Maris Polanco

Scientist - Educator - Artist 🇨🇴🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

@scigalleryatl @ScienceGallery @EmoryUniversity This week Summer Krinsky and I attended the VIP event for Science Gallery Atlanta exhibition “Hooked,” where our collaborative multimedia art piece “Notification (2022)” is displayed.
#scicomm #womeninstem #girlswhocode #atlanta

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

💚🤍 I’m so sorry, MSU. A lot of people’s lives changing forever tonight 😔

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@brontosamus Not drugs, weapons. But obv they were framed by Future Industries!

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@brontosamus https://t.co/D1t5VHhM5h

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Cultured bacteria and fungus from environmental samples, courtesy of my intro bio lab students at @UDMces.🥰🧫

#bacteria #microbiology #natureisbeautiful #science #sciart #petriart #macrophotography

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@HazelJ_Anderson @MSUSciFest @michiganstateu @starrscience @MiMathScience @pchemstud @GameBiologist @WildlifeBioGal @FishBio_Briggs @NkrumahGrant @istudytrust @JoLatimore @SciFiles89FM @elouson @VFFrans Thanks!

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

Two jellyfish from the ETERNAL series are representing #scicomm art at the University Of Detroit Mercy’s Science and Engineering Symposium!

@udmces
#ETERNAL #plastic #plasticpollution
#scicommart

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

I have a good relationship with the falcons that live in the clock tower on campus. They viciously prey upon local birds and
leave feathers and heads and wings behind; I pick up these treasures and put them on display in my office. It’s great
😊🐦

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

@brontosamus BOOOOOO

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@brontosamus 😣

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*my* plastic jellyfish sculpture (dropped a word whoops)

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Today a student told me that her boyfriend goes to Lyman Briggs College at MSU and was texting her photos of plastic jellyfish sculpture, ETERNAL: BLOOM like “is this your bio professor?”

🥰🥰🥰

@lymanbriggs
@BioDetroit
#scicomm
#WomenInSTEM

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@madbruschetta @brontosamus This is so accurate 🙃

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UPDATE: THE TADPOLE HAS ARMS NOW and it looks like he is starting to develop a real jaw too #frogs #WomenInSTEM

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@6MileFlyGuy @detmercy Congratulations! ☺️

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@sbconant Congratulations ☺️

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Location: @UFOFACTORY

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

My band Ocean Above is playing a show this week! And it’s with two other amazing bands! Come on out 🎶 🥰

#thingstodo #detroit #livemusic

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

The Feeding of the Frogs at @UDMces 🥰🐸

#WomenInSTEM

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Tried to feed the African Dwarf Frogs a block of frozen blood worms, thinking they’d come eat pieces as they thaw. Nope! The big female came over, stole the frozen block from my tongs, and shoved the whole thing in her mouth 😐 like girl are you ok? That was a lot of ice. 😅🐸

[Maris Polanco @maris_polanco]

Wild to listen to someone explain their research… and see they were using the Zebrafish Brain Atlas I worked on with @Fish4Brains a few years ago!
🤯🧠🐟