Joe Beckwith

@jsbeckwith.bsky.social

Spectroscopist, microscopist, pessimist. SRA in the Cambridge Chemistry Department. Science and/or nonsense. Occasionally a post about personal matters, instantly regretted. he/him | 🏳️‍🌈

rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"

Please share: The application for Les Houches is open (until Oct 31) fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com *This is for you, if you ever wanted to learn all about fluorescence markers & how to apply them for your biological research!* PS: no fees this year, you just need to get there, that's all!

French-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar "Fluorescence markers for advanced microscopy : From photophysics to biology - 2026"

March 15-20 2026, Les Houches, France

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I am finding the fact that "is it acceptable and proportional to call for trans women to be assaulted in public" is now a subject of public debate in the UK really very upsetting.

The 3rd Berlin Single Molecule Biophysics Course will run from 8th to 12th September at the HU-Berlin, Institute of Biology. Learn about single channels, single molecule TIRF, theory and analysis. Apply by 7th July at bsmbc@icloud.com. Fee waivers and bursaries available. ! Please share widely !

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A fringe group of bigoted weirdos have dragged British media, government, and law into their hateful obsession with trans people. Grim, depressing, and dangerous. Everyone with power in the UK who's played along should be ashamed of themselves.

Just had the pleasure to experiment with a camera targeting the astronomy market, but offering great value for microscopy. Cooled, low noise (<1.5 e read-noise), high QE cameras that work with Micro-Manager can be bought for ~$1k: nicost.github.io/microscope-t...

PlayerOne cooled CMOS camera

The Sony STARVIS and STARVIS2 image sensors are back-illuminated, have high QE and low readnoise (where STARVIS2 increases full well depth over STARVIS). Even though these sensors are marketed towards...

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