Hello, C. elegans enthusiasts, please help us get the word out for this great opportunity to join the Spaulding Lab!! #celegans #postdoc #neurodegeneration #hiring #science

MDI Biological Laboratory@mdibl.org · 3mo ago

Calling all #Postdocs! Join the Spaulding Lab and explore how disrupted subcellular organization contributes to age-related forms of neurodegenerative disease. Learn more and apply: https://mdibl.org/careers/postdoctoral-researcher-spaulding-lab/ #hiring 🧪 #neurojobs #sciencejobs #postdocjob

#HappyFluorescenceFriday #microscopycommunity- Join us May 27 for “Science Communication as a Strategic Tool” with Dr. Elisabeth Marnik and learn how to turn your work into compelling stories that build trust and support. Learn more: buff.ly/L7KG2V5

Congrats to Hannah Somers! Her image Adult Zebrafish Brain earned Honorable Mention in Evident’s Illuminating the Unseen contest. Magenta/blue indicate the #zebrafish brain vessels labeled using dextran, imaged with the MesoSPIM #MicroscopyMonday MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility

One concept. One minute. Better #microscopy. MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility just launched Light Microscopy Fundamentals—a new YouTube series breaking down the basics of light microscopy in quick, bite-sized videos. #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet #SciEd #AcademicSky 🧪 🍎

Light Microscopy Fundamentals - One Concept, One Minute 🔬

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Light Microscopy Fundamentals - One Concept, One Minute 🔬

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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

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

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 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

A special Valentine's Day, brain! 😘 #fluorescentfriday #brain #vasculature #microscopy #valentinesday @mdibl.org

MDI Biological Laboratory@mdibl.org · 6mo ago

New in @dev-journal.bsky.social, “Reciprocal inhibition of Wnt signaling pathways pattern the interconnection of epithelial tubules in the regenerating zebrafish kidney” with Caramai Kamei, Iain Drummond & team. 🧪 🐟🎸 #ScientificResearchPublishing doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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 🧪 🤝

📗 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

This #microscopymonday image by Frederic Bonnet, Ph.D., captures details of a wasp's intricate wing venation patterns and the segmented body, antennae and specialized ovipositor, demonstrating the elegant engineering of this tiny predator. MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility #researchmatters 🧪

📚 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 🧪 👩‍🔬

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. 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy 2026

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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 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩‍🔬

MDI Bio Lab’s Hannah Somers’ Image Wins International Recognition

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

BioImaging North America@bioimagingna.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#HappyFluorescenceFriday! #microscopycommunity- 🎉 Winners of the BINA Image Contest! 1st Place: Frederic Bonnet – Hexagonal Vision: Compound Eye and Sensory Crown 2nd Place: Nat Prunet – Allergy Season 3rd Place: Arlen Ramírez Corona – Blue, Red and Fish People’s Choice: Mahgol Darvishmolla

I love Frederic Bonnet's compound eye image that got first place 😍

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

This #microscopymonday image of a planarian regenerating its head 7 days after decapitation is from MDI Bio Lab's Disney lab. The translucent area at the top is the blastema—a mass of stem cells that gives rise to new tissues during regeneration. MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility 🧪 🤝 🌎 #microscopy

🎉 🔬 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s #NikonSmallWorld in Motion video #Microscopy competition: bit.ly/4mtjUk7 🥇 1st place goes to Jay McClellan of Saranac, Michigan (USA) for his video capturing self-pollination in a thymeleaf speedwell flower. #Microscope #SciArt #SciComm

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

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

Exchange of Experience Virtual Group | May 28 2025 | Frederic Bonnet

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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...

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 🧪 🤝

Do you see chromatic aberration in your images? www.youtube.com/shorts/9lyix... #science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl

What is optical aberration ?

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What is Köhler Illumination? youtube.com/shorts/-1ct0... #microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science

What is Köhler illumination ? #science #microscope #biology #optics

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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

Reminder! Application Deadline: August 8, 2025 From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows. #standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🖥️🧬

Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025

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This #microscopymonday image shows GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a #zebrafish kidney. It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei. #standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸