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Ed Himelblau

@himelblau.bsky.social

Biology Professor (he, him) Cartoonist for the New Yorker Author: The Teaching Assistant's Guide - https://thetasguide.com Likes drawing micropipettes FREE science cartoon newsletter - https://www.himelblau.com

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Congratulations to @bradguigar.com for making it onto the cover of the New Yorker!

15.09.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Need some big data of your own? Check out the link in my latest issue of my FREE science cartoon newsletter:
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16.08.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of about 50 cartoons I drew for my book, The Teaching Assistant's Guide. www.thetasguide.com/cartoons

24.07.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, one proton more or less... does it really matter? :)

04.05.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The curcumin molecule, which gives turmeric its distinct color, looks like a cute crab. Here a turmeric-themed post from my FREE science cartoon newsletter: himelblau.substack.com/p/trendy-tur...

04.05.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Comic image of a computer technician and a lab researcher

Comic image of a computer technician and a lab researcher

Will virtual cells move biology research out of the lab and into the computer? Newsletter post (and cartoons) inspired by @erictopol.bsky.social Ground Truth Podcast. open.substack.com/pub/himelblau

27.04.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Researchers are discovering new organelles all the time. Collaboration with Shannon O'Dell. (from my FREE science cartoon newsletter: himelblau.substack.com)

01.02.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 1980, when Joy Division sang, β€œLove will tear us apart again,” they were thinking about cytokinesis when two β€œdaughter cells” are pinched apart by strong molecular forces. Read the full newsletter post: us9.campaign-archive.com?u=6da1485294...

26.01.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open your sock drawer, yank a pair of socks apart, and put each in a separate drawer. Now repeat that with every pair. Not only have you created a wardrobe headache for yourself, you’ve also demonstrated the main event of anaphase. Read the full post: us9.campaign-archive.com?u=6da1485294...

19.01.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
drawing of snowmen in a laboratory.

drawing of snowmen in a laboratory.

In lab, proteins called enzymes to do important jobs like sequencing DNA and building new genes. Enzymes need to be kept cold. Read the full post here: us9.campaign-archive.com?u=6da1485294...

19.01.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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In the kitchen, you follow a recipe. In lab, you follow a protocol. I was a graduate student in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin. My background was in biology. Many of my peers had a chemistry background. Guess whose experiments worked better.

13.01.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks!

13.01.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My cartoon in The New Yorker this week. See more at himelblau.com. This is the first cartoon I ever sold to the magazine (March 2021).

05.11.2024 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon in the New Yorker this week.

16.03.2024 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who doesn’t love poems about mitosis? New post from my FREE science cartoon newsletter:
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24.01.2024 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mitosis limericks… part 1 or4. Join my FREE science cartoon newsletter for more.
www.himelblau.com

08.12.2023 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m excited to bring back these two from New Yorker Caption Contest 860 for a NEW caption contest for wordsbelow.app Here’s the twist–all captions must be ABOUT THE NEW YORKER CAPTION CONTEST (It’s very meta…)
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If you like the Caption Contest, you’ll appreciate all the data you get from WordsBelow.

03.12.2023 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice to be here. I’m a biologist and cartoonist. Check out my FREE newsletter. A new science cartoon every few weeks: www.himelblau.com

02.12.2023 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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