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

I was today years old when I learned that *Drosophila husbandry* was actually a skillset to add to a cell/developmental biology resume. I wonder if I should add Arabidopsis husbandry to mine 😆 #drsophila #cellbio #devbio #arabidopsis #plantscience

If you are looking for #microscopy events, check out our Microscopy events calendar, powered by MicroscopyDB. 🗓️: focalplane.biologists.com/events/ Add an event: microscopydb.io/add-a-commun...

Flashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.

Our #JCSciliaSI is complete Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13... Our cover image shows tracheal epithelial cells from an air-liquid interface culture imaged using U-ExM from Oliver Mercey and Marine Brunet @centriolelab.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

I had to try it. It was really good! #microscope #microscopy

Gorgeous cover by @mathpreu.bsky.social 👏

Incoming deadline - 7 November 2025 Apply for a @jcellsci.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grant to support your attendance at a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course. Open to ECRs in #cellbio. For more info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

🔬We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy course at MBL. Come learn to be an excellent microscopist! Questions? Ask here or DM me. @mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #fluorescence

Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State: oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u... #devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy

Love these!

I was asked whether I was going to paint any shiny reflections to Mr blue swimmer crab. You bet. #sciart 🦀

The #mesoSPIM community just celebrated 10 years of open-source light-sheet microscopy in Zürich! For #3DThursday, we're honoring Martina Schaettin & Fabian Voigt’s iconic 3D chick embryo dataset — a luminous benchmark for open science and shared discovery. #Microscopy #Lightsheet #syGlass

The winners for the largest photo microscopy competition were just announced and they do NOT disappoint!! [Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬

Magnifying the minuscule: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2025 – in pictures

Hello scientists of Bluesky! Since we're new here, what better way to introduce ourselves than to share our collection of light-sheet #microscopy data, featuring a diverse range of species and tissue types 🐠🐁🦎🔬: vimeo.com/lifecanvastech Stay tuned for more #bioimaging data drops coming soon!

Mushroom chair (unknown designer). #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #Photography #Photos

Miscellaneous pollen grains seen through a microscope. #Photography #Photos #Microscopy #Botany

For this #FluorescenceFriday 🔬 a cryosection of a dissected zebrafish gill, stained with phalloidin (orange) and DAPI (blue-ish). #Zebrafish #DevBio #Microscopy

Huge thanks to the incredibly talented Center for Visual Arts students for transforming microscopy images into incredible works of art for Toledo CellulART! Science meets art in the most inspiring way. 🔬❤️🎨 www.toledocellulart.org #SciArt #Microscopy

Polychaete larva cilia currents in timelapse. #sciart #microscopy #plankton

This sea star is only 2 months old 🐣 — but already has a decentralized nervous system. No brain, just a nerve ring + radial cords guiding how it moves, senses & grows. 🌊 Echinoderm family 🧠 Brain-free coordination 🔄 Decentralized = resilient Credit: Dr. Laurent Formery #Neurobiology #Science

🏆 The PPBI Image Contest celebrates the art of science! 🎉 Congratulations to Carina Mónico (CCMAR) for her winning image! A huge thank-you to everyone who took part. #PPBI #Microscopy #BioImaging #ScienceArt