#FigureFriday
Gonna do some fox girls for November for #FigureFriday.

This week I am showing Mito Mashiro from Tayutama, a visual novel which is, surprisingly, in English. You can get it on Steam.

Still trying to figure out we live in a world where eroge (with patch) are available in English on Steam.
November 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Late for #FigureFriday but we continue with the cozy nerd girl theme.

I am sure Futaba Sakura from Persona 5 does not need an introduction.

Will admit this was advertised as a 1/7th but it feels small enough to be a 1/8th.
November 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
🧬 Figure Friday

Can similar proteins recognize the same partner differently?

Donald Spratt & colleagues reveal how UBE3B and UBE3C bind calmodulin in distinct ways despite sharing conserved IQ motifs.

📄 Protein Science
🖼️ Fig. 2
🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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November 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🧬 Figure Friday

How do bacteria evade our immune defenses?

Chunhao Li & colleagues reveal how bacterial sialidases remove sugars from proteins, weakening immune responses and helping pathogens escape detection.

📄 Protein Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🖼️ Fig. 6

#FigureFriday
October 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This is Halloween on #FigureFriday. No bonus this year but still got a costume for you.

Prize figure but it's still a high quality Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling in her Shizuku-tan outfit. I think I got this before watching the series, and glad I did.
October 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🧬 Figure Friday

How do cells break down unwanted proteins?

Daniel Kraut & colleagues at Villanova University reveal how the proteasome uses different mechanisms to pull, grip, and unfold proteins for degradation.

📄 Protein Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🖼️ Fig. 1

#FigureFriday
October 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Still going strong for #FigureFriday.

FERN ARRIVED

For some reason the seller just decided to send it off normal post and I also did not have to spend extra at the post office. So she arrived at my doorstep just fine.

And it is gorgeous.
October 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
#FigureFriday! Been awhile huh? Well this time I have the superb Tomb Raider x GI Joe Lara Croft, everything is just about perfect, especially for a domestic figure of her, we've been getting bootlegs for years feels nice having a solid figure of a gaming great, I love this figure
October 24, 2026 at 1:39 AM
A small foxy #FigureFriday this week. With a small fox Pokemon.

I actually did not play Pokemon after gen 1, until gen 6. And then they introduced my favorite line in the form of Fennekin to Delphox. Of course I came back to the Fox Wizard game.

Also the trainer Serena.
October 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Getting randomly warm this weekend for #FigureFriday but I'm still sharing the cozy nerd girls this season.

This one is of Katsushika Hokusai from Fate/Grand Order in a get up that I can only describe as "University Art Student."
October 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
🧬 Figure Friday

Can sugar modifications influence eye health?

Stacy Malaker & colleagues show that O-glycans affect the structure and assembly of lacritin, a tear protein being studied for dry eye disease.

📄 Protein Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🖼️ Fig. 4

#FigureFriday
October 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Continuing my nerd theme for #FigureFriday.

I have a shelf with figures that have a glasses, books or just a smart theme.

This one is Ooyodo from Kantai Collection. Has a gacha game Naval officer look.
October 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
It's going to rain today on #FigureFriday (late again).

Although delaying turned into having the perfect figure for a rainy day. This one is Man Sui from The Hungry Lamb, which is a Chinese visual novel on Steam and Switch.

It is apparently DARK though. Not horror, more human dark.
September 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
🧬 Figure Friday

Not all amino acid changes affect proteins the same way.

Liskin Swint-Kruse & colleagues developed RheoScale 2.0 to reveal hidden patterns in how substitutions impact protein function.

📄 Protein Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🖼️ Fig. 4

#FigureFriday
September 25, 2026 at 3:01 PM
It's going to be a rainy day today for #FigureFriday.

Since it's getting colder, time for some of my more cozily dressed figures. This week is Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in her sweater uniform. Should be a throwback.

Yes I was a Yuki person.
September 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Little late for #FigureFriday.

We've entered the cozy months, so have a cozy figure of
Sagisawa Fumika from THE iDOLM@STER. Sometimes I like a character enough from fan art and their vibe, I end up getting a figure of them.
September 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🧬 Figure Friday

How does HIV-1 protease change as drug resistance develops?

Rieko Ishima & colleagues show that resistance mutations increase asymmetry in the protein’s flexible flaps when bound to darunavir.

📄 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Fig. 1A–B

#FigureFriday
September 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Special occasion for #FigureFriday this week.

Since we have a solid release date for Fate/Extra Record, I'm showing the figure I have of Caster, aka Tamamo no Mae.

I've never played it but what I've seen she's... VERY devoted to her master.

Thirstily so.

Want a third ascension figure, though.
September 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
🧬 Figure Friday!

Can protein design make a challenging antibiotic target easier to study?

Oliver Zerbe and colleagues created a soluble mimic of LptD, a bacterial membrane protein, that could help make this promising target more accessible for drug screening.

(Fig. 1)

#FigureFriday
August 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
End of summer on #FigureFriday. Festival season, so have a yukata.

I've learned more about my camera since last year, so I am doing a repeat of Konjiki no Yami or Golden Darkness from To LOVEru Darkness. Love the dynamicness of the figure, and a lot of detail for a simple 1/8th.
August 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
🧬 Figure Friday

Can a protein “helper” promote protein splicing?

Chris Lennon and colleagues at Murray State University show that the chaperone GroEL stabilizes intein-containing proteins during heat stress, indirectly increasing splicing.

#FigureFriday #ProteinScience
August 21, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Getting close to the end of summer on #FigureFriday.

This year I tried to have a theme of shrine maidens, for festivals. This one is Koumoto Madoka from the eroge
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi. Definitely my aesthetic and the figure wasn't expensive so I snagged it.
August 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Special Different

Figure Friday Artist Collective Event at South Jersey Artist Collective SJAC!
Session was MC’d by Jen Tracy @jenthetracy.bsky.social
Modeled by Connie Marie.

#nathanrutkowskiartist #figurefriday #process
August 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Kelly @pagan.mom on Friday the 13th

Figure Friday at South Jersey Behavioral Center Oaklyn NJ. MC’d by @jenthetracy worked with @jimslic @valeriepantaloneart @josh_george_art and others without IG. Great time out

#artcollective #njarts #nathanrutkowskiartist #figurefriday
March 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Lezlee looking up from her book Composition in Primary Magenta and Pthalo Blue.

Acrylic on paper 18 x 24 inches.

#figurefriday #nathanrutkowskiartist #aestheticresearch #painting
February 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM