Today was the first day of the FLAIR workshop! Are you or someone you know attending? Be sure to stop by our booth between all of the amazing talks and demos happening between today and Thursday! We are excited to discuss the ways we can support your research.

We’re excited to attend and sponsor the Fluorescence Advanced Imaging Research (FLAIR) Workshop! FLAIR brings together the legacy Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) and Advanced Imaging Methods (AIM) workshops.

Happy New Year from Translucence Biosystems! We’re excited to continue helping researchers turn intact tissues into actionable insights. Wishing you a year of strong data, smooth experiments, and big breakthroughs.

Happy Holidays from Translucence Biosystems!

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for all of our amazing clients, colleagues, and collaborators! Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday. P.S It's a great time of year to try out the new Translucence Biosystems Turkey Tissue Clearing Protocol 😉

We had a great time at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting in San Diego last week! It was great connecting with friends and partners in the neuroscience community.

Day 3 of #Neuroscience2025! Join us for our final poster highlighting collaborative work with Innopsys on “High Throughput Immunohistochemistry Imaging and Quantification Using PMT-Generated Images and Cloud-Based ML-Powered Software” (PSTR198.22) from 8 AM - 12 PM.

We're presenting three posters today from 1-5 PM covering brain-wide quantification of AD pathology (PSTR111.19), tools for mapping neuronal activity with Npas4 and cFos (PSTR143.04), and brain-wide quantification of antibody therapeutics (PSTR111.18), highlighting our collaborative work with Roche.

Booths open today! Find us at Booth #3224 during #SfN25 from Nov. 15-19, where we'll be sharing our latest advances in tissue clearing, light sheet imaging, and 3D quantification. We're also presenting posters throughout the conference. Stay tuned for poster presentation details!

Today we will be presenting our first poster (PSTR049.03), where we will highlight tools we've developed to streamline the analysis of large, terabyte-scale light sheet datasets.

If you have been following along, you will know that we are sharing multiple posters at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California!

We have one final #SfN2025 poster to announce!

We are excited to announce another poster that we have worked on in collaboration with Innopsys.

We’re excited to announce another poster that we will be presenting at #SfN2025!

Thank you for joining us at our recent Lunch and Learn, hosted in collaboration with the Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

Happening tomorrow! Join us for a Lunch and Learn event in collaboration with the Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at UC San Francisco.

Time is running out! Grab a spot while you still can! Next week, join us for a Lunch and Learn event in collaboration with the Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at UC San Francisco, on Wednesday, November 5th!

Happening in a few weeks! Join us for a Lunch and Learn event in collaboration with the Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at UC San Francisco on November 5th!

Recent FDA approvals of antibody therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease, such as Leqembi and Kinsula, mark an important advancement in CNS drug discovery. (1/5)

We are excited to announce the first of our posters that we will be presenting at #SfN25 this year! Recent advances in tissue clearing and light sheet microscopy enable unprecedented, brain-wide 3D imaging at cellular resolution. @sfn.org

Translucence Biosystems will be hosting a Lunch and Learn in collaboration with the Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco, on November 5th!

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This video, generated by Jose Maldonado, shows Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) in a whole-mouse brain. MBP is a component of the myelin sheath, which insulates nerve fibers and plays an important role in nerve signal transmission. →

We are excited to announce we'll be attending #SfN25 in San Diego, California, from Nov. 15-19. Visit Translucence Biosystems at Booth #3224 to learn about our latest advances in whole-brain imaging and tissue clearing.

We are excited to highlight tissue clearing data generated by Dr. Ian Smith at @ucirvine.bsky.social. This cleared mouse brain sample, stained for amyloid (Amylo-Glo, green) and capillaries (cyan), reveals the brain’s microvascular network and amyloid pathology in intact tissue.

We appreciate the kind words from one of our kit users, Dr. Ian Smith! Dr. Smith is a Research Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and used the Translucence Universal Tissue Clearing Kit to clear a mouse brain.

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This video, generated by Jose Maldonado, of a mouse brain stained for Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) reveals dopaminergic neurons using our Universal Tissue Clearing Kit!

We’re excited to share beautiful data from one of our kit users, UC Irvine Research Professor Dr. Ian F. Smith. Using the Translucence Universal Tissue Clearing Kit, Dr. Smith cleared a mouse brain to visualize amyloid (Amylo-Glo, green) and capillaries (cyan).

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! iDISCO-based tissue clearing and whole-organ Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (#LSFM) reveal 3D vasculature and bile duct networks in an intact mouse liver stained for Smooth Muscle Actin (cyan; vasculature) and Cytokeratin 7 (green; bile ducts).

Congratulations to the team at Denali Therapeutics on their new publication in Science showing that a transferrin receptor–targeted antibody vehicle enhances brain delivery of anti-amyloid therapy while reducing ARIA.

Jenna McCloskey is a Ph.D. candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at @umich.edu and recently used a Translucence Neuronal Activity Tissue Clearing Kit for her rat‑brain work. See what she has to say about the kits below!

New publication in @nature.com Neuroscience from our collaboration with the Olson Lab (@ucdavis.bsky.social) and the Heifits Lab (Stanford). The study demonstrates that TBG—a non-hallucinogenic analogue of 5-MeO-DMT—can promote cortical neuroplasticity without inducing hallucinogenic effects.

Kiara Wiggins is a Ph.D. Candidate at UC Irvine and used a Translucence tissue clearing kit to clear mouse pituitary glands as part of her research on how inflammation affects women's reproductive health and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Thank you for joining us at #AAIC25 in #Toronto. CEO Damian Wheeler presented two posters, "Whole Brain Measurement of Amyloid Plaques and Neuroinflammation in AD Model Mice" and "Brain-Wide Cellular-Resolution Measurement of Antibody Therapeutic Biodistribution."

Heidi Fresenius is a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Irvine. Using their established antibodies and the Translucence Universal Tissue Clearing Kit, Heidi cleared ~50 µm mouse brain sections for a pilot experiment, followed by imaging on both wide field and confocal microscopes.

We are excited to attend #AAIC25 next week, where our CEO, Damian Wheeler, will be presenting some of the work we have been doing with our Tissue Clearing and Quantification Pipeline.

We love seeing what people are able to generate using our tissue clearing kits! Pictured below is a cleared thick mouse brain slice stained for amyloid (mOC78) and astrocytes (GFAP) by Heidi Fresenius, a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Irvine.

Translucence Biosystems CEO Dr. Damian Wheeler will be attending #AAIC25 in #Toronto from July 27–31! He’ll be connecting with the #Alzheimer’s research community and presenting two posters showcasing how tissue clearing is advancing the study of Alzheimer’s disease.

Translucence tissue clearing kits are ideal for next-generation 3D histology across various tissues. It stands out as the preferred option for researchers seeking an easy path to expert-level tissue clearing, so researchers can focus on what matters most – their discoveries.

Thank you for joining us at our recent Brunch and Learn, hosted in collaboration with the @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social Microscopy Core. We enjoyed sharing how tissue clearing is transforming biological research and discussing specific applications with attendees. (1/2)

Join us and the @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social Microscopy Core next Tues, April 29th, 2025, for a Brunch and Learn event focused on tissue clearing best practices.   #UCSD researchers and students are encouraged to join this session about light sheet imaging and 3D histology. Open to all.

We are hitting the road again! Later this month, we will be hosting a Brunch and Learn in collaboration with @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social Microscopy Core to discuss tissue clearing best practices and how it can be implemented to provide rich biological insights, followed by a Q&A session.

Thanks for joining us at our recent Lunch and Learn, hosted in collaboration with the Molecular Imaging Center at the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Cancer Research Lab. We enjoyed sharing how tissue clearing is transforming biological research and discussing specific applications with attendees.

Join us for a Lunch and Learn next Wednesday, April 9th. Open to UC Berkeley research community and anyone interested in learning how light sheet imaging and 3D histology techniques can accelerate their research. RSVP and details below. tinyurl.com/BerkeleyLunc...

Join us for a Lunch and Learn, hosted in collaboration with the Molecular Imaging Center at the UC Berkeley Cancer Research Lab. You'll learn tissue clearing best practices and how it's transforming biological research, followed by a Q&A session. RSVP: tinyurl.com/BerkeleyLunc...

Translucence Biosystems Co-Founder and CEO, Damian Wheeler, will be giving a talk about using tissue clearing and light sheet imaging to provide brain wide regional quantification of the next generation of antibody therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease and other CNS disorders.

Join us tomorrow for an insightful Lunch and Learn, hosted in collaboration with the Advanced Imaging Facility at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

It was a pleasure to connect with fellow tissue clearing enthusiasts and to share more about the tools and technologies we’re developing to make 3D tissue clearing and AI-powered analysis and quantification accessible to all researchers. [1/3]

Thanks for joining us at the 22nd Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop hosted by the Cancer Research Laboratory Molecular Imaging Center at UC Berkeley! We enjoyed connecting with imaging enthusiasts and learning how scientists are applying advanced imaging methods to their research.

We're participating in the Tissue Clearing Workshop at Harvard Medical School, hosted by MicRoN, on Feb. 10–12, 2025! This 3-day workshop includes: • Lectures on tissue clearing and expansion microscopy • Hands-on instrument and software demos • Poster sessions • Networking opportunities

We're hosting a #tissueclearing Lunch & Learn with the Advanced Imaging Facility at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine! Join us on 🗓️ Tue, Feb 18, 2025, from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, to learn what tissue clearing is and how it's transforming biological research! RSVP details below👇 [1/2]