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Laura Breimann

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Genome Organization & Imaging Researcher | Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School | Expert in Advanced Imaging, Image Analysis & Chromatin Biology https://laurabreimann.github.io/

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🚨 Job Alert - Please share! πŸ™

Interested in 3D gene regulation in development & evolution? πŸ€“πŸ§¬

πŸ’₯ Our lab at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social is expanding!

We’re recruiting:
βœ… PhD students
βœ… Postdocs
πŸ’»πŸ§ͺ Experimental or computational backgrounds welcome

πŸ‘‡ Details below

06.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

I use Hoechst, DAPI has an interaction with my oxygen scavenger buffer that dims the fluorescence!

04.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Designing proteins for targeted cell activation Prof. Thomas SchlichthΓ€rle spricht ΓΌber seine Arbeit als Professor fΓΌr AI-guided Protein Design.

Get to know Thomas SchlichthΓ€rle, our newly appointed professor of #AI-guided #ProteinDesign, in the latest NewIn episode. He wants to use custom-designed #proteins to advance the development of new #medicines: go.tum.de/484027

#HightechAgendaBayern

▢️ youtu.be/G-pt28HJpA8

πŸ“Ή& πŸ“·ProLehre

24.02.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us at CSHL for Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysisβ€”two weeks of advanced imaging, analysis, and hands-on labs with cutting-edge microscopes and open source software!
πŸ“… April 6–21, 2026
πŸ“ Applications due Friday Jan 30, 2026

27.01.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,

🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?

20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
πŸ—“οΈ June 4-18 2026

✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️

πŸ” pls!!

www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

28.12.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Pinging @carmofonlab.bsky.social, do you maybe have a suggestion?

17.12.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper out! Combining single-objective light-sheet microscopy and time-resolved SPAD array detection, we massively accelerate fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) compared to confocal FLIM, making FLIM applicable to 3D specimen such as organoids and embryos.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

15.12.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Very happy to share that starting in January, I will take on a new position as microscopic imaging facility leader and researcher at Der Simulierte Mensch (Si-M), a new joint institute by CharitΓ© and TUBerlin, which aims at advancing human model systems (e.g. organoids) for biomedical research.

12.12.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Valentin! Excited to visit in the future!

12.12.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a fun workshop idea!

11.11.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Tweet pointing out that academic spam is actually in its own way kind of encouraging.

Screenshot of a Tweet pointing out that academic spam is actually in its own way kind of encouraging.

I think about this post every day πŸ§ͺ

07.11.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 637 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,

Janelia is hosting a course on DL for bioimage analysis www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

06.11.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three new research groups joining the MPIMG

We are excited to welcome @fueyoraquel.bsky.social, @sedonamurphy.bsky.social, and @jmstein.bsky.social as new group leaders at our institute!
Read more about their work:
--> www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-10-31-n...
All three are recruiting in the IMPRS PhD Call!
--> www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...

06.11.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3

17.10.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Microscopists | Robert Haase (Leipzig University) We're thrilled to bring you the latest episode of The Microscopists, this time featuring Robert Haase, Lecturer and Training Coordinator at Leipzig University. In this episode, Robert chats about t...

Oh yes-the one and only Robert Haase @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social
From #GrandTheftAuto to the impact AI is having on #bioimaging.
+the challenges of creating AI courses for bioimage analysis, & his unique perspective as a programmer-turned-biologist.
Stream- bit.ly/microscopist...
@globias.bsky.social

19.09.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars:
September 10    Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA
    Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA

September 24    Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA
    Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA

October 8    Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA
    Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA

October 22    Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of NeuchΓ’tel, Switzerland
    Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA

November 5    Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK
    Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA

November 19    Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada
    Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK

December 3    MarΓ­a Mariner FaulΓ­, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain
    Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA

December 17    Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK
    Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada

Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars: September 10 Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA September 24 Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA October 8 Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA October 22 Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of NeuchΓ’tel, Switzerland Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA November 5 Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA November 19 Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK December 3 MarΓ­a Mariner FaulΓ­, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA December 17 Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada

We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social!

register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

01.09.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 8

Same! Just placed a hold at my library!

29.08.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you like transcription regulation and its mechanisms, this WIP list is for you.

I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list.

go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB

28.08.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 3

Thank you for this! I was trying to implement these metrics in my pipeline for QC and I was always annoyed how badly these work!

22.08.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Image quality metrics fail to accurately represent biological information in fluorescence microscopy Image processing methods offer the potential to improve the quality of fluorescence microscopy data, allowing for image acquisition at lower, less phototoxic illumination doses. The training and evalu...

Hello! Very excited to share our latest preprint, which is great news for us but terrible news for any diehard fans of PSNR and SSIM as image quality metrics in microscopy... (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

07.08.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Initiation of meiosis from human iPSCs under defined conditions through identification of regulatory factors Overexpression of regulatory factors and treatment with small molecules drives human stem cells to directly initiate meiosis.

Link to the paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Excited that our paper was published in Science Advances πŸ§ͺ
Great work by first author Merrick Pierson Smela who will carry this work forward in his new start-up!

16.08.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mechanistic and Epigenetic Partitioning of Lamina-Associated Chromatin Revealed by a Genome-Wide Imaging Screen The nuclear periphery is a key site for heterochromatin organization in eukaryotic cells, where lamina-associated domains (LADs) promote transcriptional repression and genome stability. Despite their ...

🚨New preprint from the lab🚨
🧬 What keeps certain chromatin domains anchored at the nuclear periphery? Our new genome-wide HiDRO screen uncovers a key role for RNA-binding protein hnRNPK.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

14.08.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

What better way to launch our new account with the publication of @jmstein.bsky.social latest paper from the lab! πŸ§ͺ Check out the 🧡 below to learn more about tkPAINT and how we use it to image proteins, DNA, and RNA in the nucleus using DNA-PAINT.

13.08.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited that tkPAINT is finally published! πŸ”¬ Check out the latest version at @pnas.org and see this thread from @jmstein.bsky.social for the overview! Thank you for this fun collaboration! πŸ€—

13.08.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for an opportunity to work on cutting super-resolution microscopy and AI? There's still time to apply to the two positions!

23.07.2025 06:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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(1/n) A simple, ultrastable, and cost-effective oxygen-scavenging system for long-term DNA-PAINT imaging

Please check out our new study on the benefits of sodium sulfite as oxygen scavenging system for DNA-PAINT.
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#SuperResolution #DNAPAINT #SMLM #Microscopy

21.07.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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This seems like a really important paper comparing chromosome tracing methods, demonstrating that classical denaturing DNA-FISH and chromosome tracing leads to substantial distortion of 3D genome structure, likely due to the high-temperatures involved (70-90C):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

20.07.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Vacancy ID 12244

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 πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ! Topics: object detection/tracking, multimodal models & more. DM/email for details! #PhD #AcademicJobs #GPUsgoBrr

10.07.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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a yellow sign that says we 're hiring ALT: a yellow sign that says we 're hiring

Nature Methods is hiring!
We are seeking a new editor with expertise in microscopy, imaging technology, and/or cell biology. The position is available in NYC/Jersey City or Shanghai/Beijing on a hybrid working model.
Apply by August 3!

springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

09.07.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3