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Microscopic farmer 🔬🌺 Microscopy core director @UNC Chapel Hill Former plant developmental biologist
@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
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Louse imaged on
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
#lightsheet
7
#microscope
by
@carsten-wolff.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy
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Brandy A Freitas
4 months ago
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
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It’s
#lightsheet
#microscopy
day
@aqlm.bsky.social
with
@retof.bsky.social
15 days ago
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15 days ago
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Polarization time! Rabbit muscle fibers imaged on a polarization microscope
@aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy
#labelfree
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“We’re gonna need a bigger scope” Rabbit muscle fibers imaged with DIC
@aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy
#jaws
@mblscience.bsky.social
18 days ago
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A/Prof Sam Stehbens PhD (She/Her)
19 days ago
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
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Diverging light coming out of the condenser after illuminating the specimen
#microscopy
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18 days ago
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Its label-free time
@aqlm.bsky.social
! Students are imaging marine critters from Eel pond
@mblscience.bsky.social
. Look at these hydrozoa 🪼🔬🤩
#microscopy
#aqlm2026
18 days ago
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Andrew G. York
20 days ago
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
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First day of
@aqlm.bsky.social
2026! And students have already built their own
#microscope
. Yes, it works 🔬🤌
#microscopy
@mblscience.bsky.social
20 days ago
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Felix Mikus
29 days ago
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...
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See the intricate worlds of parasites and algae — March’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00901-5/index.html
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Carolina Microscopy
29 days ago
Join us today for the launch of Carolina Microscopy, the unified microscopy cores at UNC Chapel Hill!
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Carolina Microscopy
29 days ago
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
)
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Carolina Microscopy
29 days ago
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...
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Carolina Microscopy - UNC Research
On April 13, 2026, Carolina Microscopy launched as a unified core encompassing the four existing imaging cores located across campus, bringing their light microscopy (LM), electron microscopy (EM) and...
https://research.unc.edu/carolina-microscopy/
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Carolina Microscopy
29 days ago
Welcome to Carolina Microscopy, the unified microscopy core facilities at UNC Chapel Hill!
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Kalika Prasad
3 months ago
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.
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Royal Microscopical Society
2 months ago
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!
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Seiler Rankin
about 2 months ago
Microscopic views of a Walnut stem.
#Photography
#Photos
#Microscopy
#ElectronMicroscopy
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#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
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Pablo J. Sáez
about 2 months ago
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
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FocalPlane
about 2 months ago
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...
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Featured image with Nat Prunet - FocalPlane
Featured image with Nat Prunet - News
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/27/featured-image-with-nat-prunet/
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Pranav Seth
3 months ago
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
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[Figure 1. A.]
3 months ago
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.
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ibidi GmbH
3 months ago
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
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FocalPlane
3 months ago
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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Featured image with Jan Martinek - News
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/13/featured-image-with-jan-martinek/
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3 months ago
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
3 months ago
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
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Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course
4 months ago
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
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Erik A. Rodriguez
4 months ago
✨💃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
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Artologica aka Michele Banks
4 months ago
Watercolor inspired by xylem
#sciart
This one is cool because it's box-mounted, no framing required
artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441...
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Stacey Ogden 🦔
4 months ago
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
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Daniel Kierzkowski
5 months ago
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-...
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@thorlabs.bsky.social
teaching scopes are all set up and ready for my
#microscopy
lab course!
4 months ago
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ibidi GmbH
4 months ago
👉 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
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Alexa Mattheyses
4 months ago
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
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Nicolas Hubacz
4 months ago
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!
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Brugues Lab
4 months ago
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
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Botany One
4 months ago
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...
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The 3D Pollen library collection infocus #76 December 2024
A fine dust to the naked eye, exquisite in microscopic form and fundamentally important to life on earth. Pollen grains contain the male gametes (i.e., sperm cells) from a flower’s anther that are ess...
https://www.rms.org.uk/resource/the-3d-pollen-library-collection.html
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Maik Bischoff
4 months ago
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
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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
4 months ago
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James N. Sleigh
5 months ago
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
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Jess
5 months ago
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!
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Mutating The Medium
A blooming future for biodesign
https://allmovingparts.substack.com/p/mutating-the-medium
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Mario Del Rosario
5 months ago
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...
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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
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5 months ago
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It was nice to see the art and science session at Cell Bio so full!
#sciart
#bioart
#cellbio
#microscopy
5 months ago
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Zimeng Wu
5 months ago
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...
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Brandy A Freitas
5 months ago
#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
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