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Matteo Farinella (he/him)
@matteofarinella.bsky.social
#neuroscience PhD, visual storyteller, author of Neurocomic & other science #comics - Multimedia Producer for Columbia's @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social - Art Editor for Science for the People.

https://linktr.ee/matteofarinella
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People always tell me I don't do enough promotion for my books so here is a conveniently timed #throwbackthursday of everything I ever published!

If you want to indulge in seasonal shopping you can find links for all on matteofarinella.com

#graphicscience #comics #neuroscience #scicomm #sciart
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#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.

Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#SfN is one of the few big science meetings to feature #sciart. If you're coming to #SfN25, don't miss it!
SfN 2025 Art of Neuroscience
Full list of Exhibitors
artologica.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Celebrate the biodiversity of Northeastern North America’s bogs, with my new Bog Life of the Northeast poster. Just added to my Etsy shop (jadafitch.etsy.com) as well as all the original watercolor paintings. What’s your favorite bog species?

#bog #natureart #watercolor #maineartist #illustration
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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A print of a neuron forest I made during my artist residency at Sitka.

Cerebral Wilderness
6” x 8”
Intaglio and spit-bite aquatint

#printmaking #neurons #sciart
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Possibly the best poster for a university seminar I have ever seen 💚 #sciart #scicomm #water
Final colourized version poster for @girls-can.bsky.social's #LaurierBology departmental seminar!
#SciArt
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Reflected pools of light swirl beneath the autumn hues of gold and green. An October blue sky peeks between the branches of fall-colored leaves.

Pools of Autumn
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2024
30x40 in
www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/po...

#autumn #october #dailyart #natureart @bsky.art
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🍂 October sketchbook selection 💀

#sketching #observationaldrawing #nature #naturedrawing #fall #sciart
October 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ursula wants you to join a #nokings protest today. Stand up to fascism. Stay safe and non-violent.

#resist #protest #antifascist #powertothepeople✊🏽
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🎨 REMIX of Claude Nicholas Le Cat (1700-1768) from Traité Des Sens, 1744.

Copying is how I taught myself to draw as a child, and even now (many years later) I still find it such a valuable exercise.

#remix #oldmasters #neuroscience #neurocomic #anatomy #sciart
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Neuroscientist Tim Requarth, one of the absolute best science writers I know, has launched a newsletter about our brains and AI. (I've got three free month-long paid subs if you wanna DM me your email address, too.) timrequarth.substack.com/about
About - The Third Hemisphere
A neuroscientist's field notes on how AI is (or isn't) rewiring our brains. Click to read The Third Hemisphere, by Tim Requarth, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
timrequarth.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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“Competent prose generated by a machine, I’ve come to realize, might not be what science actually needs.” ?

By Tim Requarth

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/from-bench-t...
From bench to bot: Why AI-powered writing may not deliver on its promise
Efficiency isn’t everything. The cognitive work of struggling with prose may be a crucial part of what drives scientific progress.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Why study the brain? We asked students, professors and administrators at our institute. Their response: understanding this extraordinary organ is key to understanding ourselves, tackling devastating diseases like Alzheimer’s and building a better future for us all.

youtube.com/shorts/Vffog...
Why Study The Brain?
YouTube video by Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute
youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Mulberry branch with leaves and berries. Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1575. (via Victoria & Albert Museum)
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Red Haeckel Cluster 3/2020 9 X 9 inches [22.9 X 22.9 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #plankton
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This just dropped in my inbox, which means the new issue of SftP magazine is officially out! 🤩

I was particularly excited about this issue on Rethinking #SciComm, and it was my honor to serve as art director, and 'commission myself' (i.e. volunteer) for the cover #SciArt ❤️
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Instead of a belief in an all-knowing science, we are faced with the reality that humans are responsible for what is researched, how it is researched and what conclusions are drawn from such research."

Scientists: please read this article by Sig Giordano! 🙏

theconversation.com/scientific-o...
Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it
Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on.
theconversation.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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cover reveal 🥹 my new book w/ oni press has been announced! coming to you this december 🫶🏽

details & preview pages here: bleedingcool.com/comics/quick...
February 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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here's how to get your fill as soon as it drops. thanks so much to @sagecoffey.bsky.social @mirkdrop.bsky.social and @matteofarinella.bsky.social for taking the time to read the ARC and share your thoughts <333

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-quick-ea...
September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great news - keep the pressure on!
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I finished another sketchbook this weekend, so here is a small selection of drawings from my favorite local parks. 🌲

#resist #draw #sketch #naturedrawing #observationaldrawing
August 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Great work (as usual) by Argha Manna and Saurja DasGupta "finding a new way to communicate science, both in classrooms and to the general public."
global.nd.edu/news-stories...
#SciArt #SciComm #SciComics
Partnership program helps fund innovative collaboration between scientist and comic-book artist | Notre Dame Global | University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame International advances the University's international study, exchange, and scholarship by cultivating Notre Dame’s global alliances and partnerships.
global.nd.edu
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A quiet morning on Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY

Happy to back home in the mountains and looking forward to some Summer drawing 🌲

#inkdrawing #naturedrawing #comics
August 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Great article by @iddogefen.bsky.social on the dangers of technological metaphors 👏👏👏

“...achievements did not come from identifying familiar patterns, but from breaking them through messiness and unexpected mistakes.”
Framing human brains in terms borrowed from artificial intelligence is dangerous—writes Shohamy lab grad student @iddogefen.bsky.social in @latimes.com. He explores the harm of trying to “optimize” or “fine-tune” people—for education, health, law, art or science. tinyurl.com/2zjsv892
Contributor: The human brain doesn't learn, think or recall like an AI. Embrace the difference
Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.
tinyurl.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW

DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES

CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB

Scripts here: 5calls.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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