Congrats to biomedical animator Dr Drew Berry on his induction as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Victoria, recognising his scientific contributions through captivating animations of the molecular and cellular world within our bodies. www.wehi.edu.au/news/royal-s... @drewberry.bsky.social

Osprey with some takeaway (Sandy Camp Wetlands). 🪶

Not just for microscopists, but relevant to all technical specialists. Making the invisible visible: A global examination of careers and recognition for Imaging Scientists in core facilities - Thompson - Journal of Microscopy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Making the invisible visible: A global examination of careers and recognition for Imaging Scientists in core facilities

Modern life-science research relies heavily on advanced imaging technologies, from microscopes that reveal the structure of cells to imaging systems used in biomedical research. These instruments are...

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Nice demonstration of the value of being able to visualise and analyse data from a core facility.

Stratocore@stratocore.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📊 New case study How can core facility data support funding decisions and equipment investment? See how the Translational Research Institute uses PPMS and Power BI dashboards to drive research management👇 stratocore.com/blogs/how-tr... #CoreFacilities #Researchops

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮. If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇 abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index... #Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging @turkubioscience.bsky.social

Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028

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Saw a couple of boobook owls at Enoggera on the weekend. Very exciting! 🪶

I'm going to be taking part in Movember this year, to raise funds for men's mental health. If you'd like to support, here is a fundraising link. movember.com/m/14841903?m...

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Jamie's Motivation: Globally, the rate of suicide is alarmingly high, particularly in men. Too many men are ‘toughing it out’, keeping their feelings to themselves and struggling in silence. Help me s...

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More than 97% of electron microscope images remain unpublished #microscopy #academicSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th...

More than 97% of electron microscope images remain unpublished

Huge datasets that would be a valuable training aid for AI are being lost

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Azure kingfisher perched on a very patient water dragon. 🪶

We have an opening for a Platform Support Officer to join our team at the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University of Melbourne. For full details or to apply go to go.unimelb.edu.au/xb3p @micro-au.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social

#HappyMicroscopyMonday! #microscopycommunity -Imaging Scientists in Core Facilities play a vital role in advancing research. How are their contributions recognized in publications? Take the survey now:https://buff.ly/k0X6PRw

Join us for the #VirtualPub with @virsicas.bsky.social - one of Euro-BioImaging's Scientific Ambassadors! She'll give a talk entitled "From Microscopes to Workflows: Supporting Research Through Imaging & Analysis." 🗓️ Fri, Sept 26 @ 13:00 CEST Register 🔽 www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/title...

🚨 Our next PPMS Microscopy Focus Group is on Sept 25! Hear from Sonja Welsch, MPIBP & Stephan Junek, MPIBR & MPIBP, as they present: “Two cores, one joint user base” ✅ Cross-institute imaging workflows ✅ Real-world light & EM examples ✅ Peer discussion for complex facilities @maxplanck.de

This is a good paper highlighting the potential abuse of AI in image manipulation. Challenging times ahead.

Nature Nanotechnology@natnano.nature.com · 11mo ago

The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is seeking an exceptional academic leader to be the new Director of the Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery and lead our centre consisting of 10 group leaders, 40 staff and approximately 50 HDR students. Come and join us in sunny Brisbane!

Global Bioimaging are running a survey on Authorship and Acknowledgements for imaging core facility staff. If you work in a core, please take five minutes to fill out the survey and help us understand the good, the bad and the ugly around this topic. Thanks! Link: forms.gle/cKh6m4SskzZm...

🔬 We're hiring! Adelaide Microscopy is seeking a CryoTEM Microscopist to support cutting-edge research in South Australia. Passionate about cryo-EM & single particle analysis? 🧪 Apply by 18 Sept: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #STEMjobs

Osprey decided to take a catfish from the nest and dine on the nearby transmission tower instead. 🪶

Dear Jeff Bezos …

Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional. 📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025 🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...

Came across a gray shrikethrush who was very relaxed around humans in lamington national Park. He just needed a sign, "will pose for food" 🪶

Time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy can resolve protein motion on millisecond or even microsecond timescales, but the need for highly specialized tools and skills limits the method’s reach www.nature.com/artic...

Freeze frame: cracking molecular motion

Nature - Time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy can resolve protein motion on millisecond or even microsecond timescales, but the need for highly specialized tools and skills limits the method’s...

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Over 270 fully engaged people from over 25 countries attended our open forum on Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025. www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...

Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall Webinar

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Some cute cygnets at the Port of Brisbane on the weekend.

Working with @globalbioimaging.bsky.social, we're very proud to launch our new #AcknowledgementGuidelines poster, helping #ImagingScientists get the credit they deserve for their research contributions! #CreditWhereItsDue @bioimaginguk.bsky.social Read more: rms.org.uk/resource/rms...

This is calling for solutions to the current housing crisis - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ho...

Homes For All

All the evidence from experts is clear. We need to: • Massively increase the supply of housing; • Boost social housing; • Scale back negative gearing and reassess tax breaks for wealthy landlords; • D...

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Looks like an interesting discussion for core facility folk. Worth getting/staying up for those in Australia.

Royal Microscopical Society@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall Webinar (16 June, 5-8pm BST) Don't miss this *free*, interactive webinar to help shape the future of core facilities! 🔬 Join the discussion - all are welcome😀 #imaging #microscopy rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social

A couple of pied oystercatchers at Bribie Island on the weekend. 🪶

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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Bioimaging and bioimage analysis friends, some help if you have 2-3 mins; for a paper, we're trying to estimate the number of biologists trained in open source software or tools in the last ~5 years. (1/2) #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis