There’s still time to enter the Best-in-Suit: HCR™ Image Contest! This submission from Maria Jesús Vásquez Ramírez (Universidad Mayor) shows HCR™ Gold RNA-FISH in whole-mount zebrafish, capturing a key stage of ocular neurodevelopment with clear anatomical context. Submit here: lnkd.in/gyBws_yY

Our Community Manager @helenzsci.bsky.social chats with Aníbal Vargas Ríos @anvargasr.bsky.social about the LiSIUM initiative, which is democratising access to light-sheet microscopy in Chile and throughout Latin America. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/17/i...

Interview with Aníbal Vargas Ríos, LiSIUM initiative coordinator - FocalPlane

Interview with Aníbal Vargas Ríos, LiSIUM initiative coordinator - Interviews

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In the spirit of making all materials FAIR, we made them public on Zenodo. 🔓📑 Shoutout to Aníbal Vargas, @luzfuentealba.bsky.social, @charlottebuckley.bsky.social & the @lisium-chile.bsky.social crew for hosting us! doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #LightSheet #OpenScience #FAIR #Bioimaging

We are staying in Chile for our ‘Imaging with…’ series & in this post, we meet the team at Unidad de Microscopía, Universidad Mayor, Chile. The Universidad Mayor is home of the @lisium-chile.bsky.social project. We’ll be hearing some updates on LiSIUM from @anvargasr.bsky.social on FocalPlane soon.

Imaging with… Unidad de Microscopía, Universidad Mayor, Chile - FocalPlane

Imaging with… Unidad de Microscopía, Universidad Mayor, Chile - Imaging with...

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It was fantastic to chat with Aníbal about the @lisium-chile.bsky.social initiative and Aníbal’s journey to becoming a light-sheet specialist and project coordinator at Universidad Mayor, Chile.

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Our Community Manager @helenzsci.bsky.social chats with Aníbal Vargas Ríos @anvargasr.bsky.social about the LiSIUM initiative, which is democratising access to light-sheet microscopy in Chile and throughout Latin America. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/17/i...

Aníbal Vargas Ríos updated us on the success of LiSIUM and then discussed differences in engagement when offering webinars in Spanish, highlighting the importance of considering language in democratising access. #BiologistsWorkshops lightsheetchile.cl

Our morning session started with talks on the open science ecosystem from Tobias Wenzel & Hernán Grecco. Both speakers emphasised the importance of training. Quote of the day so far, “By democratising science, we strengthen democracy!” #BiologistsWorkshops focalplane.biologists.com/2022/10/11/a...

Check out this interview by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social with @anvargasr.bsky.social, our initiative's coordinator, on building a South American #lightsheet community and our experience so far. www.zeiss.com/microscopy/e...

🚨 Deadline extended! You now have until August 8 to apply for the Light-Sheet Image Analysis Workshop (Jan 5–9, 2026) at Universidad Mayor in Santiago de Chile with the support of CZI @cziscience.bsky.social and @lisium-chile.bsky.social 1/3

Light-Sheet Image Analysis Workshop 2026 – lightsheetchile

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Light Sheet ❤️ This amazing image obtained in our Light sheet🔬, shows a chick embryo injected by Jesus Juarez with a fluorescent dye to label its vascular network. CUBIC-based tissue clearing and 3D reconstruction by David Arancibia. #southamericanlightsheet #lightsheetmicroscopy

One of the most relevant challenges in light sheet microscopy is the mounting of samples. Different strategies, creativity and a lot of patience are required to carry out this task! Would you like to see the final result? Clarified sample (CUBIC) by Ignacio Casanova (U.Chile)

Light sheet 🤎 We are very pleased to share the experience of light sheet microscopy in EMBO#DevBiol course @devbioquintay.bsky.social #spreadtheknowledge #southamericanlightsheet #lightsheetcommunity

Roberto Mayor Lab@mayorlab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Towing of lateral line axons in vivo in a transgenic zebrafish embryo. Great imaging at the EMBO #DevBiol course in Quintay, Chile, using a Zeiss Light Sheet microscope. Huge thanks to Universidad Mayor, Microxchile, Leo Valdivia, & LiSIUM_Chile for allowing the use of the microscope at the course

We will be there! #lightsheetmicroscopy

Practical Course on Developmental Biology QUINTAY@devbioquintay.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are excited to start the new version of the EMBO Practical course on developmental biology in beautiful Quintay Credit video: Aljandro Sanchez-Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social

What an experience! We were this weekend at the First Congress of the Chilean Society for Developmental Biology at @udeconcepcion.bsky.social, with our stand @lisium-chile.bsky.social of the CIB-U. Mayor, promoting access to the lightsheet #lightsheet7 with support from @cziscience.bsky.social

🧪ECRs can now apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions' taking place in Ecuador in Oct 2025. Find out more at bit.ly/41646g5 #ECR #BiologistsWorkshops