Belated Happy Zond 5 day! 57 years ago, the first earthlings (two tortoises!) circumnavigated the moon aboard the Zond 5 spacecraft: nasa.gov/history/50-y... The re-entry was rather rough, so humans would not have survived it. The tortoises stayed alive.

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💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

Come and work with us 5-year position available for a University Researcher in Bioimaging 1.11.2025-31.12.2030 abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

Today’s work, aside from meetings.

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Now accepting applications for our 2026 Cancer Biology & Cancer Engineering programs. Do you want to conduct cancer research & develop cutting edge technology that will help understand, diagnose and treat cancer? Then come and apply to our PhD programs. bit.ly/3WUiuo1

Don't miss the upcoming Australia-hosted Expansion Microscopy User Group Meeting (18 Sep, 5pm-6pm AEST / 8am-9am BST). Great forum for researchers to share knowledge and enable rapid uptake of new techniques. Book: rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @garvaninstitute.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social

Cloud formation seen on doggo walk:

Happy Skynet day for those who celebrate. Just one more data center, and AGI is here…😅

Thrilled to see interest in this preprint! This work was a major part of my PhD, my hope is that single-molecule flow cytometry can be useful to the community in exploring new applications and discoveries. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

We have all been there: Too many conference calls while you’re busy at work…

Starship 10 made it to orbit! Congrats to @spacex.extwitter.link !

Nice clouds this evening!

For #FluorescenceFriday mitochondria in HeLa cell imaged via the shear-warp transform. Had to wrap my head around it again…🤕

Pan-ASLM system for large scale expansion microscopy from the Bewersdorf lab. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Say what now? www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/one-uni...

We are today kicking off the two-week @embo.org practical course on #Lightsheet # Microscopy at @mpi-cbg.de in #Dresden. This is the fifth iteration of the course. Hashtag #LISH2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-lsm

Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... With @dudinlab.bsky.social @embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

My workplace has its own funky vibe.

Maybe one of the biggest gambles of the 21st century. Current US policy further locks these trends in place. Graphic from @nytimes.com

Terence Tao, youngest ever participant of the Math Olympiad, Field Medal Winner 2006, author of over 300 papers, and considered the greatest living mathematician, lost his NSF funding: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1149568... 😞

Just leaving this here, a legitimate 🇩🇪 word:

What submitting a grant proposal currently feels like…

This elevator is symbolic for funding applications this year😞.

Happy Pi day to those who like to arrange units by order of magnitude.

All good things come to an end😢. Big thank you to Gaudenz Danuser for his leadership and vision he brought to UT Southwestern!

“I am going home now.” RIP, Felix Baumgartner 1969 – 2025 youtu.be/FHtvDA0W34I?...

Need to check, but I may have already reached my grant submission quota this year…

Current mood:

NIH cap on publication charges announced for 2026. Cap not specified yet. www.nih.gov/news-events/...

Very happy for this collaboration with the Prinz lab on BLTP2. Stephan’s multiscale zebrafish microscope was put to good use. cc @zebrafishrock.bsky.social

Some say it’s a miracle that Oasis managed a reunion concert. I’m more impressed that the Doors play again!

Hey academic blue sky! How do you time a same day pubmed publication with a journal (new mandate)? When I submit materials to upload to pubmed, it takes the staff usually over a month till it ready. And sometimes it has to be redone.

Schweizer Blauhimmel: I did not want to comment on the wedding of the year, but… DJ Antoine? The same guy who butchered the 🇨🇭Fussball anthem?

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

If you have built an oblique plane microscope: Plenty of space! @astormic.bsky.social

Pretty big news, Gaudenz Danuser is joining Roche’s Institute of Human Biology (IHB). Sad to see a visionary like him leave our institute, he was the reason I joined UT Southwestern. It will be exciting to see what will come out at the IHB!

A Piaggo Avanti buzzed our neighborhood pretty low - the pusher props give it a distinct sound. I was late grabbing my cell phone for a picture. cc @bwjones.bsky.social

I grew up in a family without a car - we walked to everything. My sister got once hit by a car while walking home from school in bad weather. They charged the driver for not driving cautiously in bad visibility, not my parents.

More Chicago impressions:

What I tell myself before every new project… #academia

Chicago in the morning fog.

Hike in Acadia National park. Last picture shows Jackson Laboratory 🐭🐁.

MiG 21 “Fishbed” Mach 2 capable interceptor, saw some better days in the Polish Airforce. cc @bwjones.bsky.social

Hey academic bluesky: how do you indicate a study section when you submit a grant to the NIH? Do you add a cover letter specifying the study section or is there somewhere in the submission form and entry? cc @bwjones.bsky.social

OPM folks: hold my FRAPuccino! Plenty of space. cc @astormic.bsky.social

You can’t park here mate! OTD 38 years ago, Matthias Rust flew his Cessna all the way from 🇩🇪 to the Red Square. Yes, through all the Soviet air defenses in the Cold War. Absolute mad lad! cc @bwjones.bsky.social

To be fair, MINFLUX was published in 2017. cc @astormic.bsky.social