to represent a generic concept, just use a regular picture.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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An inspiring article for National Illustration Day: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign....

Most #paleoart is probably "illustration" rather than "art" (if, indeed, these are distinct categories) and is an excellent example of how images augment written/verbal communication and democratise #scicomm.
Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated art of illustration | Oliver Jeffers
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world, says the children’s author on National Illustration Day
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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people keep asking "why doesn't he just cross over to the other side?" so i have used technology to extend the image
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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My Black Friday sale is now going!
From friday to monday all my stock will be at 15% discount!

So if you like bugs or other small critters now is your chance.
US shipping available, but be a little patient

Link to my Etsy shop in the reply of this post ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#SciArt #art #handmade
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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"because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people" is how he finished that sentence
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
my section was all about uterine tissues creating happy little "benign" tumors that make your life hell but since they are not cancerous it takes forever to diagnose and find a treatment that works for YOU!

#SciArt #endometriosis #fibroids #adenomyosis
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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i just think they are neat

#birds #SciArt
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Frog and toag! 👯‍♂️🐸🐸

#whimsical #cottagecore #frogandtoad #christmasvibes #christmas
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM