sci_bastian
@scibastian.bsky.social
mad scientist 👨🔬 | tour guide on the #EvolutionEisenbahn 🚂 | neurobiologist 🧠 | science storyteller 🌌 | professional nerd 🤓 | zelda fan 🗡️
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@darwinstomcat
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@darwinstomcat
I will give a guided tour through evolution at the Mega Knowledgecamp 2025!
Everyone in the #Saarbrücken area should check it out :)
Info and program here: megakc.hacksaar.de
Everyone in the #Saarbrücken area should check it out :)
Info and program here: megakc.hacksaar.de
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I will give a guided tour through evolution at the Mega Knowledgecamp 2025!
Everyone in the #Saarbrücken area should check it out :)
Info and program here: megakc.hacksaar.de
Everyone in the #Saarbrücken area should check it out :)
Info and program here: megakc.hacksaar.de
Today's lecture was about the immune system.
For me personally, when I was a student, this was a very dry topic. Now that I am the professor, I tried to make it a bit more colorful :)
For me personally, when I was a student, this was a very dry topic. Now that I am the professor, I tried to make it a bit more colorful :)
July 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today's lecture was about the immune system.
For me personally, when I was a student, this was a very dry topic. Now that I am the professor, I tried to make it a bit more colorful :)
For me personally, when I was a student, this was a very dry topic. Now that I am the professor, I tried to make it a bit more colorful :)
In today's lecture, I talked about infectious diseases!
I grouped them by their infectious agents:
Bacteria
Viruses
Eukaryotes (fungi, protozoans, animals)
🍄🦠🪱
I grouped them by their infectious agents:
Bacteria
Viruses
Eukaryotes (fungi, protozoans, animals)
🍄🦠🪱
June 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
In today's lecture, I talked about infectious diseases!
I grouped them by their infectious agents:
Bacteria
Viruses
Eukaryotes (fungi, protozoans, animals)
🍄🦠🪱
I grouped them by their infectious agents:
Bacteria
Viruses
Eukaryotes (fungi, protozoans, animals)
🍄🦠🪱
I found a bee #orchid in the wild! 😲🤓
I've never seen it with my own eyes. Almost surreal to just find it by the side of the path.
This orchid smells like female bees. And also kind of looks like a bee!
🐝
So, certain male bees attempt to "cuddle" with the flowers and thus pollinate them :)
I've never seen it with my own eyes. Almost surreal to just find it by the side of the path.
This orchid smells like female bees. And also kind of looks like a bee!
🐝
So, certain male bees attempt to "cuddle" with the flowers and thus pollinate them :)
June 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I found a bee #orchid in the wild! 😲🤓
I've never seen it with my own eyes. Almost surreal to just find it by the side of the path.
This orchid smells like female bees. And also kind of looks like a bee!
🐝
So, certain male bees attempt to "cuddle" with the flowers and thus pollinate them :)
I've never seen it with my own eyes. Almost surreal to just find it by the side of the path.
This orchid smells like female bees. And also kind of looks like a bee!
🐝
So, certain male bees attempt to "cuddle" with the flowers and thus pollinate them :)
Raccoon Origami 🦝
Made from a 25x25 cm square of kami paper, black on one side.
Origami used to be one of my hobbies, but I haven't really done it in years. This one turned out decent, I think. Took me about 2 hours.
I made it by following instructions from a YouTube video
Made from a 25x25 cm square of kami paper, black on one side.
Origami used to be one of my hobbies, but I haven't really done it in years. This one turned out decent, I think. Took me about 2 hours.
I made it by following instructions from a YouTube video
April 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Raccoon Origami 🦝
Made from a 25x25 cm square of kami paper, black on one side.
Origami used to be one of my hobbies, but I haven't really done it in years. This one turned out decent, I think. Took me about 2 hours.
I made it by following instructions from a YouTube video
Made from a 25x25 cm square of kami paper, black on one side.
Origami used to be one of my hobbies, but I haven't really done it in years. This one turned out decent, I think. Took me about 2 hours.
I made it by following instructions from a YouTube video
Butterfly eggs 🦋🥚on a leaf 🌿
We can see the individual cells of the leaf and the cool "exoskeleton" of the eggs that gives them stability.
This was taken with a scanning electron microscope :)
We can see the individual cells of the leaf and the cool "exoskeleton" of the eggs that gives them stability.
This was taken with a scanning electron microscope :)
April 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Butterfly eggs 🦋🥚on a leaf 🌿
We can see the individual cells of the leaf and the cool "exoskeleton" of the eggs that gives them stability.
This was taken with a scanning electron microscope :)
We can see the individual cells of the leaf and the cool "exoskeleton" of the eggs that gives them stability.
This was taken with a scanning electron microscope :)
A firework of brain cells 🎆
These are microscopic images of living mouse brain slices 🐁🧠
Some neurons in these slices have been infected with a virus that transfers a gene from a jellyfish to them. Those infected cells are now producing the jellyfish protein that fluoresces (glows when stimulated)
These are microscopic images of living mouse brain slices 🐁🧠
Some neurons in these slices have been infected with a virus that transfers a gene from a jellyfish to them. Those infected cells are now producing the jellyfish protein that fluoresces (glows when stimulated)
March 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A firework of brain cells 🎆
These are microscopic images of living mouse brain slices 🐁🧠
Some neurons in these slices have been infected with a virus that transfers a gene from a jellyfish to them. Those infected cells are now producing the jellyfish protein that fluoresces (glows when stimulated)
These are microscopic images of living mouse brain slices 🐁🧠
Some neurons in these slices have been infected with a virus that transfers a gene from a jellyfish to them. Those infected cells are now producing the jellyfish protein that fluoresces (glows when stimulated)
Look! It's Great-grandma!
This is a lung fish. It's more closely related to us humans (and all other land vertebrates) than to any other fish, believe it or not.
That's because it was a lung fish (so, a common ancestor of us and this fish) that dared to leave the water and evolved to live on land.
This is a lung fish. It's more closely related to us humans (and all other land vertebrates) than to any other fish, believe it or not.
That's because it was a lung fish (so, a common ancestor of us and this fish) that dared to leave the water and evolved to live on land.
March 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Look! It's Great-grandma!
This is a lung fish. It's more closely related to us humans (and all other land vertebrates) than to any other fish, believe it or not.
That's because it was a lung fish (so, a common ancestor of us and this fish) that dared to leave the water and evolved to live on land.
This is a lung fish. It's more closely related to us humans (and all other land vertebrates) than to any other fish, believe it or not.
That's because it was a lung fish (so, a common ancestor of us and this fish) that dared to leave the water and evolved to live on land.
The trachea (windpipe) of a mouse.
This windpipe was cut in half, dried, and then imaged with scanning electron microscopy.
Ours looks very similar. All those "hairs" are cilia that move back and forth and that constantly filter dust and pathogens out of the air we breath and
This windpipe was cut in half, dried, and then imaged with scanning electron microscopy.
Ours looks very similar. All those "hairs" are cilia that move back and forth and that constantly filter dust and pathogens out of the air we breath and
March 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The trachea (windpipe) of a mouse.
This windpipe was cut in half, dried, and then imaged with scanning electron microscopy.
Ours looks very similar. All those "hairs" are cilia that move back and forth and that constantly filter dust and pathogens out of the air we breath and
This windpipe was cut in half, dried, and then imaged with scanning electron microscopy.
Ours looks very similar. All those "hairs" are cilia that move back and forth and that constantly filter dust and pathogens out of the air we breath and
After a recent lecture about our senses
#professorlife
#professorlife
March 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
After a recent lecture about our senses
#professorlife
#professorlife
Who can tell me what I caught here with my microscope? :D
January 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Who can tell me what I caught here with my microscope? :D
Alright, time to start from zero on Bluesky 🥲
Follow for fun and interesting science content from a biology professor and YouTuber :D
My defining traits: positive and enthusiastic, bow tie, loves to tell stories, nerdy, eats too much sugar (but I won't post about that)
Follow for fun and interesting science content from a biology professor and YouTuber :D
My defining traits: positive and enthusiastic, bow tie, loves to tell stories, nerdy, eats too much sugar (but I won't post about that)
January 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Alright, time to start from zero on Bluesky 🥲
Follow for fun and interesting science content from a biology professor and YouTuber :D
My defining traits: positive and enthusiastic, bow tie, loves to tell stories, nerdy, eats too much sugar (but I won't post about that)
Follow for fun and interesting science content from a biology professor and YouTuber :D
My defining traits: positive and enthusiastic, bow tie, loves to tell stories, nerdy, eats too much sugar (but I won't post about that)
One of the best things I ever filmed through a microscope: baby squid! 🦑
Incredibly cute and their chromatophores already work right after hatching!
Incredibly cute and their chromatophores already work right after hatching!
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One of the best things I ever filmed through a microscope: baby squid! 🦑
Incredibly cute and their chromatophores already work right after hatching!
Incredibly cute and their chromatophores already work right after hatching!
January 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I love zombie fungi. This image has such great colors
December 6, 2024 at 9:50 AM
I love zombie fungi. This image has such great colors
Smiling Animals :)
January 21, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Smiling Animals :)