For #FluorescenceFriday we have, "TNTs, cytonemes, and migrasomes, oh my!"

Kind of wild to think about… Less than 2 years ago: just me, sitting in an empty lab 😅 Now: every bench is full, people everywhere, ideas flying, organized chaos in the best way. And shoutout to grad students @sakshiverma.bsky.social and Sheikh Faisal winning poster awards along the way!

Feels good to be back at the bench sectioning tissue. AND I didn't even break anything!

Interested in contact-mediated intercellular communication? ✅ out this review postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social and I co-authored with Shiyu Liu and Chiara Zurzolo! 🧪 #cytonemes #tunnelingnanotubes #migrasomes

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New Online! Regulation and function of specialized membrane protrusions in intercellular communication

Goals!!! 🇨🇦 🍁 ⚽️🎉

Big day in the lab yesterday! First time presentations for Faisal giving a poster and Sakshi giving a talk at CCMB Research day! They crushed it!

Spent the weekend visiting family and reconnecting with the locals! 🐻

Its always fun watching the logging sports competition back home for the May long weekend.

Ellie is overwhelmed by this evenings neighborhood nature show. Extra mad at us because we won't let her out to go after all the critters.

Breast cancer brain metastases don’t just invade the brain, they rewire it! Our new review covers how metastatic breast cancer cells hijack neurotransmitters, synapses, astrocytes, and calcium signaling, to thrive in the brain. Possibly through #Cytonemes and #TNTs ! www.mdpi.com/3849806

The 69th CSMB meeting in Banff has been fantastic so far! Great science, and great researchers. The most concerning thing is keeping a safe distance from the local wildlife!

🔦🔬Imaging spotlight: Minimally invasive live tissue clearing with SeeDB-Live In this paper highlight, Shigenori Inagaki & Takeshi Imai @imailab.bsky.social share their tips & tricks on implementing SeeDB-Live. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/04/01/i...

Imaging spotlight: Minimally invasive live tissue clearing with SeeDB-Live - FocalPlane

Imaging spotlight: Minimally invasive live tissue clearing with SeeDB-Live - News

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I hope today's results are not an April Fools joke! 😅

It's 2pm on a Monday and I already feel 3 days behind on emails this week.

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Cells use proteins like morphogens to talk to each other in order to build and maintain 3D tissue structures. But how do these morphogens reach distant cells when they are all packed together? We think long #cytonemes play a big role in shaping how cells talk to one another for growth.

Following on from her beautiful featured image post on FocalPlane, Christina Daly @christinaadaly.bsky.social shares her top tips for imaging cytonemes. @labogden.bsky.social. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/19/c...

Cytoneme Imaging Tips and Tricks - FocalPlane

Cytoneme Imaging Tips and Tricks - How to

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It's #FluorescenceFriday , while the original image of cancer cells interacting by cytonemes is already great. I had a little fun with some filters!

Amazing imaging by a former lab mate!

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 7mo ago

ICYMI – Our first featured image of 2026 was acquired by @christinaadaly.bsky.social. Check out our post to learn more about the image and Christina’s research ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/06/f... #FluorescenceFriday ❤️🔬

Me, first day back in the office responding to emails after the holiday break. Work is really cutting into my nap routine.

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A great end of term presentation by co-op student Christina Bernados, followed by lab lunch to celebrate! We're looking forward to having you back this summer, to keep investgating cytonemes and Notch signaling!

The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it! www.fpbase.org/spectra/

FPbase Fluorescence Spectra Viewer

An interactive fluorescence spectra viewer to evaluate the spectral properties of fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, filters, and detectors.

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NSERC submitted! Time for a celebratory beer and a nap!

As spooky season is upon us 🎃, we have cells that look like spider webs for #FluorescenceFriday 🧪🔬

This is a great lab, doing incredibly exciting research! 🧪🔬

Stacey Ogden 🦔@labogden.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Applications are being accepted for a Senior Scientist role in my group. Those with #DevBio & mentoring experience are encouraged to apply 🧪 Applications must be submitted using the SJ job portal at the link below. DM/email apps cannot be considered. stjude.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/stjude/job/M...

[stands up soapbox] I know AI has its benefits, but the current general implementations of LLMs is breaking referencing and reviews in research, and I hate it! 😫 Not to mention the internet as a whole. Kurzgesagt, again gives a great example of the problem. youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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We are pleased to share that CHRIM is seeking our next CEO/Scientific Director! If you want to join a unique environment where collaboration sparks innovation, see the full job posting here: tinyurl.com/3dkcsdmh Please feel free to share this job posting with your networks!

Great work by Sheikh Faisal Asadullah Mahdi, showing us his work on cytonemes in brain cancers at the Prairie Cancer Consortium today!

After seeing @miguelcmestre.bsky.social @lancasterlab.bsky.social @jamesdmanton.bsky.social 's paper this week on deep and accessible ExM imaging with cerebral organoids, I think it's a good time to repost this Starter Pack of Expansion Microscopy people! go.bsky.app/Qxks9WD

Great talk from @hc327.bsky.social at the 7th annual CCP Phenogenomics Conference! Dr Chen shows how rare disease foundations can really facilitate fantastic scientific progress directly helping patient families!

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...