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Microscopist builder
Turn up the volume! 🥳
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦
9 days ago
One of the most useful resources for anyone who uses fluorescence methods.
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FPbase
9 days ago
The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it!
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
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FPbase Fluorescence Spectra Viewer
An interactive fluorescence spectra viewer to evaluate the spectral properties of fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, filters, and detectors.
https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/
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Anne Carpenter
9 days ago
Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ten essential tips for robust statistics in cell biology - Nature Cell Biology
Statistical thinking is a core part of solid, trustworthy biology. However, many studies still include insufficient sample sizes, have poor experimental design or select an incorrect statistical metho...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-025-01801-y
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊
13 days ago
Registration for Halfway to I2K is now OPEN! And workshop submission is still too (for a bit)! Join 20+ presenters and counting, and hundreds of attendees in learning about image analysis, whether you're a complete beginner or a total pro.
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Damian Dalle Nogare
11 months ago
Italian 🇮🇹 scientists! Our open call for image analysis support through the
@humantechnopole.bsky.social
national facilities is currently accepting applications!
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Happy birthday Eva!!
@sciencedoodles.bsky.social
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@talley.codes
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Journal of Cell Biology
2 months ago
This 2009 article by
@jencwaters.bsky.social
discusses the parameters of digital image acquisition that affect the accuracy & precision of quantitative fluorescence
#microscopy
measurements
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
In
#Reproducibility
& Best Practices in Cell Biology:
rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Journal of Cell Biology
2 months ago
In 2019, Anna Jost &
@jencwaters.bsky.social
reviewed best practices for validating quantitative
#microscopy
methods & discuss strategies to avoid unconscious bias in imaging experiments
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
📕 In
#Reproducibility
& Best Practices in Cell Biology:
rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Jon Daniels
4 months ago
Production has started for a new
#Snoutscope
objective, AMS-AGY v3. It has significantly larger FOV and some other tweaks from v1 and v2. Currently accepting pre-orders. The price will need to increase modestly after deliveries start late October.
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AI4Life
4 months ago
3rd challenge from AI4Life! We're inviting the community to design unsupervised models that preserve spatial & temporal patterns in neuronal data. 📅 Open till Aug 11, 2025 🚀 Join now:
ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/challenge-3/
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The Company of Biologists
4 months ago
This week, we are highlighting Helen Zenner, Community Manager of
@focalplane.bsky.social
and
@jcellsci.bsky.social
Online Editor, as an extraordinary biologist.
#100biologists
@helenzsci.bsky.social
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Martin Weigert
4 months ago
Do you like developing new AI vision methods for microscopy image analysis? You love theory & implementation? 1 week left to apply for a fully funded PhD position in our lab in Dresden 🇩🇪! Topics: object detection/tracking, multimodal models & more. DM/email for details!
#PhD
#AcademicJobs
#GPUsgoBrr
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Vacancy ID 12244
http://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/stelle.asp?id=12244&lang=en&style=cms2
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The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/trump-science-nih-grants-dei-cuts.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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New PIs: Objective lens damage during routine use is real. These videos explain how this can happen and how to avoid it. Share with your lab!
#savetheobjectives
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Preventing Microscope Damage - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7Y2NBzyw8AioI3ea7en6jOZXTTrlxVF2
5 months ago
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Chronicle of Higher Education
5 months ago
In Advice: It can feel very risky to tell your doctoral adviser that you plan to deviate from the expected faculty career path. Here’s how to approach that conversation.
chroni.cl/4end1P1
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Advice | How to Have ‘The Talk’ With Your Adviser
Why do many Ph.D. students still feel compelled to make their career plans in secret?
https://chroni.cl/4end1P1
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Mallory Harris, PhD
5 months ago
The White House's proposed FY26 budget would cut NIH funding by >40%. Our new
#SCIMaP
report projects the budget would lead to economic losses throughout the US with $10M+ lost in almost every House district.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social
@asinclair.bsky.social
@cl10.bsky.social
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
https://scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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"The money the government sends to Harvard is, in effect, not a subsidy to advance the university’s mission. It’s a payment for the role Harvard plays in advancing the research mission of the United States."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/22/upshot/harvard-funding-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.2JTb.hojwJZ17AI6u&smid=url-share
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"Without researchers at Harvard or other universities doing this foundational work, it’s not clear who would. The government doesn’t have the expertise. Companies don’t have the luxury of time."
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/22/upshot/harvard-funding-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.2JTb.hojwJZ17AI6u&smid=bs-share
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"This is the science model the U.S. has developed over 80 years: The government sets the agenda and funds the work; university scientists design the studies and find the answers... There is no alternative in the U.S. to produce the kind of scientific advancements represented by these grants."
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/22/upshot/harvard-funding-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.2JTb.hojwJZ17AI6u&smid=bs-share
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“The money the government sends to Harvard is, in effect, not a subsidy to advance the university’s mission. It’s a payment for the role Harvard plays in advancing the research mission of the United States.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/22/upshot/harvard-funding-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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David Grinspoon
5 months ago
Watching a science talk with slides completely incomprehensible to us colorblind folks. Easily fixable with a little effort… 🧪
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Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status
A judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations plays out.
https://apnews.com/article/students-trump-administration-arrest-deportation-7fc4cb9ebc1b10d3ec0d564313067846
6 months ago
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Lynn Jolicoeur
6 months ago
"I'm still in shock. I know that there have been political issues around Harvard in recent weeks, but antibiotic resistance isn't one of them." My conversation with Harvard microbiologist
@baym.lol
, one of many researchers there who just lost millions in fed. grants.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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Antibiotic research at Harvard lab threatened by federal funding cuts
Microbiologist Michael Baym studies antibiotic resistance at Harvard Medical School. He lost millions in federal funding this week.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/16/harvard-grants-research
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Angie Rasmussen
6 months ago
See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did. Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.
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Rita Strack
7 months ago
Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
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AIC at Janelia
7 months ago
The latest AIC Call for Proposals is now open! Deadline is June 16, 2025. Come use
@hhmijanelia.bsky.social
imaging technology and expertise for FREE. Visit
www.aicjanelia.org/apply
for details. Before applying, contact us to schedule a technical consultation!
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Apply | aicjanelia
Apply to use the advanced microscopes housed at the AIC.
https://www.aicjanelia.org/apply
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Eoin Brodie
7 months ago
US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc
#AcademicSky
#PhDSky
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US Applicant Week
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant-week
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Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez
7 months ago
Light sheet baby!! QI2025
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Suliana Manley
7 months ago
Our latest preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
, describes Willi Stepp’s project to make smart microscopy even gentler by doing event detection in phase contrast. We developed neural networks to detect mito-LD and mito-lysosome contacts, as well as mitochondrial pre-fission constrictions.
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QI@CSHL
7 months ago
Our first prize winners for their confocal data presentation: 'Pinhole Pros' Federico & Naly!
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Close to the end!
#mixedfeelings
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Half way there!
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8 months ago
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QI@CSHL
8 months ago
I spy with my little eye...a sneak peek of our light sheet microscopy lab samples! Perks of being a
@cshlnews.bsky.social
course is access to lots of great sample collecting spots!
#catchoftheday
#tardigrades
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QI@CSHL
8 months ago
Our openSPIM is officially up and running to image the latest catch of the day! Fueled by pymmcore-plus & pymmcore-gui! 💪⚡🔬
pymmcore-plus.github.io/pymmcore-plus/
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QI@CSHL
8 months ago
QI 2025 student Federico, a computer scientist, oiling an immersion lens for the first time. 💪
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QI@CSHL
8 months ago
@fedegasparoli.bsky.social
is setting up our openSPIM in preparation for the light sheet lab next week. Pro tip: Stouts block light more effectively than lagers.
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QI@CSHL
8 months ago
Full calendar, great students, dedicated instructors & TAs, and nonstop learning! 🔬🖥️ 📊#microscopybootcamp
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Eva de la Serna
8 months ago
Excited teach & help w/BoBiAC! This course is perfect for grad students & postdocs using fluorescence microscopy to learn how to use python to process & analyze image data! Best part: it's beginner friendly - no python experience required! More info & apply:
iac.hms.harvard.edu/bobiac/2025/...
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New Python image processing and analysis course!! Pls retweet
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Rylie Walsh
9 months ago
Come learn microscopy with us by the sea in May!
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Gaia Pigino
9 months ago
“Join the Pigino Lab! We’re hiring a PhD student to explore primary cilia biology using advanced imaging, spatial ‘omics, and AI. Apply now at www.cilia-ai.eu and be part of the Cilia-AI Doctoral Network!”
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Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitment
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/19/mark-zuckerberg-chan-dei
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9 months ago
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Florian Jug
9 months ago
🔬🎤 As pre-announced a few days ago... please let us proudly present to you: 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝕊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 - your ticket to imaging more, imaging more gentle, and/or imaging more efficient. 🔬
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Like ❤️, repost 🔂, and most importantly... please send feedback ✉️ our way! 🙏
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Marc Somssich
9 months ago
Every time someone mentions using a
#FRET
#biosensor
to me, I still think about this tweet from
@joachimgoedhart.bsky.social
. Even after seven long years.
#Microscopy
#Imaging
#CellBiology
#PlantMicroscopy
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Brett Favaro
9 months ago
Like if you get your Tesla serviced after one of its many regular breakdowns, you wouldn't expect to only have to pay for the shop supplies (at cost) and a portion of the one mechanics salary. You'd expect that things like facility operations, building rent, etc would all be wrapped in
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Oren Gur
9 months ago
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania has indirect rate of 70%, but they probably didn’t want to list that atop Harvard because defunding a children’s hospital might be perceived as problematic. This is devastating
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Adrianna McIntyre
9 months ago
The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH. GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC. Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.
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