this is amazing, will be using this to teach about social construction of colors in my philosophy class #philsci moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...

Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You

An atlas of the vibrance of the real world

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Prof Jonathan Taylor of @uofgphysastro.bsky.social is leading a £4m new project with colleagues from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @sheffielduni.bsky.social to create detailed 3D images of the mechanical forces inside a living, beating heart. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

@rashmi-priya.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk is awarded the 2026 BSCB Women in Cell Biology Medal at #DynamicCellVI by @viji-draviam.bsky.social Rashmi delivered a fascinating medal talk about her research on cell and tissue mechanics during heart development.

Sadly, applications to the Advanced Python summer school have dropped significantly over the past 2 years. Plus, there'll be no external funding for the 1st time in *17 years*. Likely all because of GenAI - but programming skills still matter🔥 Deadline May 3, please help by sharing: aspp.school

Good to see this confirmation about the lumenal macrophages that show up in fli1:gfp zebrafish! We see them zipping around the heart in our beating-heart timelapses like this one (credit: Daniel Olesker). They make it harder to see cell division events - how many divisions can you spot here?

Stefan Oehlers@oehlerslab.org · 5mo ago

Really cool #zebrafish paper 🧪 from Bart Weijts & Catherine Robin (Hubrecht): starts with the basic question of are those superbright kdrl/fli1a positive cells (that we've all seen in the vascular Tg lines) something special? Yes! They're lumenal macrophages www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⌨️ The Intermediate Research Software Development Course will take place on 13 - 16 April 2026 at the University of Manchester and will be delivered by EPCC (Chris Wood and Evgenij Belikov) with the help from SSI and Manchester RIT. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/interme...

Myself and @immunoah.bsky.social are looking to hire a postdoctoral scientist to build a next-generation high-throughput high-resolution light sheet microscope for imaging entire cleared organs/tissues and to further develop live & fixed tissue clearing methods. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology@mrclmb.ac.uk · 6mo ago

Interested in instrument development & optical microscopy? Join @immunoah.bsky.social & @jamesdmanton.bsky.social developing high-throughput light sheet microscopy to image entire tissues & progressing tissue clearing methods www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 07 APR #PostdocJobs #neuroimmunology

Sigh. AI's still not there yet

Watch out for the "conference accommodation" scam emails that have been going around for a while. I was rather disconcerted to get one for the upcoming microscopy conference in Sweden that I *am* attending, but am not speaking at (so not even listed anywhere). How on earth could the spammers know…?

Yesterday I learned that MS Teams throttles screen-sharing to ~3fps. To override that, you have to know to press an obscure and inscrutably-labelled button, every time. I very nearly gave a crucial online presentation, full of beating hearts, at 3fps without even realising. Stuff of nightmares.

Job alert! 📣 I’m looking for a research assistant to join my new team @idrm.ox.ac.uk Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart 🫀generate natural diversity 🐸🐭 and contribute to congenital defects ❤️‍🩹 Full info below, and please share! 🫶🏻 bit.ly/467TO0M

@retof.bsky.social, I sometimes think of your wish, some time ago, for everyone to have their own hype-man on stage when they are giving a conference presentation. My Teams meeting transcript from today seems to have completely hallucinated a colleague interjecting "ok. yeah! play the song! okay"

We have two funded postdoctoral positions available. Topics encompass: -Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation -Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit. -Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation

Here’s one for the Bayesians: if you are pulled from an avalanche in cardiac arrest after >60 minutes, your chances of survival are higher than if you are pulled from an avalanche in cardiac arrest after <60 minutes 🤯

A loaded question to scream about...which agarose do you use to mix your beads to measure the PSF? Any brand #lsfm #lightsheet

Another PhD scholarship opportunity @uofglasgow.bsky.social : Black UK-domiciled students can apply for a James McCune Smith PhD www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...; final application deadline 31st January. Scheme includes external mentors, placements, community-building & networking opportunities.

A great opportunity to come to Glasgow for an interdisciplinary PhD, benefitting from enhanced support and stipend, and a diverse cohort of students alongside you for an inclusive, team experience for your PhD! Please share widely, and spread the word with your undergraduate students.

DiveIn CDT@diveincdt.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📣 Applications Now Open! 🌊 Dive into mission-driven interdisciplinary #STEM research with a fully funded 4-year PhD starting Sept 2026 ✅ Co-create your project ✅ Enhanced stipend ✅ Cohort-based experience ✅Partner network 📅 Applicant Webinar: Nov 26 👉More info & registration: www.divein.org.uk/apply

Big grant submitted, it's always a good sign when I'm *still* excited about the science even when the grind of the application is over 😀. I sketched this graph on my office whiteboard to explain to people the stress of when the trajectory feels like we won't get to the finish line in time!

Did you know zebrafish share many of the same genes as humans? Gage Crump, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC Stem Cell, explains how this tiny fish is helping advance human health research. @keckschoolusc.bsky.social

One thing that always lifts my spirits as the nights draw in is the sound of the geese coming south for the winter. Such cheery, chatty birds. (Watch with sound on)

This looks great for learning and improving your research git workflows, "Rather than simply teaching commands, the sessions explore the workflows that make them meaningful". Can connect to the talk online, so no excuses not to join!

Software Sustainability Institute@softwaresaved.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🎓 We are pleased to share details of an upcoming hybrid series of short talks featuring #SSIFellow Hui Ling Wong, focusing on practical, research-oriented approaches to using Git. This series of 15-minute talks will run every Tue from 14 Oct to 11 Nov. www.software.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

🙌 #FOM2026 takes place in Stockholm 🇸🇪 from 🗓️ March 29 to April 1, exploring the latest innovations & developments in optical microscopy. Apply for financial support - up to 10 candidates from underrepresented backgrounds will be supported. 🔬 More info🔽 www.focusonmicroscopy.org/2026-financi...

🔵 The Carpentries have recently published a new version of Building Better Research Software, a lesson in The Carpentries Incubator designed to serve as a “next steps” workshop after Software Carpentry. Find out more about it and how to get involved at: www.software.ac.uk/news/calling...

🚨Publication alert🚨 My first, first-author paper is now out in @natphoton.nature.com! Our paper describes an iterative spectral unmixing algorithm and eight-channel camera-based hardware we developed enabling unmixing of low SNR live-cell data at video rates. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution - Nature Photonics

A tree-like arrangement of dichroic mirrors and multiple cameras coupled with an iterative spectral unmixing algorithm enables multispectral imaging of live cells in up to eight spectral channels with...

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This is a fantastic read. Entertaining and informative, with some great snark thrown in for good measure

@johnasmolin.bsky.social · last yr.

eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237 Factorization using a dog! @dulwichquantum.bsky.social

Does anyone have any experience with building a DIY upconversion/SHG setup to get pulsed blue out of a Ti:Sapph laser (Chameleon)? It seems like it should be fairly straightforward, but I would value any tips people have, or numbers for efficiency level you achieved. Thanks in advance!

A thoughtful account of why version control is essential for research software: "achieving the highest levels of insight and impact requires robust tooling and reproducibility baked into its core"; "...requires code that can handle significant complexity and can evolve" [1/3]

Software Sustainability Institute@softwaresaved.bsky.social · last yr.

➡️ In our latest blog post #SSIFellow Hui Ling Wong delves deeper into how version control helps to make research more reproducible as discussed in a recent event at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Read more at www.software.ac.uk/blog/keeping...

I'm delighted to share the news that I've been promoted to (full) Professor. Feeling very thankful for all those who have mentored and supported me over the years, the smart and enthusiastic team I get to work with on cool science, and the colleagues who make Glasgow a great place to work.

Some wise words on the use of GenAI in scientific activity. "...that is a tacit admission that the work is not worth being done by the scientist. [...] we’ve yielded the opportunity to think about science, discuss our practice, expand our understanding, spark new ideas and develop as researchers."

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last yr.

A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .

I'm excited to be co-organising a workshop on Imaging Forces & Mechanobiology in Living Tissues @ Imperial College London, Wed 2 July (with @noelresearchlab.bsky.social & @jvermot.bsky.social). Register here forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hakfMEbgRB by 13 Jun (limited spaces; will confirm acceptance asap)