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Digital image analyst @mdibiolab.bsky.social @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social #science #microscopy #mdibiolab #bluesci

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#HappyMicroscopyMonday #microscopycommunity-Join the AIMM user community on Friday, March 6, for a talk by Hannah Somers- “Stop Reinventing the Protocol: MicroHub, a Searchable Hub for Microscopy Knowledge”

Learn more: buff.ly/kZSIkSJ

02.03.2026 17:14 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Today's #microscopymonday from MDI Bio Lab is a view of the #microvasculature in a young African turquoise killifish heart.

📸 2025 Dr. Anastasia Paulmann and Hannah Somers, MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility

02.03.2026 15:00 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It is time to plan your next course of #LSFM #LISH #Lightsheet
It will take place for the second time in @mdibl.org, next to Bar Harbour and you can enjoy the Acadia National Park but also join me to swim everyday in a refreshing ocean!
Join us!
mdibl.org/course/lsfm-...

26.02.2026 18:18 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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This amazing #microscopymonday capture of a young African turquoise killifish's brain blood vessels by the MDI Bio Lab's Haller lab was imaged using the MesoSPIM in the MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility.

#researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

23.02.2026 15:00 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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A special Valentine's Day, brain! 😘

#fluorescentfriday #brain #vasculature #microscopy #valentinesday @mdibl.org

13.02.2026 16:55 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
27.01.2026 18:39 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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A #fluorescencefriday image of an adult #zebrafish kidney by the Drummond Lab's Caramai Kamei, Ph.D.

We are looking at the aorta that runs through the kidney. Blood vessels connect to glomeruli, which hang like fruits on a tree.

#researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝

23.01.2026 15:00 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

One year into Trump's second presidency, how are science and medical research faring? Our @nature.com team breaks it down for you. (1/n)

From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about

Layoffs ✅
Funding cuts ✅
Attacks on science ✅

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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20.01.2026 15:41 👍 365 🔁 174 💬 11 📌 12

📗 New paper in PLOS Genetics, "Zebrafish genetic model of neuromuscular degeneration associated with Atrogin-1 expression" from Romain Menard, Romain Madelaine & team.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012019

🧪 🐟🎸 #ScientificResearchPublishing

12.01.2026 20:56 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

We have been thinking a lot recently on how to share and interact with code when doing image analysis. This is one piece of the puzzle. Awesome work driven by Bruno S.

Always a delight to work with @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🫶
More to come soon 😄.

15.01.2026 12:12 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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🎉 Today is the last of our Top Posts countdown. This time it's a #microscopymonday post from Bluesky.

Thank you for joining us as we revisited our top posts of 2025—for liking, sharing and being part of our digital community. It's what makes our work possible. 🧪 🐟🎸

#researchmatters

31.12.2025 16:18 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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📚 New paper published in Kidney International, "Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition improves age-dependent kidney microvascular rarefaction" by Anastasia Paulmann, Hermann Haller & team: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.12.011

#NephSky #RenalSky #ScientificResearchPublishing 🧪 👩‍🔬

02.01.2026 15:00 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2026

2026 Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy, May 31–June 6

This course brings together academic, industry and lab innovators to share the latest developments taking place in light-sheet research and its biological applications.

#lightsheet #fluorescencemicroscopy #microscopy 🧪 🍎 #microscopymonday

23.12.2025 15:00 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy 2026

Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy 2026: Registration Open!

An international course in #fluorescence #microscopy and imaging for advanced grad students, postdoc trainees, imaging core managers and researchers who are incorporating the technology into their laboratories.

🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

10.12.2025 15:00 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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This image by MDI Bio Lab's Travis Carney is a #drosophila larval brain. Neural stem cells and neurons are marked, including axons that project into the brain. The flare in the center of each lobe is part of a learning and memory center in flies.

ZEISS Microscopy #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝

10.11.2025 15:01 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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MDI Bio Lab’s Hannah Somers’ Image Wins International Recognition

Big congratulations to Hannah Somers, Digital Image Analyst at MDI Bio Lab, whose striking visualization of a zebrafish’s brain was named an Image of Distinction in the Nikon Small World competition — and featured by #NationalGeographic!

#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩‍🔬

03.11.2025 15:01 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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No tricks—just #fluorescent treats! 🎃

Captured by Romain Menard in the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social, this #zebrafish shows its vascular (Fli1a:GFP) and motor neuron (mnx1:mCherry) systems glowing under the microscope.

#fluoresencefriday #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸

31.10.2025 15:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations to Frederic Bonnet and the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social on these amazing achievements!! 🎉

17.10.2025 19:17 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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At first glance, you might think you’re staring at alien worlds or abstract art—but these breathtaking images come from right here on Earth. The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World… | Nationa... At first glance, you might think you’re staring at alien worlds or abstract art—but these breathtaking images come from right here on Earth. The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World competitio...

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18.10.2025 19:13 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Grateful to see one my #superresolution #pollen images won 2nd place at the 2025 @bioimagingna.bsky.social image contest!

www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/image-contes...

#microscopy #confocal #botany #plantscience #allergies #bioimaging

14.10.2025 15:59 👍 65 🔁 12 💬 8 📌 1
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Thanks go out to MDI Bio Lab Digital Image Analyst @hsomers.bsky.social for this #microscopymonday view of an adult #zebrafish (brain vasculature) from the MesoSPIM.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet

22.09.2025 12:20 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors Jointly Promote Vascular Development in Kidney Organoids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673963v1

05.09.2025 05:31 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Exchange of Experience Virtual Group | May 28 2025 | Frederic Bonnet
Exchange of Experience Virtual Group | May 28 2025 | Frederic Bonnet YouTube video by BioImaging North America

Speaking with BioImaging North America about the Maine Microscopy Course! @bioimagingna.bsky.social @mdibiolab.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90L...

#science #education #microscopy #EoE

04.09.2025 18:53 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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One of the people I'm indebted the most for creating stunningly beautiful #mesoSPIM samples was Martina Schaettin - who tragically passed away in March this year. To honor her memory, Elkhan Yusifov created an award - submit your best #microscopy images & videos! www.linkedin.com/company/mart...

22.08.2025 17:32 👍 63 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 2
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Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025

🚨 Last chance to sign up for the 2025 Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids.

Renowned faculty and invited speakers will teach participants how to incorporate #iPSC & #organoid tech into their work, allowing them to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving scientific landscape. Apply now!

🧪 🤝 🍎

26.08.2025 12:13 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
microscope image of fribroblast cell

microscope image of fribroblast cell

This mouse fibroblast cell captured by @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social in 2022 is labeled with a #fluorescence to visualize the actin cytoskeleton—a network of actin filaments & proteins that maintains cell shape, enables movement & supports key processes.

#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝

18.08.2025 12:20 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
What is optical aberration ?
What is optical aberration ? YouTube video by LMF@MDIBL

Do you see chromatic aberration in your images? www.youtube.com/shorts/9lyix...

#science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl

04.08.2025 12:42 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
What is Köhler illumination ? #science #microscope #biology #optics
What is Köhler illumination ? #science #microscope #biology #optics YouTube video by LMF@MDIBL

What is Köhler Illumination?

youtube.com/shorts/-1ct0...

#microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science

28.07.2025 13:02 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
star fish under a microscope

star fish under a microscope

A beautiful #microscopymonday sea star captured by @hsomers.bsky.social in 2022.

Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green

#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife

28.07.2025 12:13 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0