In the original version of this piece the person/people writing for the Nikon competition also removed a mention of AI by the winner:

What if any dataset, any size, any number of dimensions, opened in a browser tab from a link? 🔬🧪💻 Luxar is out today: write it in Python, share it as a link, explore it in any browser. Open source. 🧵 @biohub.org Preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zen... Code: github.com/royerlab/luxar

This is the updated part. Looks like the movie is an AI-generated fluorescence image from a non-labeled acquisition technique. No indication that the Small World jury and organizers have requested and verified the raw data (as mentioned as a possibility in the competition rules)

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nikon's response to me on Linked in: "We’ve updated our detailed article with insights from the winner, which may answer some of your questions. We encourage you to check out the link to dive deeper into the technical details" 1/n www.nikonsmallworld.com/masters-of-m...

From the new info my bet is fluo labeling inference pushed to 11. Hallucinating nonsensical DAPI nuclei, mitochondria stain, membrane labeling from a kind of phase contrast image: wrong localization, wrong scale, wrong movement. Keeping this movie as SWiM winner is a disgrace to the competition

Laura Breimann@laurabreimann.bsky.social · 2d ago

The might have also added a scale bar (not sure if that was there before?). This would make the blue structures very small.

Very proud of the team, led by @baukjeje.bsky.social & @fmikus.bsky.social To all of you doing #Expansion #Microscopy #UExM Try Concanavalin A. Its cheap, easy to use & labels the #nuclear #Envelope @moorefound.bsky.social @embl.org @sciencesunige.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch

Baukje Hoogenberg@baukjeje.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do you want to label the nuclear envelope? Do you work on a non-model species? Try Concanavalin A! We tested ConA on various species across the eukaryotic tree and find it is a very useful ExM-compatible marker for the NE and ER. Read all about it in our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Can light build centrosome-like activity? 💡🔬 Yes! We introduce LISA (Light-Induced Spindle Assembly), now in @emboreports.org. By clustering Aurora A with optogenetics, we build centrosome-like activity that nucleates microtubules and rescues spindle defects after centrosome loss. shorturl.at/9h3VQ

First day here and I brought a paper. Three years of cryo-FIB-ET on human airway cells, nine proteins identified and two new PCD genes at the end of it. Grateful to the teams in Munster (Omran Lab), Boston (@alanbrownhms.bsky.social, Hawkins Lab) and Geneva (@centriolelab.bsky.social).

Alan Brown@alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 2w ago

Millions of beating cilia keep airways clean. At the base of each is the transition zone (TZ), a gate that controls which proteins enter and leave. In our paper out today in Science, we used cryo-FIB-ET to image the TZ inside human airway cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Millions of beating cilia keep airways clean. At the base of each is the transition zone (TZ), a gate that controls which proteins enter and leave. In our paper out today in Science, we used cryo-FIB-ET to image the TZ inside human airway cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In situ structure of the human ciliary transition zone links linker defects to primary ciliary dyskinesia

The ciliary transition zone (TZ) regulates ciliary proteome composition, yet its molecular architecture, protein content, and contribution to motile ciliopathies remain poorly defined. We applied in situ cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging ...

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Dear #CryoEM and #Microtubule enthusiasts, I’m thrilled to have been part of this exciting journey: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We discovered and characterized a manchette-like microtubule machinery in Xenopus spermatids, likely involved in sperm reshaping and membrane reorganization. (1/3)

Very happy to see our Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Roadmap out! A fantastic collective effort, led by Carsten Janke and Zdenek Lansky, together with an amazing group of colleagues, and sparked by inspiring discussions at the Fondation des Treilles. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Towards a systems-level view of the microtubule cytoskeleton and its functions in physiology and disease - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Microtubules are essential components of the cytoskeleton, yet important links between their molecular properties and organismal functions remain unresolved. In this Roadmap, Janke et al. discuss key ...

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Pfttt so much manipulation. I wonder where these people went to school reeserichardson.blog/2026/08/25/a...

At least 15 companies are selling antibodies using faked validation data

Popular vendors’ catalogs feature more than 18,000 manipulated images

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And I wake up to my friend sending me this. I think this is the highlight of the probe. It’s just a cut and paste world doing WB…

Kelvin Lau @klausenhauser on 🙅‍♂️🐘🪡@klausenhauser.bsky.social · last mo.

Pfttt so much manipulation. I wonder where these people went to school reeserichardson.blog/2026/08/25/a...

🚨 Now out in @aaas.org Science Advances 🚨: aDISCO: a protocol for clearing & antibody-staining human formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue by Anna Maria Reuss! 🧠🔬#lightsheet #Microscopy @mesospim.bsky.social @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Endocytic clathrin coats are surprisingly dynamic: triskelia turn over in seconds. How is the turnover regulated and what is it for? Read Anne-Laure Boinet's preprint with @rouxlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The GMI @gmivienna.bsky.social of the @oeaw.bsky.social seeks to appoint a Scientific Director (f/m/x) to lead one of Europe’s premier research institutes in plant biology. Apply by Nov. 15 via GMI.search.director@oeaw.ac.at. More information: www.oeaw.ac.at/de/gmi/join-...

Come join us at ETH!

Pedro Beltrao@pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My department @eth-dbiol.bsky.social at ETH Zurich is hiring for a tenured professor in mol cell bio and biochemistry (associate/full). The position is within the Institute of Biochemistry (www.bc.biol.ethz.ch) and it is fairly open within their scope of research. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Zhenjie Wang, Zhe Feng et al. uncover the molecular basis of Ana1-driven #centriole elongation in #Drosophila #spermatogenesis, showing that Ana1/CEP295 promotes longitudinal centriole extension through direct interactions with both Cep135 and #microtubules. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Out now in @science.org Atlas of lysosomal aging reveals a metabolite signature shared with lysosomal storage disorders | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Atlas of lysosomal aging reveals a metabolite signature shared with lysosomal storage disorders

Lysosomal dysfunction is a well-recognized feature of aging. Here, we used a suite of tools for rapid lysosomal isolation to construct a multitissue atlas of the metabolite changes lysosomes undergo d...

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📣 Abstract submission and early registration are now OPEN for the 7th European Cilia Conference—an official EMBO workshop! 📅 8–12 March 2027 📍 Stresa, Italy Submit and register: meetings.embo.org/event/27-cilia www.eurocilia.eu #EMBOCilia #Cilia2027

We’re accepting abstracts for QBMM, come join an excellent set of speakers, due early Sept

~50% of fertilized eggs arrest during human pre-implantation. Imaging 150+ embryos revealed error-prone 2nd mitotic divisions; centriole overduplication can be suppressed with PLK4 inhibitor. PMID:42276044, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00637-9 #Medsky #Pharmsky 🧪

Michaud, @andrewgoryachev.bsky.social, von Dassow, @xenresearchcenter.bsky.social et al. identify a versatile cortical pattern-forming circuit based on #Rho, F-#actin, Ect2, & RGA-3/4 rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 In "Collective Behaviors and Self-Organization in Cells" rupress.org/jcb/collecti...

🔬 #JobAlert Interested in doing a PhD with us in #SyntheticBiology on the Reconstitution of Oscillatory Microtubule-Motor Systems? Check shorturl.at/wis5P (note the eligibility criteria) or/and get in touch with us shorturl.at/WmgOD. Deadline: 31 July 2026 #WeAreHiring #AcademicJobs #ScienceJobs

www.protocols.io/view/cryo-ex... New protocol alert!! Cryo-expansion microscopy of C. elegans and Tardigrades using the high pressure freezer!

Cryo-Expansion Microscopy of C. elegans and Tardigrades

Cryo-Expansion Microscopy of C. elegans and Tardigrades. Expansion microscopy (ExM) improves imaging r. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io

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From background to foreground: secondary antibodies coupled to lipophilic ATTO dyes enable high-density membrane labeling in super-resolution and expansion microscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.10.737767v1

I am starting my lab at the University of Geneva next January! Incredibly excited to soon be joining the MOCEL department as an Asst. Professor. The lab will use evolutionary cell biology to study chromosomes, centromeres & speciation 🧬🔬🌱 Intrigued, want to join or collaborate? 🔗 helsenlab.org

Helsen lab | chromosome and centromere evolution

The Helsen lab at the University of Geneva explores how centromeres and chromosomes evolve, diversify, and function across eukaryotes. Discover our latest publications, research team, and open positio...

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How are complex #protein #structures such as #centrioles built? Fortunate to have participated in this study headed by Bryan Tsou’s lab! Rather than self-assembly, #centriole #biogenesis is driven by an inheritable template! 👀 🧵 Thread below👇 Full story: 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74821-3

New preprint 📢 Thrilled to share our long-awaited work on the role of RSX in marsupial X-inactivation. This was a huge team effort over the years, led by @aureliencourtois.bsky.social @sermenchero.bsky.social Sugako Ogushi and Waz Varsally, that allowed us to set up genome editing in opossum embryos

Genome editing of marsupial RSX reveals conserved and divergent principles in mammalian X-inactivation

X-chromosome inactivation balances X-gene dosage between the sexes in eutherians and marsupials. The lncRNA Xist mediates X-inactivation in eutherians but is absent from marsupials. An evolutionarily ...

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Pyrenoid tubules are essential for supercharging CO₂ fixation, but they're hard to resolve by microscopy. So, we physically expanded cells to see where different proteins go (3 examples below). The central tubule region appears specialized for CO₂ delivery! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨 New in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We reveal how the antibiotic target PBP1b fortifies the E.coli division site against osmotic rupture. Proud this was completed in our independent labs @dmf-unil.bsky.social, with @avettiger.bsky.social. Congratulations to all authors! 🦠❄️🔬 #teamtomo bit.ly/3SCbOg1 👇

The penicillin-binding protein PBP1b fortifies the Escherichia coli division site against osmotic rupture - Nature Microbiology

A specific isoform of PBP1b functions independently of the activator protein, LpoB, to drive generation of a wedge-like peptidoglycan structure that strengthens the division site in Escherichia coli.

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