Thanks @molbioevol.bsky.social for the opportunity to illustrate these wonderful animals for the highlight article on their latest issue! It was a lot of fun! Check out the link in their post to read Shady Luster's article highlighting Kovacs et al.'s work on the koala's evolutionary history.

Molecular Biology and Evolution@molbioevol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Humans have driven the long-term decline of koalas - or is the story more nuanced? Shady Kuster's new Highlight shows us how mutation rate estimates are helping to rewrite the koala's evolutionary history. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag137 🖌️ @lale-alpar.bsky.social #evobio #molbio

It was a pleasure to work on this graphical abstract. Very interesting work from @florisbosveld.bsky.social et al, as always. A thorough look on how tissues deal with asymmetric cell divisions. Find and read the full work here : www.cell.com/developmenta...

How resilient are tissues to cell mispositioning and loss, and how do they restore their cell numbers? Check our latest work, from @ybellaichelab.bsky.social Congratulations to all authors. Artwork from the artist @lale-alpar.bsky.social (lalealpar.com) www.cell.com/developmenta...

Tissue mechanics and systemic signaling safeguard epithelial tissue against spindle misorientation

Bosveld et al. identified a multilayered system of safeguards that reuses homeostatic mechanisms to maintain epithelial integrity and cell number in the face of spindle misorientation. This work delin...

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Not all scientifically accurate illustrations are for scientific publications. Here is a botanical illustration of a poppy subspecies, papaver aurantiacum, that I made for a private commission. Sharing for those who enjoy old school botanical drawings and all that find inspiration in nature 🌱

Thought it would be fitting for my first post to be this little fly illustration I made. Because once a Drosophilist, always a Drosophilist 🪰