Allison TerBush
@aterbush.bsky.social
freelance scientific communications and strategy | data viz and graphics | specializing in oncology and infectious disease
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"Russian flu," the pandemic that hit in 1977, bears an evolutionary signature of having emerged from a lab, perhaps as part of a failed vaccine effort. Covid, mpox, Ebola, and other influenza pandemics don't. Here's my story on a new way to trace the origins of pandemics. Gift link: nyti.ms/46N0W33
nyti.ms
March 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Russian flu," the pandemic that hit in 1977, bears an evolutionary signature of having emerged from a lab, perhaps as part of a failed vaccine effort. Covid, mpox, Ebola, and other influenza pandemics don't. Here's my story on a new way to trace the origins of pandemics. Gift link: nyti.ms/46N0W33
I love the walking interview concept. The best scientific discussions happen on the move!
Get to know biomedical researchers @stanfordbiosci.bsky.social @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social through our new “walk with me” series
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In the Walk With Me video series — walk with us as researchers tell their stories
The new “Walk With Me” video series goes behind the scenes with some of the people who teach and make discoveries and care for patients at Stanford Medicine.
stanmed.stanford.edu
February 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I love the walking interview concept. The best scientific discussions happen on the move!
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The frequency and intensity of heatwaves and the exposure of pregnant individuals to extreme heat are increasing.
💡 Learn more about the associated risks to maternal health and how these risks can be managed in this JAMA Insights. #ClimateChange
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💡 Learn more about the associated risks to maternal health and how these risks can be managed in this JAMA Insights. #ClimateChange
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February 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The frequency and intensity of heatwaves and the exposure of pregnant individuals to extreme heat are increasing.
💡 Learn more about the associated risks to maternal health and how these risks can be managed in this JAMA Insights. #ClimateChange
ja.ma/4kUtPjG
💡 Learn more about the associated risks to maternal health and how these risks can be managed in this JAMA Insights. #ClimateChange
ja.ma/4kUtPjG
Thank you for this visual history lesson! The differences between the pre-digital and digital charts are striking.
And it closes with a poignant observation- "Early inequality graphics obsessed over poverty. Today, we obsess over billionaires."
And it closes with a poignant observation- "Early inequality graphics obsessed over poverty. Today, we obsess over billionaires."
The graphic comparison at the heart of inequality—us versus them, rich and poor, haves and have-nots—feels older than money itself. The forms will keep changing. The comparison will not.
Read my latest for Chartography: www.chartography.net/p/the-geomet...
Read my latest for Chartography: www.chartography.net/p/the-geomet...
The Geometry of Inequality
From mapping poverty to charting the 1%.
www.chartography.net
February 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Thank you for this visual history lesson! The differences between the pre-digital and digital charts are striking.
And it closes with a poignant observation- "Early inequality graphics obsessed over poverty. Today, we obsess over billionaires."
And it closes with a poignant observation- "Early inequality graphics obsessed over poverty. Today, we obsess over billionaires."
"Unnatural Products" is a wild choice for a biotech company name!
Novartis is paying $100M upfront to access Unnatural Products’ macrocyclic peptide platform, expanding into a growing drug class that blends biologic precision with the ease of delivering the medication orally.
Updated: Novartis signs macrocyclic deal with Unnatural Products
The move allows the Swiss pharma giant to delve into a niche but growing area of drug R&D that seeks to combine the precision and potency of biologics with the easier-to-use delivery of oral medicines...
endpoints.news
February 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"Unnatural Products" is a wild choice for a biotech company name!
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Your map’s legend can be turned into a histogram, helping your audience understand the distribution in addition to decoding the colours.
November 25, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Your map’s legend can be turned into a histogram, helping your audience understand the distribution in addition to decoding the colours.
Reposted by Allison TerBush
Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination, a diagram from Edward Livingston Youmans' Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects (1856). ⠀
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February 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination, a diagram from Edward Livingston Youmans' Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects (1856). ⠀
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