From illuminated discoveries to festive ornaments 🎄✨ We’re grateful to our customers and partners for a year of fun, fruitful collaboration and inspiring results. Here’s to more exciting science in 2026. But first, happy holidays and a relaxing break!

Out now: paper in @natcomms.nature.com applying #DNAPAINT 3D #MINFLUX to study activcation and modulation of the mechano-sensitive ion channel #PIEZO1. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Superresolution microscopy has never been easier than with our STEDYCON. Switch to STED with a single click to reveal subcellular details like the exact localization of these two proteins within the golgi. link.abberior.rocks/stedycon #STED #STEDYCON2 #superresolution

STEDYCON’s software is the definition of ease-of-use: 🔸Hardly any training required 🔸From system start to stunning images in no time 🔸Switch between confocal, STED, FLIM with only a few clicks 🔸Browser-based: monitor your session from anywhere link.abberior.rocks/stedyconsoft... #STEDYCON2

At #cellbio2025, our new #STEDYCON2 again did what it does best: impressing everyone with a rock-solid, high-quality performance in confocal, STED, and lifetime imaging 🤩

STEDYCON transforms your microscope into a full-fledged confocal and STED machine! 🔸independent of the manufacturer 🔸for inverted and upright microscopes 🔸for old and new frames link.abberior.rocks/stedycon #STEDYCON2

We will exhibit at #cellbio2025 in Philadelphia, PA! Get to know our brand-new STEDYCON 2 live and in action! Bring your own samples and see how this compact and flexible microscope performs as it combines confocal, STED, and lifetime imaging in one flexible system.

#STEDYCON2 is engineered for ultimate robustness: 🔸All lasers aligned by design, including STED laser 👉no need for beam calibration, ever 🔸Hardware-based STEADYFOCUS 👉focus position is permanently stable 🔸Enhanced optomechanics 👉extended remote serviceability link.abberior.rocks/stedycon

Happy Fluorescence Friday! Effortless protein labeling with our labeling kits for #confocal, #STED & #MINFLUX. Works for proteins >4 kDa: IgG, Fab, nanobodies & more. Workflow: Prep → React → Clean → Stain Exceptional signal, stability & performance! #proteinlabeling #fluorescencefriday

#FLIM is now available for STEDYCON! 🌈 As #TIMEBOW lifetime imaging, it’s fully integrated into the STEDYCON smart control software and powered by @picoquant.bsky.social’s MultiHarp 150 hardware. STEDYCON is your fast track to lifetime imaging. link.abberior.rocks/timebow #STEDYCON2

Thrilled to announce that abberior instruments won 1st place in the regional #innovation award Göttingen-Northeim with our #MIRAVAPOLYSCOPE!💪 MIRAVA enables light microscopy across orders of magnitude – powerful, fast, and intuitive. Huge thanks to our amazing team, partners, and customers.

As your sample expands, our dyes stay bright! #Centrioles of #Chlamydomonas, 4x gel-expanded and imaged with confocal and STED, using #FLEXPOSURE to reduce bleaching. Staining: PolyE (abberior STAR RED). Sample courtesy: P. Guichard & D. Gambarotto, Uni of Geneva #ExM #fluorescencefriday

Presenting the new #STEDYCON2 at #SfN25, booth no. 812! Bring your own sample and see for yourself how this highly compact and flexible confocal and STED microscope performs.

If you missed the presentation of the #STEDYCON2 last week – here is your chance to watch the webinar’s recording and see how seamlessly our new microscope combines confocal, STED, and lifetime imaging: link.abberior.rocks/newstedycon2 #webinar #confocal #STED #FLIM

Our new #STEDYCON2 and crew is waiting for you at #Sfn25 booth 812! Bring your own samples and see for yourself how this flexible and easy-to-use system performs, be it in confocal, superresolution STED, or lifetime mode.

Check out this NIH-3T3 #spheroid stained with #abberior dyes! • STAR RED – NPC (magenta) • STAR ORANGE – TOM20 (yellow) • LIVE 510 actin (cyan) Grown in µ-Slide VI 0.4 µ-Pattern ibiTreat from @ibidicells.bsky.social and imaged with abberior #STEDYCON. #3Dcellculture #fluorescencefriday

Meet our new STEDYCON 2! link.abberior.rocks/stedycon It brings you 👉 confocal & STED microscopy 👉 TIMEBOW lifetime imaging 👉 Unmatched flexibility, reliability & stability 👉 Ease-of-use with intuitive, browser-based software 👉 Enhanced remote serviceability #STEDYCON2 #FLIM #STED #confocal

Join us at #SfN25, where our brand-new #STEDYCON2 will make its trade show premiere! Bring your own samples and see for yourself how STEDYCON performs, combining confocal, STED, and lifetime imaging in one flexible system. Our colleagues will be happy to answer your questions. Hope to see you there!

📢Last call! Join the premiere of our new #STEDYCON2 tomorrow at 15:30 CET. Register for free: link.abberior.rocks/newstedycon #FLIM #STED #confocal #webinar

Hey #imagingfacility managers: Do you want to 👉speed up training sessions 👉increase productivity 👉make your users happy? Our new #STEDYCON2 can do all that, combining #confocal, #STED, and #FLIM imaging in one flexible system. Join our #webinar: 📆 Nov 13 | 15:30 CET link.abberior.rocks/newstedycon

Soon to come: the new STEDYCON 2 ! Confocal, STED & lifetime imaging — all in one flexible system. Discover how easy state-of-the art imaging can be. Join the premiere! 📅 Nov 13, 15:30 CET Register: link.abberior.rocks/newstedycon #FLIM #STED #confocal #webinar #stedycon2

Imagine capturing biological complexity precisely in the way you need it, with a single instrument and intuitive workflows. Discover the new #STEDYCON2 ! It combines #confocal, #STED, and #FLIM - all in one easy-to-use system. Join our webinar on Nov 13, 15:30 CET 👉 link.abberior.rocks/newstedycon

#ExM #3DSTED for #fluorescencefriday: #herpesvirus particles 4-5x expanded. Viral glycoprotein (🟨STAR RED) and tegument protein (🟦STAR 580) stained. Don’t just expand your sample, expand your options with abberior dyes and STED! Sample courtesy: Jannik Jensen & @bosse-lab.bsky.social #virology

Join the 3rd Annual West Coast Superresolution workshop at Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA, USA. 📅Nov 12-14, in-person and virtual Register for free: abberior.co/wcsr_worksho... Includes: 🔸STED and MINFLUX hands-on sessions 🔸Sample prep and data analysis 🔸Keynote from STED inventor Stefan W. Hell

Do you have an old microscope you want to bring up to scratch? #STEDYCON cost-effectively transforms any microscope into a state-of-the-art #confocal + #STED system! link.abberior.rocks/stedycondfg In Germany, the #DFG now funds the sustainable renewal of large-scale equipment. Upgrade now!

Mammalian cells stained for actin (🟪STAR RED) and vimentin (🟦, LIVE 460L). Differential detection with the MATRIX array detector was used to improve resolution, optical sectioning, and signal-to-background-ratio. #fluorescencefriday

Missed last week's webinar on MINFLUX sample preparation? No problem! Watch the recording and see how you can optimize your workflow to get the best out of your MINFLUX experiment: link.abberior.rocks/sampleprep2 #MINFLUX #SMLM #superresolution #SamplePrep

Come and see us at MiFoBio in Seignosse, France. Get to know our STEDYCON that converts any microscope body into a full-fledged confocal and STED machine, find out how our dyes can boost your imaging, and visit the abberior&Bruker workshop where we combine AFM and fluorescence microscopy.

Meet us at the EMBO symposium Seeing is believing in Heidelberg, Germany. Find out what you ever wanted to know about confocal and superresolution microscopy, learn about STED and MINFLUX and how they can boost your research.

✨ abberior dyes on the Yokogawa CQ3000! The fixed-cell IF image shows: 🟠 Nuclear pores (STAR RED) 🔵 Golgi (STAR ORANGE) ⚪ Actin (STAR GREEN) The CQ3000 delivers fast, precise 3D imaging & analysis -perfectly matched with the brightness + stability of our dyes. #CellVoyager #CQ3000 #abberiordyes

📢Last call! Join our webinar on MINFLUX sample preparation TOMORROW at 15:30 CEST. Register for free: link.abberior.rocks/sampleprep #MINFLUX #SMLM #superresolution #SamplePrep

We had a great time at #GEF25! Impressive science and creative event logo design😃- many thanks to the fantastic organizers!

Don’t miss the chance to learn about MINFLUX sample preparation! Register now for our webinar on Wednesday, October 1, 15:30 CEST: link.abberior.rocks/sampleprep #MINFLUX #SMLM #superresolution #SamplePrep

See us at Göttingen #ExM Forum #GEF25 and check out how expansion, abberior STAR dyes, and superresolution STED microscopy can team up to boost your imaging. We look forward to talking to you!

We asked our customers for their experience with our microscopes. The result: almost 100% would recommend abberior! 🤩 Top reasons: system performance & service. 💪 We also received suggestions how to do even better, and we are already working on turn these ideas into reality. Stay tuned!

3 color confocal image of a #Drosophila 🪰embryo stained for chitin (🟦STAR RED), tubulin (🟥STAR ORANGE), and DNA (🟩PicoGreen) #fluorescencefriday

Curious about MINFLUX but unsure how to handle sample prep? Already using MINFLUX and want better results? Join our webinar on MINFLUX sample preparation: link.abberior.rocks/sampleprep 📅 Wed, Oct 1, 15:30 CEST ✅ Easy-to-follow tips ✅ Common mistakes to avoid ✅ Live Q&A #MINFLUX #SamplePrep

✨ Happy #FluorescenceFriday Confocal image of MDCK II cells with multiplexed STAR dyes: 🟢 ZO-1 (STAR 460L) 🔴 Paxillin (STAR RED) 🔵 Ki67 (STAR ORANGE) ⚪ GFP-Tubulin Thanks to Javier Casares Arias (ETH Zürich) for this stunning dataset! 🌟 #abberiordyes #STARdyes #multicolorimaging

Our #MIRAVAPOLYSCOPE will show its many talents at the light microscopy workshop in Prague, CZ, on October 14-15: • 2D/3D #STED • RAYSHAPE aberration correction • TIMEBOW lifetime imaging • MATRIX array detection Join the hands-on sessions and see what MIRAVA can do for your resarch!

#3DSTED volume of #Drosophila nephrocytes stained for Kirre🟦(STAR RED), nephrocyte diaphragm component (Neph1 homolog), and DAPI🟥. Light burden was reduced with #FLEXPOSURE adaptive illumination. Sample courtesy: Konrad Lang, Freiburg Uni Medical Center, Germany #fluorescencefriday #superresolution

New! abberior CELL LINE – Mito-SNAP / ER-Halo Visualize mitochondria & ER in real time with SNAP- & Halo-tags. Stable, easy to culture, and perfect for live-cell imaging and probe testing. Learn more: [email protected] #LiveCellImaging #SNAPtag #HaloTag #abberior

MIRAVA POLYSCOPE installed and ready for true science beyond barriers at Institute of Science and Technology Austria! Certainly we will soon see many new publications exploring what's going on at life's nanoscale. Enjoy your new system! #MINFLUX #STED #superresolution #MIRAVAPOLYSCOPE

BABB-cleared early #Xenopus embryos with stained nuclei (RNA Pol II pS2, STAR RED). The combination of #3DSTED and MATRIX array detection boosts resolution and the signal-to-background-ratio. Sample by Hui Chen, PhD. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA #superresolution #STEDmicroscopy

We will be at #SMLMS2025 in Bonn. Don’t miss the chance to get up to date on MINFLUX imaging and tracking, be it 2D or 3D! We’ll be happy to answer all your questions and look forward to seeing you.

In July, the first two MIRAVA POLYSCOPEs were installed in North America: #NorthwesternU and #Yale are now home to our newest micrscopy platform, facilitating imaging across scales from millimeters to 3 nm resolution. (Video of installation at Northwestern) #MIRAVAPOLYSCOPE #MINFLUX #STEDmicroscopy

Visit us at #BNMI2025 in Gothenburg (SE) and learn everything you want to know about our easy-to-use and rock-solid #STEDYCON, multicolor STED, dyes for superresolution, and much more by our colleague Jan. You find us at booth B (opposite the registration desk). We look forward to meeting you there!

#Mitochondria researchers listen up: Stoldt et al. established protocols for #superresolution microscopy of mitochondria, combining #smFISH with #STED and #MINFLUX. They investigate spatial relationships between specific mRNAs and proteins and distinct mRNA shapes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬 3-color live-cell STED with just one laser (775 nm)! TOM20-Halo was labeled with LIVE SiR HaloX (red), tubulin with LIVE 590 (cyan), and actin with LIVE 460L (grey). #STED #LiveCellImaging #HaloX #SuperResolution #Abberior

Artefact-free #deconvolution with abberior’s #TRUESHARP image boosting. Confocal image of the #Drosophila embryo CNS stained for tubulin (🟦STAR ORANGE) and DNA (🟩PicoGreen). TRUESHARP is also available as a free online tool: link.abberior.rocks/true #fluorescencefriday

We are excited to announce our collaboration with Tebubio as our official distributor for Europe! Discover more about our partnership and shared mission in the announcement below! #abberior #Tebubio #Partnership