Ever seen mitochondria fly around like little rockets? 🚀 When cells divide, they don't just split DNA. I made a YouTube story based on a major Nature paper, showing how cells use actin waves to shuffle their powerhouses! 🔬 Watch the video here: youtu.be/udrVh_p7kCg #FluorescenceFriday #Microscopy

@carsten-wolff.bsky.social teaching @aqlm.bsky.social students about light sheet #microscopy on the @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social LightSheet 7. Feat. cute crustacean embryo for specimen

Louse imaged on @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social #lightsheet 7 #microscope by @carsten-wolff.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy

For #3DThursday, a skeleton shrimp imaged on a Flamingo light sheet microscope — a modular, traveling #LSFM built to bring the microscope to the biology.🔬🦩Fast 3D imaging, low phototoxicity. 🥼: Carsten Wolff @carsten-wolff.bsky.social 📝: huiskenlab.com/flamingo/ 🏛️: @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social

It’s #lightsheet #microscopy day @aqlm.bsky.social with @retof.bsky.social

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Polarization time! Rabbit muscle fibers imaged on a polarization microscope @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #labelfree

“We’re gonna need a bigger scope” Rabbit muscle fibers imaged with DIC @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #jaws @mblscience.bsky.social

I've been fortunate to have @marcoenriquez18.bsky.social a #materialsChemist in my team. Cytoskeletal elements are often studied on their own but in reality, the #cytoskeleton is biopolymer network that is intricately intertwined. (#Award winning movie Light Microscopy Aus). @aibnatuq.bsky.social

Diverging light coming out of the condenser after illuminating the specimen #microscopy @aqlm.bsky.social

Its label-free time @aqlm.bsky.social! Students are imaging marine critters from Eel pond @mblscience.bsky.social. Look at these hydrozoa 🪼🔬🤩 #microscopy #aqlm2026

Meet MagLuc: a magnetically-controlled luminescent protein. This is a foundational tool for remote control of biological processes, also known as "magnetogenetics". Can you tell when the magnetic field turns on and off? From @mariaingaramo.bsky.social and the team at @nonfictionlabs.bsky.social

First day of @aqlm.bsky.social 2026! And students have already built their own #microscope. Yes, it works 🔬🤌 #microscopy @mblscience.bsky.social

Our ExM Atlas of eukaryotes is moving along with more and more images coming in - some featured in nature last month! Culture we’re provided by @ccapoban.bsky.social & Julius Lukeš during visits last year www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Join us today for the launch of Carolina Microscopy, the unified microscopy cores at UNC Chapel Hill!

We have 4 locations: the Biology Microscopy Core (director @nat-prunet.bsky.social), The Hooker Imaging Core (director @fishcscells.bsky.social), the Microscopy Services Laboratory (director Pablo Ariel) and the Neuroscience Microscopy Core (director @michelleitano.bsky.social)

Carolina Microscopy provides the UNC community with access, training and support for a wide array of high-end light microscopy, electron microscopy and image analysis systems. research.unc.edu/carolina-mic...

Welcome to Carolina Microscopy, the unified microscopy core facilities at UNC Chapel Hill!

Now on the Cover @pnas.org News, Delightful to see @akanshaganguly.bsky.social Journey from stress to regeneration, from leaf to root featured on cover. Akansha, you made it, very well done, congratulations.

Have you submitted your abstract yet for the 21st International Microscopy Congress? #IMC21 (Deadline *tomorrow* 20 March) Here's IMC21 Chair, Professor Nigel Browning, explaining why you should definitely be joining the global #microscopy community in Liverpool this summer!

Microscopic views of a Walnut stem. #Photography #Photos #Microscopy #ElectronMicroscopy

#microscopy pic of cells in the #abscission zone where a #plant let go a a #leaf or #flower. 📸 Sebastian Agustin #plantbiology #botany #devbio #cellfie #plantscience

Just because it's Monday, we love #microscopy & we love #mitochondria, the powerhouse of the #cell We videoed mito under the microscope to see their dynamics. Here they join forces! Ofc we <3 the other #organelles too (to prevent jealousy) From @cellcommlab.bsky.social 🧪🔬 @focalplane.bsky.social

We are delighted to share this week’s featured image from Nat Prunet @nat-prunet.bsky.social, showcasing pollen grains from various plant species. Read our post to discover more about the image and learn about Nat’s research. #FluorescenceFriday focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/27/f...

Although the world outside still feels grey and wintry, under the microscope the retina reveals a vibrant landscape of color. For #FluorescenceFriday: a section of the avian retina showing beautifully organized neuronal layers from inner to outer retina. #Neuroscience #Retina #Microscopy

EDTA and tequila (2024) Separate bubbles. Alone, they exist. Together, they matter. This image captures bubbles of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) dissolved in tequila, where light radiates from each sphere and visually connects them into a single network.

Cells rarely know they are being photographed. Scientists do👩🏻‍🔬 Our CellArt Gallery brings together those moments when research pauses for a second and simply looks amazing. ⬩➤ Explore the gallery: zurl.co/67UJP #cellart #microscopy #sciart #bioart #scienceandart

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This week we are highlighting an awesome image of an Arabidopsis root from @janmartinek.bsky.social. Check out our post to learn more about the image and about Jan’s research: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/13/f... #sciart #plants #microscopy

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Thx for @mollyherring.bsky.social for featuring our recent work with @centriolelab.bsky.social and our quest with @gautamdey.bsky.social & the support of the @moorefound.bsky.social to look for the beauty in every #eukaryote out there using #Expansion #Microscopy #UExM

Are you passionate about #microscopy? 🔬 Want to build a strong foundation in #imaging skills? One week left to apply for AQLM 2026 at the incomparable Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. @mblscience.bsky.social buff.ly/0XCAKm4

✨💃Disco Ball!💃✨ A UV laser excites fluorescein, producing green fluorescence. Glitter scatters the light to demonstrate dynamic light scattering (DLS) for measuring particle size. #FluorescenceFriday #RealTimeChem #SciArt #SciComm #ChemArt

Watercolor inspired by xylem #sciart This one is cool because it's box-mounted, no framing required artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441...

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! I've shared this before but am reposting b/c I think the developing #lung is just so darn pretty! This is an E18.5 🐭 lung with 🟢 marking cells that express my favorite gene, Shh.🟣 marks cell membranes. 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social postdoc👩‍🔬 @christinaadaly.bsky.social 🧪

New paper from our lab @jxbotany.bsky.social about auxin and cytokinin interactions during carpel initiation in Arabidopsis Led by @andreagomezfe.bsky.social in collaboration with @defolter-lab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

@thorlabs.bsky.social teaching scopes are all set up and ready for my #microscopy lab course!

👉 Think your research image could be next? Submit your image for 2027: zurl.co/QLQRp #ibidicalendar2026 #microscopy #scienceinfocus #bioart #sciart #immunofluorescence #inspiringscience #imaging #scienceisfun #scienceinpictures

Are you microscopy-curious? Or already obsessed? We are hosting a zoom info session for AQLM on Monday Jan 12 (info below). Come ask me anything! @mblscience.bsky.social

Scientists captured the exact moment cardiac cells self-organize into a coordinated rhythm—seconds before the first heartbeat. Early beats are irregular and shift in origin, yet spread coherently across the heart. Credit to Bill Jia!

Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

Had an interesting talk with Owen Morton of the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social, found that InFocus magazine is accessible even if you’re not a member. www.rms.org.uk/resource/the...

Join us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis. More info about our research: www.bischofflab.com Job posting and application details: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila

Christmas has come a few days late! Our new @brukercorporation.bsky.social MuViSPIM #lightsheet #microscope will be running by the end of the week 🤌 #microscopy #bioimaging #fluorescence

My team are running the Peripheral Nerve Society's Instagram account this week: www.instagram.com/pnsociety1 If you like images of the nervous system, please check it out! #FluorescenceFriday @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social

Genetic engineering, painting, sculpting, floristry, and fantasy are united in @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social 's flower design art project. New essay out now on a blossoming frontier of transgenic art!

It’s FINALLY out! 🎉🚀 We have been working on PhotoFiTT for a long time, and it’s now published, introducing a quantitative framework to measure phototoxicity and optimise live-cell microscopy experiments. So excited to finally share the last version! 🔬✨ #PhotoFiTT doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Want to do great science and beautiful microscopy with a great guy? @maikbischoff.bsky.social is recruiting a PhD student for his new lab! #cellbio #devbio #microscopy #bioimaging

It was nice to see the art and science session at Cell Bio so full! #sciart #bioart #cellbio #microscopy

Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking. It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... [1/6]