Introducing a new accessory for Campden Vibrating Microtomes: the Aeration Tube Assembly! 🫧 Maintaining proper oxygenation is crucial for preserving tissue viability during slicing. Our new bubbler delivers consistent aeration directly within the tissue bath. Check it out: tinyurl.com/32n5ksxc

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Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the women who move science forward on a daily basis, often not getting the credit they deserve. Here’s to the women advancing life science today and to the girls who will transform it tomorrow. 💜

What better way to honour International Epilepsy Day than being able to promote an event to highlight the innovative research being done to better understand epilepsy. Speaking at this webinar will be @garethmorris.bsky.social and Kate Connor! 🧠🧪🔬 Make sure to register!

If you are a PhD student or post-doc who wants to learn everything about #electrophysiology or #imaging, consider registering to the Paris Spring school in optical imaging and electrophysiology, that will take place in the center of Paris 11-23 May 2026. Application deadline Feb 2nd parisneuro.ovh

The 41st Cell Physiology Workshop will take place in Liverpool UK, from 17-28th August 2026. 🧪🔬🫀🧠🐌🦑 Sign-up below to register your interest in attending, and receive all the important details and updates. 👇🏼 #ionchannels #neuroskyence

Some excitement to start the week! We have a new application note on adrenal gland slices! Written by Dr Gabriel Stölting, this note highlights what is needed to make slices from both mouse and human adrenal gland samples, and what you can study with them! Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4ev7b9zz

Nature research paper: Predictive coding of reward in the hippocampus go.nature.com/49mB13V

Somehow, the last day of #SfN2025 is already here! If you haven't come by, you have to today! Whether you want to increase your translational cognitive testing capabilities, or have a need to slice fresh tissue (brain, spinal cord, organoids, etc) we may have solutions to make your life easier!

Happy Day 3 at #SfN2025 from San Diego! The first two days have been packed with great discussions and exciting science! If you’re here at the meeting, come by our booth and check out the Bussey–Saksida Touchscreen Chamber. We’d love to show you what it can do and answer your questions. 👋🧠

#SfN2025 Exhibition Day 2, we are ready for you! Yesterday was an absolute blast and we can't wait to meet more of you! If you are also here, make sure to stop by the @lafayetteic.bsky.social booth and say hi to @cassdeichsel.bsky.social! There may or may not be some great swag waiting for you.

We are in the final stretch now before we will be in San Diego at #SfN2025! This week, we wanted to highlight a different application area that we don't discuss so often: research into neuromuscular diseases! From wheel running to tissue slicing, investigating all levels is necessary!

At #SfN2025, learn how Campden Instruments can help you investigate Neurodegenerative Diseases via translational behavioural studies as well as precision tissue slicing of everything from post-mortem samples to patient derived organoids to better understand the mechanistic underpinnings of disease.

At Campden Instruments, we unite cognitive testing with advanced precision tissue slicing, giving researchers the power to correlate behavioural changes in ageing to the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory. To learn more, come say hi at #SfN2025!

The end of October means we are getting closer to the biggest Neuroscience conference of the year- #SfN2025! Our sales executive, Cassandra will be attending! If you want to make sure to meet her, why not schedule a meeting? Slots can be booked here: https://ow.ly/vFQu50XkiHE

Hallo Heidelberg! This week we are thrilled to be at #EESOrgan learning about everything organoids! If you are here, make sure to stop by the World Precision Instruments stand to learn more about tools to measure TEER and the 9000SMZ vibrating microtome to slice whatever tissue you want!

Did you know that you can also slice living organoids on a vibrating microtome? It is not the easiest, but is definitely feasible! To learn more, you can meet our sales executive at the #EESOrgan Meeting next week with our distributor, World Precision Instruments! Will we see you there?

Today, on World Mental Health Day, we support researchers working to understand the brain and translate those insights into real-world impact: from preclinical discovery to clinical progress. Better science means better mental health for all. 💙 #WorldMentalHealthDay #TranslationalNeuroscience

New series coming up where we highlight Bussey-Saksida Touchscreen Chamber tasks! First is the 4-Choice Gambling Task! This task is used to investigate decision-making which can be implicated in many neurological and psychiatric disorders. To learn more: https://lnkd.in/dCFcWc3Z

Our latest application note, drumroll please, is on precision cut liver slices (PCLS)! Many thanks to Dr Ben Leaker for giving us insights into the how and why PCLS are a useful tool! If you are interested you can read the full application note here: campdeninstruments.com/downloads/ap...

We're detoxing our feed with a new application note featuring a sample type we don't usually discuss. Can you guess what sample has been sectioned and what the application note is about from these fluorescent microscopy images? Comment your guess and see if you were right: ow.ly/2J9c50WYajn

Any #neuroskyence researchers attending #IUPS2025 this week? @cassdeichsel.bsky.social will be joining npi electronic, @berndpe.bsky.social with the 9000SMZ vibratome! So if you are interested in slice electrophysiology, make sure to come stop by our booth!

So many conferences! This week you will be able to find Campden and a 9000SMZ at the international congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society. We will be spending the week with our fantastic Polish distributor, Animalab. Make sure to come say hi to @cassdeichsel.bsky.social #PTBUN2025

The next conference season of 2025 is here again! Next week you will be able to meet Campden Instruments in Luebeck at the European Biological Rhythms Society Congress! Make sure to come say hi to @cassdeichsel.bsky.social #EBRS2025 #Chronobiology #BiologicalClock #CircadianRhythm #SleepResearch

The annual @cpw-liverpool.bsky.social starts today! The two-week course enables students to learn how to perform cutting-edge electrophysiology experiments. We are thrilled to support the course by providing a 9000SMZ vibratome. To learn more about the 9000SMZ: lnkd.in/e5QeiWp9

Our new 9000SMZ vibratome is on tour! If you are at the #BCVS2025 meeting in Baltimore this week, make sure to stop by our sister company, @aurorascientific.bsky.social, stand to see the new model and to learn more about how to make the most physiologically relevant myocardial slices!

Today is World Brain Day, a day that we at Campden prioritise! The day aims to highlight how important the brain is in overall health and increase understanding of disorders. This year's theme is brain health for all ages, demonstrating that disorders can occur to the brain at all stages of life.

Last week we highlighted the final quality checks taking place on the first batch of the 9000SMZ vibrating microtomes, and today we are hitting another major milestone: the new models are being packed and prepared for shipping! To learn more about the 9000SMZ: shorturl.at/0bQd1

Before it begins entering labs all around the world, final quality control checks of the new 9000SMZ vibrating microtome must take place. The last step in the process is to evaluate the z-axis deflection, which is crucial for good slices. Next step is packaging! To learn more: ow.ly/erm650WocCB

Summer is here, so it is also time for summer students in the lab who need to learn lab tools quick! When designing the new interface and features of the new 9000SMZ vibratome, an easy-to-use interface was a priority. To learn more about the 9000SMZ: ow.ly/qsmc50WkY06

Good morning @uclnpp.bsky.social! Campden is spending the day at the Neuroscience Symposium, and are eager to show off the new 9000SMZ vibrating microtome! If you are at the event today, make sure to stop by, try out the new interface, and discover how the new model can produce great brain slices!

Want to get your hands on the new 9000SMZ vibrating microtome and learn more about all the new features? Well, all of those attending the @uclnpp.bsky.social Symposium this week can!

You wouldn’t use the same cutting technique for a crusty baguette and soft sponge cake, so why would biological tissue be any different? To accommodate tissue variability and produce superior slices, our new 9000SMZ has the largest range of slicing parameters yet. To learn more: shorturl.at/sfkYJ

Our latest Talking Science Interview is out now! Here we had the opportunity to speak with Jimena Ferraris from Stockholm University about her research looking into the role of TIDA neurons in prolactin secretion and lactation! Check out the full interview here: shorturl.at/wDYN3 #neuroskyence

This is finally out! Great collaboration with Andy Holmes @timbussey.bsky.social @lisasaksida.bsky.social and @touchscreencog.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social trainees www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New to slicing murine brains on a vibrating microtome (vibratome)? Then check out this video where Jimena Ferraris DVM, PhD of @stockholm-uni.bsky.social gives her trade secrets for the best possible slices. Give it a watch and stay tuned for her full interview! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Does the rhyme "righty tighty, lefty loosey" live in your head rent-free when you screw in screws? Unfortunately, it doesn't apply to our left-hand screws needed to secure the blade to the holder. To all of our vibratome users, check out this new rhyme, thanks to AI, to help avoid making mistakes!

Good morning Munich! We are here at Munich Brain Day, #MBD2025 at @mpiforbi.bsky.social ! We are joined by npi electronic GmbH. npi distributes our vibratomes in Germany and are well known for their diverse electrophysiology solutions. If you are here, make sure to come upstairs and say hi! 🧠

Good morning Montpellier! @cassdeichsel.bsky.social is set up and ready for #NeuroFrance2025 put on by @socneuro.bsky.social If you are interested in vibratomes, touchscreen chambers for rodents, tools to monitor circadian activity, and more - come stop by!

Next week is going to be busy! @cassdeichsel.bsky.social will be attending two events! First she will be at @socneuro.bsky.social #NeuroFrance2025! Then she will be attending @mpiforbi.bsky.social Munich Brain Day. #neuroskyence - will you be at either of these events? Let's connect!

For all of those attending #BNA2025, in the poster zone 4, poster number PW 287, a poster entitled 'User interface refinements and quality assurance assessment in an updated popular tissue vibratome' is being presented. This presentation marks the launch of the 9000smz vibrating microtome! 🧠

Good morning Liverpool! We are set up and ready for you #BNA2025! After a fantastic welcome reception, we can't wait to see all that @britishneuro.bsky.social has in store! If you're here, stop by booth #18. You might see something brand new in addition to our full range of 🧠products! Woo!

Checkout a really exciting paper using our Bussey-Saksida Touchscreen Chambers! These results give a lot of food for thought and challenge many previous assumptions. Notably, the impact of daily administration of drugs should be considered in all cognitive testing! 🧠

As we prepare a big announcement, we think it is a great time to peek into the past. Have you ever wondered how Campden Instruments got its name? The company was originally founded back in 1970 on Campden Hill Road, in the Kensington area of London, so the name initially helped people locate us!

#BNA2025 is almost here! We will be attending the @britishneuro.bsky.social Festival of Neuroscience in Liverpool! We will be releasing VERY exciting news, so make sure you check out stand #18, and keep an eye out for Campden and @campdenird.bsky.social in other places! 🤓 Stay tuned for more! 🙊

Will you be attending #APS2025 next week? If you are, make sure to stop by booth 914 and meet the @aurorascientific.bsky.social! They would also be happy to answer any questions you may have about Campden vibratomes!

Turning up the cheesiness to wish all of those that are celebrating a Happy Easter Break! Whether this long weekend you are searching for eggs or important data, we wish you a very EGG-citing time filled with springful fun and a much-needed break! 🐰

We’ve had a few requests to extend the deadline for applications for the CPW 2025 workshop @cpw-liverpool.bsky.social due to the Easter break. The deadline is now midday on 28th April! Application form is available from the webpage @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/life-course-...

Last week, we asked you to guess, based on a series of microscopy images, what samples were successfully sliced using our 7000smz-2 vibratome. The answer? Plant roots (more specifically eucalypt root) — to investigate fungal colonisation. Did you guess correctly? 🌱

We're breaking new ground with a brand new vibratome application note — a sample type we don't usually discuss. Can you guess what sample has been sectioned from these fluorescent microscopy images? Read the full note here to see if you're right: lnkd.in/dExESF7G