Nat Prunet
@nat-prunet.bsky.social
Microscopic farmer 🔬🌺 Microscopy core director @UNC Chapel Hill Former plant developmental biologist
Ever seen mitochondria fly around like little rockets? 🚀 When cells divide, they don't just split DNA. I made a YouTube story based on a major Nature paper, showing how cells use actin waves to shuffle their powerhouses! 🔬 Watch the video here: youtu.be/udrVh_p7kCg #FluorescenceFriday #Microscopy
@carsten-wolff.bsky.social teaching @aqlm.bsky.social students about light sheet #microscopy on the @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social LightSheet 7. Feat. cute crustacean embryo for specimen
For #3DThursday, a skeleton shrimp imaged on a Flamingo light sheet microscope — a modular, traveling #LSFM built to bring the microscope to the biology.🔬🦩Fast 3D imaging, low phototoxicity. 🥼: Carsten Wolff @carsten-wolff.bsky.social 📝: huiskenlab.com/flamingo/ 🏛️: @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social
Polarization time! Rabbit muscle fibers imaged on a polarization microscope @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #labelfree
“We’re gonna need a bigger scope” Rabbit muscle fibers imaged with DIC @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #jaws @mblscience.bsky.social
I've been fortunate to have @marcoenriquez18.bsky.social a #materialsChemist in my team. Cytoskeletal elements are often studied on their own but in reality, the #cytoskeleton is biopolymer network that is intricately intertwined. (#Award winning movie Light Microscopy Aus). @aibnatuq.bsky.social
Diverging light coming out of the condenser after illuminating the specimen #microscopy @aqlm.bsky.social
Its label-free time @aqlm.bsky.social! Students are imaging marine critters from Eel pond @mblscience.bsky.social. Look at these hydrozoa 🪼🔬🤩 #microscopy #aqlm2026
Meet MagLuc: a magnetically-controlled luminescent protein. This is a foundational tool for remote control of biological processes, also known as "magnetogenetics". Can you tell when the magnetic field turns on and off? From @mariaingaramo.bsky.social and the team at @nonfictionlabs.bsky.social
First day of @aqlm.bsky.social 2026! And students have already built their own #microscope. Yes, it works 🔬🤌 #microscopy @mblscience.bsky.social
Our ExM Atlas of eukaryotes is moving along with more and more images coming in - some featured in nature last month! Culture we’re provided by @ccapoban.bsky.social & Julius Lukeš during visits last year www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
See the intricate worlds of parasites and algae — March’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
nature.com
Join us today for the launch of Carolina Microscopy, the unified microscopy cores at UNC Chapel Hill!
We have 4 locations: the Biology Microscopy Core (director @nat-prunet.bsky.social), The Hooker Imaging Core (director @fishcscells.bsky.social), the Microscopy Services Laboratory (director Pablo Ariel) and the Neuroscience Microscopy Core (director @michelleitano.bsky.social)
Carolina Microscopy provides the UNC community with access, training and support for a wide array of high-end light microscopy, electron microscopy and image analysis systems. research.unc.edu/carolina-mic...
Carolina Microscopy - UNC Research
On April 13, 2026, Carolina Microscopy launched as a unified core encompassing the four existing imaging cores located across campus, bringing their light microscopy (LM), electron microscopy (EM) and...
research.unc.edu
Welcome to Carolina Microscopy, the unified microscopy core facilities at UNC Chapel Hill!
Now on the Cover @pnas.org News, Delightful to see @akanshaganguly.bsky.social Journey from stress to regeneration, from leaf to root featured on cover. Akansha, you made it, very well done, congratulations.
Have you submitted your abstract yet for the 21st International Microscopy Congress? #IMC21 (Deadline *tomorrow* 20 March) Here's IMC21 Chair, Professor Nigel Browning, explaining why you should definitely be joining the global #microscopy community in Liverpool this summer!
#microscopy pic of cells in the #abscission zone where a #plant let go a a #leaf or #flower. 📸 Sebastian Agustin #plantbiology #botany #devbio #cellfie #plantscience
[Figure 1. A.]@figure1a.bsky.social · 5mo agoBubbles (2019) Plants know when to let go.
Just because it's Monday, we love #microscopy & we love #mitochondria, the powerhouse of the #cell We videoed mito under the microscope to see their dynamics. Here they join forces! Ofc we <3 the other #organelles too (to prevent jealousy) From @cellcommlab.bsky.social 🧪🔬 @focalplane.bsky.social
We are delighted to share this week’s featured image from Nat Prunet @nat-prunet.bsky.social, showcasing pollen grains from various plant species. Read our post to discover more about the image and learn about Nat’s research. #FluorescenceFriday focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/27/f...
Featured image with Nat Prunet - FocalPlane
Featured image with Nat Prunet - News
focalplane.biologists.com
Although the world outside still feels grey and wintry, under the microscope the retina reveals a vibrant landscape of color. For #FluorescenceFriday: a section of the avian retina showing beautifully organized neuronal layers from inner to outer retina. #Neuroscience #Retina #Microscopy
EDTA and tequila (2024) Separate bubbles. Alone, they exist. Together, they matter. This image captures bubbles of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) dissolved in tequila, where light radiates from each sphere and visually connects them into a single network.
Cells rarely know they are being photographed. Scientists do👩🏻🔬 Our CellArt Gallery brings together those moments when research pauses for a second and simply looks amazing. ⬩➤ Explore the gallery: zurl.co/67UJP #cellart #microscopy #sciart #bioart #scienceandart
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This week we are highlighting an awesome image of an Arabidopsis root from @janmartinek.bsky.social. Check out our post to learn more about the image and about Jan’s research: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/13/f... #sciart #plants #microscopy
Featured image with Jan Martinek - FocalPlane
Featured image with Jan Martinek - News
focalplane.biologists.com
😍
Cellular Imaging Core Facility - CEITEC@ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social · 6mo agoFinal results - 3rd place winner: 🥉Lucia Tomovicova from @hejatko.bsky.social lab 🔬Zeiss #LSM800 🖼️Color-coded orthogonal projection over z dimension 🥳Congratulations and thank you for sharing your science with #microscopy community!
Thx for @mollyherring.bsky.social for featuring our recent work with @centriolelab.bsky.social and our quest with @gautamdey.bsky.social & the support of the @moorefound.bsky.social to look for the beauty in every #eukaryote out there using #Expansion #Microscopy #UExM
Quanta Magazine@quantamagazine.org · 6mo agoEven with the largest zoom on a classic compound optical system, scientists struggle to make sense of finer details. Microbiologists are turning to an unexpected source to clear things up: a moisture-absorbing material found in diapers. www.quantamagazine.org/expansion-mi...
