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]

#syGlass v2.5.0 is out! 🎉 New depth-aware colormaps, expanded file formats (NRRD/MRC/TCF/OME-Zarr v3), better #VR segmentation tools, and upgraded narration workflows — all focused on making #3Ddata easier to explore and share. Blog: www.syglass.io/blog/syglass... #Microscopy #Imaging #3DThursday

Going to Cell Bio 2025 in Philly? Join us at the Science and Art session on Sunday! You may know that I love the intersection of art and science. I'll be talking about the art of microscopy 🔬👨‍🎨 #sciart #bioart #cellbio #cellfie #microscopy #scicomm

#LatestIssue cover: Confocal #microscopy image showing DR5:3nucVenus expression in the inflorescence apical meristem of an Arabidopsis thaliana plt3 plt5 plt7 pin1-T600I mutant. Image courtesy of Kerstens and Willemsen. 📖 See @merijnkerstens.bsky.social & Willemsen et al. doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Next on the 2026 roster is Dr. Peter Kner, @knerlab.bsky.social. He lectures on wave #optics, #diffraction, and #contrast generation in imaging. This Physics 101 gets everyone on the same #wavelength, even if your background is all biology. Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy

On the second day of AQLM, we also have Dr. Steve Ross of #Nikon Instruments who gives us an inside look at #optics, objective #lenses, and #image aberrations. You've (hopefully) never seen an objective like this before! Apply now to join us April 29th-May 8th 2026. bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy

Day 2 also covers Fourier Optics, with a fantastic lecture from Dr. Peter Kner! You'll never understand Fourier transforms better than you do after Peter explains it, trust us. Apply now to join us and finally understand #Fourier space! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy

Our M.Sc. PBioC (Physical Biology of Cells and Cell Interactions) students at @goetheuni.bsky.social had their first hands-on encounter with STED microscopy this week — and they captured some truly stunning super-resolution images. #FluorescenceFriday #Superresolution

All #CellBio2025 attendees! Here’s our phenomenal lineup for our session on #SciArt & #SciComm: @ahnaskop.bsky.social, @jiwasa.bsky.social, @mag2art.bsky.social, @nat-prunet.bsky.social, and Julia Licholai. Please come by and spread the word! Huge thanks to @ascbiology.bsky.social and co-organizers!

Love the #SciArt gallery on @maikbischoff.bsky.social's lab website 😍 www.bischofflab.com/portfolio #microscopy #bioart #microscopymonday #cellfie #devbio #cellbio

So excited to share this as a new junior PI: My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀 www.bischofflab.com Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊 And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery! #CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science

51st #NikonSmallWorld winners reveal a hidden world of wonders: zorz.it/PqBOh#NikonSmallWorld #JeremyGray #51stAnnualNikonSmallWorldPhotomicrographyCompetition #macro #winners #micro #microscopy #Nikon #PhotoContest #PhotoMicrography

Studying cochlear neuroanatomy demands imaging the entire cochlea at subcellular resolution. In our recent study (tinyurl.com/isotropicLSFM), we recorded the cochlea at isotropic resolution across the whole organ, laying the groundwork for what follows… #lightsheet #isotropic #cochlea

Important video from fellow scientist and microscopist @stephanie-shiers.bsky.social. Please respect our work. #Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday

Love that cuttlefish bottle 😍

Reliable actin labelling in expansion #microscopy 🔬 Beautiful #preprint from Olivier Mercey, @lreymond.bsky.social & team @dudinlab.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social Read the latest #preLight from @kanishka03.bsky.social ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/h...

First up is AQLM Director, Dr. Alexa Mattheyses. @mattheyseslab.bsky.social She kicks off the course with an introduction to #optics, where you build a #Kohler #microscope using nothing but #lenses and #physics. If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy

I’m proud to present the main work from my postdoc, 3+ years in making from scratch, my ultimate #MimulusPropaganda up till now: The Moment That Symmetry Breaks. #plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy 🧪🌸🔬 w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to share this perspective article out now! Come read about Streptocarpus and other great model systems! More extraordinary model systems for regeneration journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Applications are now open for AQLM 2026! Join us @mblscience.bsky.social April 29th-May 8th, 2026 for a comprehensive, hands-on light microscopy course with an amazing roster of faculty who are leading experts in their fields!

Key transcripts encoded centrin-like proteins, a frequent component of sensory/contractile structures in protists. We visualized tentacle ultrastructure by U-ExM with @dudinlab.bsky.social lab, discovering stunning tip and collar structures 🤯that add structural complexity to new tentacle formation.

Cellular structure self-organizes through an interplay between internal mechanisms and external cues. The single-celled suctorian P. collini builds a trap structure to capture large prey using microtubule feeding tentacles, creating feedback between cell morphology and prey availability.

A student-run radio show covered my Nikon Small World honorable mention & I even got to give a radio interview! A totally new experience for me 😀 Huge thanks to Andrew! Also featuring @peiferlabunc.bsky.social & @nat-prunet.bsky.social #NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceCommunication #SciArt

Never seen the death of a ciliate like this-- usually it's too much pressure from the coverslip or too much osmotic pressure. But this gradual posterior-to-anterior "unzipping" effect amazed me ! Motic BA310e - 40x Objective - sped up 2X #microscopy #Paramecium #Iteachbiology #edusky