Noémie Matthey
Microbiologist in @justinecollier.bsky.social 's lab by day & Science Artist by night 🦄 ! Love living with, working with and drawing about microbes, especially bacteria!
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- #inktober day 16 with Blunder Here I was rather inspired by a happy accident. In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin from a moldy Petri dish in his lab. But did you know that the mold most likely came from a mycologist, C. J. La Touche, who worked one floor below? #microbesky #sciart
- #inktober day 15 with Ragged It made me thought about the ragged edges observed on swarming motility plates. Swarming bacteria form beautiful patterns, worth of an art exhibition 🖼️ #microbesky #sciart #inktober2025
- #inktober day 13 with Drink Microorganisms are essentials for fermentation in various products including beer, wine, kefir or kombucha. With some friends we've already brewed our own beer, but lately I've become a huge fan of water kefir (especially with ginger). #inktober2025 #microbesky #sciart
- #Inktober days 11 + 12 with Sting & Shredded Phages invade bacteria. Some bacteria fight back, cutting the phage DNA into small fragments with restriction enzymes. These "scissors", which are part of RMS, can degrade foreign DNA, while leaving the bacteria's own DNA unharmed. #microbesky #sciart
- #Inktober days 8 and 9 combined - Reckless & Heavy The reckless use of antibiotics in humans, animals and plants is the main driver in the development of antimicrobial resistance pathogens. As one of the top global threats, AMR places a heavy burden on public health. #inktober2025 #microbesky
- #inktober day 7 - Starfish Did you know that there are bacteria, called Stella vacuolata, with a star-shape ? When autumn begins, they're usually two different mindests: - Those who are already looking forward to the winter holidays 🎄 - And the fall lovers 🎃 #inktober2025 #sciart #microbesky
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyDay 4, Claw. Phages don't really have claws, but they do have tail fibres that recognise receptors on host cells and clamp on, allowing phage particles to infect their hosts. #drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- Day 3, Soft. Soft agar is used to visualise phages - plaque assay: bacteria infected with phages are mixed with soft agar, poured over an agar plate. A bacterial lawn grows & plaques appear - as phages infect bacteria, multiply, kill & repeat to form an expanding hole. #drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyDay 5, Moon. The physical structures of phages are often compared to the shape and landing action of a lunar lander, with tail fibres reminiscent of the landing struts, to gently settle on the surface of its host. #Drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- Day 4, Claw. Phages don't really have claws, but they do have tail fibres that recognise receptors on host cells and clamp on, allowing phage particles to infect their hosts. #drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyDay 6, Sacrifice/Cry. Individual bacterium can sacrifice themselves to prevent phages reproducing and save the rest of the bacterial community. They can also send out quorum sensing messages to warn other bacteria. #Drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- Day 5, Moon. The physical structures of phages are often compared to the shape and landing action of a lunar lander, with tail fibres reminiscent of the landing struts, to gently settle on the surface of its host. #Drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyLactobacillus, what a #LittleLegend ! Part of our gut and vaginal microbiome, this microbe is one of the most widely used #probiotics to treat diarrhoea and eczema. Thanks to Hiral Raval, a @microbiologysociety.org champion, for suggesting I draw this for #InternationalMicroorganismDay 🐡🧪🧫#scicomm
- #inktober day 6 with #Pierce I am a day late, but the prompt for yesterday inspired me more than the one of today. I could not resist drawing a specific nanoweapon called the type 6 secretion system. In some bacteria like Vibrio cholerae, it is firing at random... So the unexpected can happen.
- #inktober day 5 with Deer That one was tricky. When a deer or any organism dies, microbes begin the decomposition process, returning nutrients to the soil. #inktober2025 #sciart
- #inktober day 4 with Murky They are some places where you expect murky water (or rather medium) and some places where you don't. Poor little guy 🐟 #inktober2025 #sciart
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyDay 3, Soft. Soft agar is used to visualise phages - plaque assay: bacteria infected with phages are mixed with soft agar, poured over an agar plate. A bacterial lawn grows & plaques appear - as phages infect bacteria, multiply, kill & repeat to form an expanding hole. #drawtober #SciArt #Phagesky
- #inktober day 3 with #Crown And here is our 👑 Queen B (Queen Bacterium) : E. coli It is a ubiquitous bacterium. It is the "lab rat" of microbiology. And it is also a common resident of our gut. Which bacterium would you have named as our Queen B? #inktober2025 #sciart
- #inktober day 2 with #Weave Cyanobacteria form interwoven patterns. The micrographs from paper by J. Cammann et al, in Nat. Comm. Physics (2024) inspired me. Today was less about googly eyes and more about focusing on the feel of my pens. Having fun by playing with different brush and pen sizes.
- It's #Inktober once more, time to grab some pen and paper. Will you join? The first prompt is #Mustache, and this distinguished gentlebacterium is using one of its flagellum as a mustache. #inktober2025 #inktoberday1 #sciart
- The latest Preprint of the @justinecollier.bsky.social lab is out there ! I am so happy to share about my major work done on one of the two cytosine methyltransferases present in Caulobacter crescentus.
- - What are the roles of m5C bases in bacterial genomes? - If a DNA methyltransferase is not genetically linked with a restriction enzyme (“solitary”), what is its role? - Are “solitary” Vsr-like proteins functional? --> Insights in our latest Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- I am trying to adopt a new routine on Sundays, which consists in taking some time for myself and to enjoy some creative activities including colouring our colouring book (#BacterialWorld @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social). For the first letter/drawing of the book, I chose to only use my fav colour!
- Reposted by Noémie Matthey✨ We’re doing a #GIVEAWAY to celebrate #WorldBookDay & #InternationalWomensDay 📚👩🔬 Win a wonderful #microbiology colouring book by 2 fabulous women @noemiematthey.bsky.social & @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social 🦠🎨 To enter: - Follow us - Like - Repost this Winner chosen at random 10/03/25 #MicroSky
- Reposted by Noémie Matthey📚✨ Happy #WorldBookDay! ✨📚 What better way to celebrate than with a book giveaway? We are gifting one lucky winner a Microbiology colouring book by @noemiematthey.bsky.social & @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social Winner announced on 10/03/25 – get your entries in! 🎉 #MicroSky
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyOur colouring book "Coloured Bacteria from A to Z" just got published in Italian, the 8th translation 🦠 So happy and proud of us with @noemiematthey.bsky.social for always advancing this lovely project to share the amazing and fascinating bacterial world 🥰 #microSky sarahs-world.blog/coloured-bac...
- It's really nice to see the huge flow of new people coming here! Maybe it's time for a quick presentation. Hi 👋 I'm Noémie, I love science 🧬 and especially microbes 🔬 I do scientific illustrations for paper, cover or logo. And I'm the illustrator behind the Bacterial World blog: sarahs-world.blog
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyMicrobiology Education and Outreach peeps, I tried to find all the folk here I could and make this, please let me know who I've missed and I'll add them go.bsky.app/QYgSwS6at://did:plc:aykihv222o7anvao3s33cocx/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lao4nnydtm26
- Reposted by Noémie MattheyInterested in how antibiotics in the marine environment can affect marine mammals and the ecosystem? Check out this funded #PhD opportunity with myself at Bangor University. Info about the project & how to apply can be found here www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Noémie MattheyWe now have a graphic to go with our recent preprint, thanks to the talented @noemiematthey.bsky.social. #microsky
- #Intkober23 combining day 5 to day 8 with Map, Golden, Drip and Toad! Cupriavidus metallidurans is a #bacterium that lives in the soil where it can ingest toxic metallic compound. They don't get poisoned and in the process they produce tiny #gold nuggets. How cool is that?! #sciart #scicomm
- #inktober2023 day 3 - Path Maybe this little bug is ready for a new adventure in a human body. Will he choose a nice path or end up in great danger? #sciart #inktober #bacteria #illustration #path #drawing #digitaldrawing
- #Inktober2023 day 2 - spiders I recently learned that scientists managed to produce synthetic spider silk using E. coli. Therefore, I present to you Spidercoli ! #sciart #scicomm #inktober #bacteria #syntheticsilk
