Matteo Farinella

Matteo Farinella received a PhD in neuroscience from University College London in 2013. Since then, he has been combining his scientific expertise with a lifelong passion for drawing, producing educational comics, illustrations, and animations. He is the author of Neurocomic (Nobrow 2013) published with the support of the Wellcome Trust, The Senses (Nobrow 2017) and the Women of Science Tarot (2020), in collaboration with Massive Science.

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Dear Colleagues: This is why science communication needs visuals

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Dear Colleagues: This is why science communication needs visuals

Civic science is happening everywhere

Dear Colleagues: This is why science communication needs visuals

In Michigan, a citizen science project tracking salamander migration is bringing a community together and building a dataset

“Science is something that we do together.” Benjamin Richards on how OceanEyes collaborates with citizen scientists to monitor deepwater fish in Hawai’i

Dear Colleagues: Participate in a survey on barriers researchers face when communicating with non-expert audiences

Research!America selects 17 grantees from 132 applicants for the 2026 Civic Engagement Microgrant cohort

Dear Colleagues: Participate in a survey on barriers researchers face when communicating with non-expert audiences

Scott Loarie says conservation science isn’t moving fast enough. He describes how iNaturalist is helping

Photo Essay: 2026 Stand Up for Science New York City

MA3 Challenge awards grants to six universities to modernize promotion and tenure processes: Here’s the question of the day.

Research!America selects 17 grantees from 132 applicants for the 2026 Civic Engagement Microgrant cohort

“Science is something that we do together.” Benjamin Richards on how OceanEyes collaborates with citizen scientists to monitor deepwater fish in Hawai’i

Melanie Brown: “If you listen, people want to share things that are important to them.”

Abby C. King on leveraging local wisdom and science to create a thriving environment: “Our communities are the most valuable renewable resources for a healthy planet.”

Milky Way Project co-creator Grace Wolf-Chase says public engagement is ‘every bit as important as excellent scientific research’

Seeing is believing: Inside the BioBus revenue engine with Ben Dubin-Thaler

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