We are carrying out large-scale validation and benchmarking of AI agents for multi-omics data analysis and would like your feedback on the usage of these tools in your research (click the link for the survey) forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Having fun recording videos for my next lecture on Optogenetics in the Neurotechnology course at Westlake University.

Genspark helps me develop engaging opening slides and format my presentations for the undergraduate neurotechnology course I teach this semester www.genspark.ai/invite_membe...

🚀 Excited to launch the #OpenCloning Assembler! 🧬 Built to demystify Golden Gate for beginners and save time for experts -> MoClo assembly blazing fast ⚡ ✍️ Use existing syntaxes or design your own! #SynBio #GoldenGate #MoClo #OpenSource #Biotech 👉 Try it: app.opencloning.org Feedback welcome!

Wow! This is so cool and way more fun than boring BioRender! Plus, developing fine motor skills through hand drawing and creativity without limitations in shapes or form! Try it out yourself here chat.figurelabs.ai/invitation/i...

It was great pleasure hosting you at Westlake University! And you research is just mindblowing! I am looking forward to all cool technologies from your lab!

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And the day capped with an elegant #tango #concert. Thank you my friend, Professor @piatkevich.bsky.social for the invitation and warm welcome. See you again soon.

Excited to share insights on iPEX, a new technology co-developed with Yilong Zou for micrometre-resolution spatial proteomics, published in @Nature. Check out this interview to discover how tissue expansion is revolutionizing protein analysis in intact tissue! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hKn...

Westlake’s iPEX: When Proteins Can’t Hide Anymore

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Gearing up for next year’s teaching at Westlake University. Here’s my intro slide for Super-Resolution Imaging Techniques

Next-generation orange-to-far-red photoconvertible fluorescent protein for single-molecule microscopy and protein dynamic tracking www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In situ imaging proteomics via expansion (iPEX) integrates isotropic tissue magnification with MALDI mass spectrometry imaging to enable unprecedented spatial resolution and depth of protein identification for untargeted spatial proteomics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

iPEX enables micrometre-resolution deep spatial proteomics via tissue expansion - Nature

Isotropic tissue magnification is integrated with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging to enable untargeted spatial proteomics at micrometre resolution and with high p...

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Our red calcium indicator, FRCaMPi, and its soma-localized version, SomaFRCaMPi, are now available from @addgene.bsky.social in various vectors, along with all the sensors used for benchmarking. www.addgene.org/browse/artic...

ProteomEx is perhaps the most straightforward and simple approach for spatially resolved targeted proteomics, which requires only off-the-shelf reagents. Now with this step-by-step protocol published in Nature Protocols, anyone can do it www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Filter-aided expansion proteomics for the spatial analysis of single cells and organelles in FFPE tissue samples - Nature Protocols

Filter-aided expansion proteomics facilitates spatial proteomics at subcellular resolution by integrating tissue expansion, imaging-guided microdissection and filter-aided in-gel digestion. This combi...

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AAVs are crucial vectors for delivering biosensors into neurons! Using AAV delivery, we perform two-color imaging of calcium and potassium transients in neurons. These AAVs are now available from @braincase.bsky.social www.ebraincase.com/news/new-pro...

🔬 FULL WEBINAR NOW AVAILABLE! Spatial Biology: Innovations & Applications Featuring experts: → Xiao Wang → Kiryl D. Piatkevich → Jeffrey Spraggins → Fei Chen Watch the complete session to discover cutting-edge tech 👇 live.vhall.com/v3/lives/wat...

What an incredible experience hosting a webinar on Spatial Biology: Innovations & Applications with @Science/AAAS! Missed it? Don't worry—we're dropping the full recording soon! Here's a sneak peek 👇

Great commentary by @yulonglilab on our two recent papers introducing red genetically encoded biosensors for calcium and potassium imaging! 🔴 FRCaMPi - Enhanced red calcium sensor 🔴 RGEPOs - First-ever red potassium sensors 📖 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Illuminating calcium and potassium dynamics with red fluorescent sensors

Despite recent advances in green genetically encoded ion indicators, developments in red-shifted indicators have been slower. This Primer explores two recent studies in PLOS Biology that engineer red ...

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Spatial biology technologies are rapidly advancing, delivering unprecedented insights into cellular organization and disease pathology. Join our October 29th webinar on "Spatial Biology: Innovations & Applications" with great speakers. Register here for free en.westlake.edu.cn/academics/Sc...

High-quality AAVs for red genetically encoded calcium indicator FRCaMPi are now available from BrainCase anywhere in the world www.ebraincase.com/products-ser...

#OpenCloning opencloning.org now features WeKwikGene integration—streamlining downloading plasmid sequences from wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn and downstream cloning and collaborations!

Fluorescent protein-based ticker tapes (FPTT) record transcriptional histories of multiple promoters on single cellular fibers. Quantitative readout is available at any time point. Cells become biological archives of their own gene expression biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Major milestone for WeKwikGene! wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn now features 1,000+ ready-to-ship plasmids with 800+ more plasmids under QC. We've processed 1,000+ requests & distributed 3,000+ plasmids worldwide.

Our blue FP Electra2 shows excellent brightness & localization in soil-dwelling amoeba D. discoideum as fusion marker, with performance comparable to the golden standard mTagBFP2, all plasmids for Electra2 are available from WeKwikGene wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn/publications...

The hCRAFi-CCR2 sensor reports chemokine release in the mouse visual cortex after LPS challenge using two-photon microscopy www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Plasmids and corresponding test AAVs can be requested from WeKwikGene for free wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn/publications...

hCRAFi-CCR2 is a new chemokine receptor activation-based fluorescent indicator for monitoring spatiotemporal dynamics of CCR2 ligands, including human/mouse CCL2, and CCL7, as well as mouse CXCL1, in culture and in vivo www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PSmOrange3 works well for long-term mitochondria tracking in cultured mammalian cells. Plasmids for PSmOrange3 can be requested for free from @WeKwikGene here wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn/publications...

Temporal domain multiplexing enables multiplexed imaging in a single channel with spectrally similar FPs using per-pixel unmixing based on differences in photobleaching rates. To facilitate this approach, we developed new far-red FPs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

mScarlet3-H (aka mYongHong) is on the cover of Nature Methods! All plasmids are available for free from WeKwikGene wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn/publications...

Using mBaoJin derivative, Peng Zou lab engineered highly photostable green eFRET GEVI, named Vega, which exhibits more than 20-fold slower photobleaching than Ace-mNeon2, and allows for long-term voltage imaging in brain slice and in vivo in mice biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Xue Han lab from BU used ElectraOFF to achieve routine cellular-resolution imaging over tens of minutes, occasionally up to eighty minutes, in behaving mice with minimal signal loss across neuron types and brain regions www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hour-long voltage imaging in behaving mice! Capitalizing on the high photostability and brightness of mBaoJin, we developed eFRET GEVIs, named ElectraOFF, which extends reliable single spike detection at cellular resolution beyond one hour biorxiv.org/content/10.1...