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Rachel W. Martin
@rwmartin.bsky.social
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Biophysical chemist, NMR spectroscopist, vision researcher, plant enthusiast, enzyme hunter.

I stage tiny, elaborately choreographed musicals starring nuclear spins.

Lab website: probemonkey.com
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Frog gentleman meme with text: Esteemed scholars, I am delighted to announce that I had 2 papers rejected in 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Zohran campaign sign generator font/background, saying "NMR probes for everyone"
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Fun with 3D printing. This is part of a benchtop NMR coil tester.
3D-printed pink box with an embossed coat of arms on it. It has spins, bacteria, and a probe, and the motto “sapere vedere.”
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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We can do it online. Here, I’ll send you my masterpiece. Created as part of my current quest to convince students that stick figures>Biorender>>>ai. It sucks, but very sincerely.
A smiling Antarctic toothfish says “My favorite color is UV!”
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Oh no.
Bad drawing of a sundew plant that has caught a fly. The fly is saying “oh no.”
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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You asked for it.
A crude drawing of a smiling Antarctic toothfish saying “My favorite color is UV!”
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Well, he was probably sexy to other Sacabambaspis?
Sacabambaspis drawing. It is a blobby fish with googly eyes and a goofy smile.
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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My roller derby alter-ego.

art by @ethankocak.com
Cartoon drawing of me in roller derby gear with a blue monkey on my helmet. There is a banner that says “Big B0”
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Pictures of Brussels sprounts, broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, bok choy, kohlrabi, etc. Text: Brassica oleracea creating new common names to get 1 month free trials.
October 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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My bracelet came. It’s even better than I expected!
The top of my hand/wrist, showing a silver bracelet with intricate carving. The bottom of my wrist with the same bracelet.
October 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I personally met every resident of Rubber Ducky Town today.
6 rubber ducky isopods on a leaf. A bunch of rubber ducky isopods in a little bit of soil.
October 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Early amphibians too- they were all absolutely adorable.
Cartoon illustration of early tetrapods/amphibians coming out of the water in an ancient forest.
September 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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The main thing I learned from the Natural History Museum in Paris is that Devonian sea creatures were extremely cute.
Cartoon-style illustration of Devonian “fish”/fishapods, including Dunkleosteus and Tiktaalik.
September 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Writing this paper is going great!
Selfie of me with a big hippo sculpture. We are both screaming.
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Update: I have obtained a specimen for further study. It is a worthy fast food innovation consisting of chicken tenders and fries with mayo, grilled in a flour tortilla-type wrap.
A grilled wrap in a paper wrapper that says “Doner kebab” and has a cartoon of a chef cutting pieces off a doner. Grilled wrap on a plate, cut to show the chicken and fries inside
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Pet only, not for riding.
A big stegosaurus sculpture surrounded by ferns.
September 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Olive trees in cute pots at the train station.
Plaque explaining this is an olive tree, not a trash can. A small-ish olive tree in a pot A square brown pot with a decorative olive branch on it.
September 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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👀
View from a square looking down a city street. There are apartments on each side. The buildings are white stone. A red tile pixel art space invader with googly eyes looks down from a wall.
September 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Early furries at the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine
A stone carving depicting three people wearing wolf pelts with heads, cosplay style. Two of them are on all fours, the third seems to be reaching out to pet one of the others.
September 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Ceci n’est pas un taco.
Street ad for some kind of bizarre hot pocket-ass creation that in no way resembles a taco. It looks tasty, though. I’d try it once.
September 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Last day in Chamonix.
Photo of my husband and me wearing hiking gear and sun hats in front of a foggy mountain View of a green mountain partly obscured by clouds, with rocks and scrub in the foreground A blue-green mountain lake surrounded by rocks Selfie of me in front of a rocky slope, wearing a fuchsia jacket and a black floppy hat.
September 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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I wish I’d had a better photo setup. I just had my phone.
A closer view of the bee fly. It has huge eyes and it is rubbing its front legs together, fly style.
September 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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You can pretend to be a bee, but I know what you are.
A bee fly is on a leaf in the upper right corner of the photo. There are also some nice dandelions.
September 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Une petite limace et une grande limace
A small slug on a tree trunk A big slug on a rock next to my hand for scale. It is about the same length as a finger. Big brown slug on a rock
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Bonjour, Chamonix!
View of Chamonix looking down from the mountain. It is partly cloudy but the sky is very blue above the clouds. Selfie of me wearing a bright pink jacket in front of some Alpine plants. View looking down a green forest path A paraglider comes close to landing in a field.
September 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM