It's out! I will do a thread tomorrow, but for now: rejoice, my microscopy nerds and also learn about zebrafish notochord development! 🧪🐟

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · last wk.

FOCUS-3D: Robust, generalizable volumetric cell segmentation for three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.25.746907v1

We're thrilled to unveil our fantastic line-up of selected speakers for SMLMS 2026 at smlms.org Huge congratulations to them! 🎉 Missed the deadline? Good news! Registration and poster abstract submission have been extended until 31st July! 🔬✨

First lab's toy arrived and it's ready to warm up around🔥👾👩‍💻

1/ 🧬🔬 How does one cell become an entire animal? We can now film it in 3D 🐟, but turning those movies into accurate cell tracks is brutally hard. Enter our new #Kaggle challenge: $60K prize pool, to help crack 3D+time cell tracking at scale! 🧵👇 www.kaggle.com/competitions... @biohub.org

I know for a fact that this list is 100% human-generated! For that reason, there are almost certainly some excellent research that I've missed.... Drop me a message if you have any suggestions that I should add to the list.

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢Check out our latest preprint list on FocalPlane In this list, we focus on the latest tools and techniques in imaging, including sample prep, probes, hardware and software. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/06/26/m... Let us know if you've been reading a preprint that we should add to our list.

📢Check out our latest preprint list on FocalPlane In this list, we focus on the latest tools and techniques in imaging, including sample prep, probes, hardware and software. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/06/26/m... Let us know if you've been reading a preprint that we should add to our list.

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging - FocalPlane

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How can we use foundation models such as (micro)SAM to improve electron microscopy segmentation? Check out our new preprint where we found substantial improvements for nucleus, mito, and neurite-segmentation based on initialization and semi-supervised learning with foundation models.

SMLM people, ASSEMBLE!! 🔬 The single-molecule localization crowd descends on Stockholm this August (26-28). MINFLUX, DNA-PAINT, blinking dyes, the lot. Properly good line-up and registration's still open. Don't sit this one out 👇 smlms.org

SMLMS 2026@smlms2026.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hej! We are excited to announce SMLMS 2026! 🔬✨ Join us in Stockholm 📍🇸🇪 from the 26th to the 28th of August for a great opportunity to connect with the super-resolution microscopy community. Find out more and register 👉 smlms.org #SMLM #Microscopy #SuperRes #Stockholm #conference #SMLMS26

Expansion microscopy is revolutionary but application to actin cytoskeleton has been challenging. Not anymore....we combine IntAct + U-ExM to get an unprecedented 3D nanoscale view of actin isoforms in expanded cells. Read the full revised paper here: plos.io/4vansgr

IntAct-U-ExM enables super-resolution imaging of isoform-specific actin networks across species

A previous study in PLOS Biology developed IntAct, a tool to study isoform-specific actin localization, dynamics and molecular interactions across species. In this Update Article, IntAct is coupled wi...

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Saravanan Palani@syncellbiolab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new paper in @plosbiology.org introduces IntAct-U-ExM enabling isoform-specific imaging of actin at nanoscale across yeast, mammalian cells & primary neurons. Fabulous work spearheaded by @anubhavdhar.bsky.social along with an amazing team! #actin #U-ExM journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

With a motivating push from @christlet.bsky.social I made a new Fiji plugin, CurveMorph. The idea was to create a tool for kymograph generation along the dynamic (bending/shaking) filament shapes (microtubules, cilia, neurites, etc). The logo was made using the plugin. github.com/UU-cellbiolo...

@nilsmechtel.bsky.social is rocking 🚀 at #ELMI2026 with the #bioengine #hypha and it's application to #smartmicroscopy 👾

Interested in single molecule localisation microscopy? 🔬 Don't miss #SMLMS2026, hosted in by SciLifeLab, KTH and Stockholm University, with contributions from our Swedish NMI Node colleagues! 🗓️ August 26-28 in Stockholm 🇸🇪 More⤵️ smlms.org

#ELMI2026 is starting =). Come say hi!

Hi @eulimi.bsky.social and beautiful Coimbra🤩 #ELMI2026

Come and join us at #SPAOM26!! Hands-on workshops and abstract accepted, amazing list of speakers, beautiful location and a great community!!

REMOA-Spanish Network for Advanced Microscopy@remoabioimaging.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Registration, abstracts submission and Community workshops open call are open for SPAOM2026. 📍Vic (near Barcelona) 🗓️October 6–9, 2026.

1 week to start🔥 New @focalplane.bsky.social webinar series focused on #CellMigration, register & join us▶️, it will be fun! pls spread the word, in the next one, ECRs could apply to show their work ;) ▶️ to register: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/29/n... @dgz.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social

We kicked off today the 1st session of the Focal Plane #CellMigration webinars Brilliant talks by @juanmagararc.bsky.social , @kyohalie.bsky.social & @djcohen.bsky.social Tks to Helen @focalplane.bsky.social for organization & support. Looking FWD to the next one @valeriaventurini.bsky.social !

Pablo J. Sáez@pjsaez.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1 week to start🔥 New @focalplane.bsky.social webinar series focused on #CellMigration, register & join us▶️, it will be fun! pls spread the word, in the next one, ECRs could apply to show their work ;) ▶️ to register: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/29/n... @dgz.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social

The legendary @guijacquemet.bsky.social at Sigrid Juselius #AI Symposium. "I'm a cell biologist", but then 1/3 of the talk went to mechanistic cell biology, 1/3 algorithmic technology development and 1/3 AI. Gonna get him a decaf... (legend says he's also coming up soon with adaptive microscopy)

Ricardo Henriques@henriqueslab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@gomez-mariscal.bsky.social first talk as a PI!!! Unsurprisingly, she rocked!

@gomez-mariscal.bsky.social first talk as a PI!!! Unsurprisingly, she rocked!

Estibaliz Gómez de Mariscal, PhD@gomez-mariscal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Second and very special day at @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social #AI symposium sharing the stage with very close references @florianjug.bsky.social @henriqueslab.bsky.social @ilastik-team.bsky.social 🤩❤️

Second and very special day at @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social #AI symposium sharing the stage with very close references @florianjug.bsky.social @henriqueslab.bsky.social @ilastik-team.bsky.social 🤩❤️

Estibaliz Gómez de Mariscal, PhD@gomez-mariscal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📍Arrived in Finland🇫🇮 together with @henriqueslab.bsky.social for the @sigridjuselius.bsky.social symposium AI Transforming Life Sciences and Medicine🤖💻🧬🩺 What an honour to share the program with the best! 👾🔬🌈🧫 ... and a true excitement to do it as a PI at #NIMSB for the 1st time!💙

📍Arrived in Finland🇫🇮 together with @henriqueslab.bsky.social for the @sigridjuselius.bsky.social symposium AI Transforming Life Sciences and Medicine🤖💻🧬🩺 What an honour to share the program with the best! 👾🔬🌈🧫 ... and a true excitement to do it as a PI at #NIMSB for the 1st time!💙

Workflow: 🧬 Import structure 🏷️ Choose labelling strategy 🎲 Simulate realistic stochastic labelling 🔬 Generate virtual images for Widefield, Confocal, AiryScan, STED and SMLM Helping researchers test experiments before collecting data vlab4mic.henriqueslab.org

Resolution isn't just optics. Structural resolvability also depends on probe size, linkage error, labelling efficiency, steric hindrance and, molecular organisation. VLab4Mic models all of these starting from PDB or AlphaFold structures

How do you know if a microscopy experiment can actually resolve a biological structure? Introducing VLab4Mic, a platform that predicts structural resolvability before you go to the microscope Led by Damián Martinez and Bruno Saraiva at @henriqueslab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Can microscopy distinguish a flat from a domed clathrin lattice? VLab4Mic predicts: ❌ Confocal ❌ AiryScan ✅ STED ✅ SMLM A simple example of how simulation can guide modality selection before spending microscope time

Congratulations to Damián Martinez, Bruno Saraiva, @taylashakespeare.bsky.social, @wmarkbates.bsky.social, Dylan Owen, @christlet.bsky.social and @henriqueslab.bsky.social We hope VLab4Mic helps researchers design better experiments and ask better biological questions 💻 vlab4mic.henriqueslab.org

🔬🚀 It's out! Run 100s of imaging experiments before touching a microscope. #VLab4Mic reproduces them in silico from PDB/AlphaFold to help you image right first time. From rockstars Damián Martínez & Bruno Saraiva, inaugural preprint of @mariodelr.bsky.social new lab www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Mario Del Rosario@mariodelr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to Damián Martinez, Bruno Saraiva, @taylashakespeare.bsky.social, @wmarkbates.bsky.social, Dylan Owen, @christlet.bsky.social and @henriqueslab.bsky.social We hope VLab4Mic helps researchers design better experiments and ask better biological questions 💻 vlab4mic.henriqueslab.org

🚨Our #NIMSB PhD fellowship call closes on Friday! We're recruiting for 5 fantastic PhD projects + welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds: #biologists #computerscientists #physicists #engineers If you want to work on cutting-edge science, we'd love to hear from you 🚀 👉https://sl1nk.com/vog901g

Estibaliz Gómez de Mariscal, PhD@gomez-mariscal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Want to do a PhD in biomedical research and explore the exciting world of AI, microscopy and cell biology?👾🧠🧫🔬 In a research environment of high excellence🌟 and in beautiful Portugal🏄🌸? PhD fellowships are now open at #NIMSB from May-4 til June-5 👉 APPLY lnkd.in/eqkYreFi Reach out if interested!✉️

This award is such a beautiful surprise! 🤩 Tons of thanks to the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social, the amazing #BioimageAnalysis, #Fiji, #ImageJ & #OpenSource communities, my mentors and mentees, my employers, and whoever nominated me (I still don't know how that person was 😅)!

Royal Microscopical Society@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are very pleased to announce Dr Ignacio Arganda-Carreras @iarganda.eurosky.social as winner of the RMS Award for Data Analysis in Imaging (DAIM) 🙂 🔬 Read more about Ignacio's achievements: www.rms.org.uk/resource/dr-...

📢 We are #hiring! 👉 #GroupLeader positions open at #IRBBarcelona in #ChemicalBiology and #StructuralBiology. Application deadline: May 22, 2026 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 ➡️ https://shorturl.at/1tE3n 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 ➡️ https://shorturl.at/eKiJn #IRBJobs #Jobs #AcademicSky