Anja Schmidt
@anjanja1024.bsky.social
- scientist @AIC Janelia - theatre lover -🇩🇪🇺🇸
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During the final group project at #IALSJanelia, participants are combining their knowledge of light sheet microscopy, large data handling, and tracking to measure macrophage motion in a zebrafish tail. The data shown here was taken on our SiMView microscope by @anjanja1024.bsky.social.
We're discussing the pros and cons of approaches for increasing imaging depth at #IALSJanelia. One benefit of two-photon microscopy (2P) is label-free second harmonic generation (SHG). Here SHG (purple) reveals structures surrounding macrophages (teal) in a zebrafish tail.
🧪 Want to image specimens that require air-liquid interface on a microscope with water-dipping lenses such as the lattice light sheet system? @aicjanelia.bsky.social, @cmhobson.bsky.social and TokaiHIT have just made that a reality. Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Adapting upright light sheet fluorescence microscopy for imaging at air-liquid interface - npj Imaging
npj Imaging - Adapting upright light sheet fluorescence microscopy for imaging at air-liquid interface
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Continuing our discussion of super-resolution techniques, our morning lecture at #IALSJanelia focused on analysis of localization microscopy data. Tessellation of this iPALM dataset reveals not only the boundary of the focal adhesion, but also internal structure within.
Today at #IALSJanelia, we're exploring super-resolution. This includes spending time at @aicjanelia.bsky.social's iPALM system, where participant are exploring tubulin networks (purples) and focal adhesions (light blue) at the ~20 nm scale! iPALM data by @anjanja1024.bsky.social
Awwww the cytoskeleton 😍
AIC at Janelia@aicjanelia.bsky.social · 2w agoThis afternoon's imaging lab at #IALSJanelia is all about subcellular structures, highlighted here by myosin (white) and actin (orange). These membrane ruffles were captured on our lattice light-sheet microscope by @cmhobson.bsky.social
During our first analysis lab at #IALSJanelia 2026, participants are exploring #TrackMate. How do tracking challenges (and advantages) change when you image different parts of the cell? Do you get the same results from different labels?
We're exploring Fourier transforms at #IALSJanelia. In addition to applying them computationally in #Fiji, we're performing them optically with the help of a @thorlabs.bsky.social optics kit run by @cmhobson.bsky.social!
This morning at #IALSJanelia, we're jumping into image analysis with #FIJI / #ImageJ! Our practical exercises on image filtering include comparisons of denoising approaches.
We're kicking off #IALSJanelia 2026 with a keynote lecture by @scopeshifu.bsky.social. Our teaching team is excited to get to know all our participants and start two weeks of talking about microscopy! 🔬
Despite its nebula-like qualities, this image is from the microscopic rather than astrophysical scale. This adherent cell was labeled for focal adhesions (blue structures) and actin (orange fibers). It is one of the many samples the team is hard at work preparing for #IALSJanelia 2026!
We enjoyed having Wenting Zhao and team here to take data on our iPALM system with @anjanja1024.bsky.social and wish them happy data analyzing!
Still one of my favorite data sets! Congratulations Laura!
New England Society for Microscopy@nesmicroscopy.bsky.social · 5mo agoGORGEOUS data from Laura Smithson for #MicroscopyMonday! 🏆 Our #NESM Fall Symposium Poster Winner (Brown Univ., de Graffenried Lab) used customized #FIB-SEM to reconstruct the T. brucei cytoskeleton at 4 nm res — 9,000+ images & 660 GB. @brown.edu @aicjanelia.bsky.social #Microscopy #VolumeEM #EM
Dynamic actin waves in a zebrafish embryo. Credit to @aaandmoore.bsky.social & Dvir Gur. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Getting started with analysis can be daunting, especially given the many tools available. In our latest @focalplane.bsky.social post, @scientistrachel.bsky.social & Owen Puls discuss framing analysis questions to extract informative biological information. focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/15/h...
How do I get started with image analysis? - FocalPlane
How do I get started with image analysis? - AIC at HHMI Janelia
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One last Bob's coffee break at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social before our final #InsightFromImaging activity: Participants are working in groups to formulate a hypothesis and design an imaging experiment to test it 🔬
For our final lecture at #InsightFromImaging 2025, @jesseaic.bsky.social is discussing electron microscopy and correlative approaches, including results from our FIB-SEM system, which can achieve 4 nm resolution in 3D!
We spent the afternoon at #InsightFromImaging in the lab exploring 5 different microscopes (& 5 different samples!) to understand approaches for imaging depth. Kidney slice prep by Ellen, imaged by Jenny using 2P (green tubulin) + SHG (magenta), viz by @scientistrachel.bsky.social in #AGAVE
Today at #InsightFromImaging we're focusing on imaging depth, starting with a lecture by @cmhobson.bsky.social. Adaptive optics (available on our MOSAIC system!) can improve deep imaging, as shown by these mitochondria in a zebrafish embryo.
This morning at #InsightFromImaging we focused on particle tracking. After a lecture by @jesseaic.bsky.social, participants split into groups to use #TrackMate to track our HL60 migration data from yesterday, followed by presentations on their results 📈
HL60 cells take on so many fun shapes as they migrate! This #InsightFromImaging data features cells prepared by Leanna and imaged on the @aicjanelia.bsky.social LLSM by @cmhobson.bsky.social
Continuing our speed theme at #InsightFromImaging, we spent the afternoon at the microscope exploring imaging speed, as well as tradeoffs in imaging scale. Video featuring imaging of neutrophil-like HL60 cells on a widefield vs the AIC's LLSM.
Today's theme at #InsightFromImaging 2025 is imaging speed. We're kicking things off with a lecture by Chad Hobson.
For our first #InsightFromImaging lab, we're exploring imaging resolution across a variety of microscopy systems. When is increased resolution really necessary? What trade-offs does it require?
This morning at #InsightFromImaging we jumped into hands on image analysis activities, including comparing the pros and cons of imaging denoising approaches
We're kicking off #InsightFromImaging 2025 with a keynote lecture by @scopeshifu.bsky.social on advanced microscopy and the resources available through the Advanced Imaging Center's visitor program 🔬
When #FluorescenceFriday falls on Halloween, we break out the spooky data 👻 Here we are looking at the blood vessels of a zebrafish through its eye 🎃
