Reto Fiolka
@retof.bsky.social
Optical imaging, interested in STEM topics. First generation graduate from ETH Zürich Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Congrats to the maybe last four Fields Medalists*! www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/07/23/2... *Before Claude takes over….
After Taco Bell taking heroic action to curb the spread of cyclospora, this title becomes even more prestigious:
Taco Bell takes more action than CDC to curb cyclospora outbreak: www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Taco Bell removes menu items as Cyclospora cases surge
independent.co.uk
Benefit of building high NA oblique plane microscopes: You get used to tight tolerances. cc @tanner-fadero.bsky.social
Saw this little guy on way to work. V-tails are nonsense from an aero-design perspective, but looks kinda cool on this Cirrus Jet. cc @bwjones.bsky.social
Faculty search announcement 2026: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern in Dallas. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (broadly defined). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...
I said it before, I say it again: get an MMR titer at your next physical. You want antibodies when measles virus comes your way. I got mine, and I still have immunity.
Amy Maxmen, PhD@amymaxmen.bsky.social · 2mo agoUtah shifted from "containment" to "mitigation" in its measles response earlier this year. Many other states will make the same tough decisions as measles returns. Please check out my story for more on this pivotal chapter in US health history. www.wired.com/story/anguis...
Cool Myosin zipper! Imaged on our omniOPM system. #FlourescenceFriday
I think we have some work to do…
Ali Shaib@alishaib.bsky.social · 2mo agoHello #world, meet 1,000× Expansion Microscopy. A small gel would grow to the size of an Olympic swimming pool, while amino-acid-scale distances become visible with ordinary light microscopy. Led by Helena Hu from @eboyden3.bsky.social's lab, in collab with us. Story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Hello #world, meet 1,000× Expansion Microscopy. A small gel would grow to the size of an Olympic swimming pool, while amino-acid-scale distances become visible with ordinary light microscopy. Led by Helena Hu from @eboyden3.bsky.social's lab, in collab with us. Story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
An internal model from OpenAI disproves a conjecture by Paul Erdös, and eminent mathematicians confirmed the correctness: cdn.openai.com/pdf/74c24085... Can any math adjacent folks on bluesky chime in on this? Watershed moment, or low hanging fruit for AI?
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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...
We got multiple times the feedback that oblique plane microscopes are too complex. So how about a detection train with only two photographic lenses? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Kevin Dean@kevin-dean.bsky.social · 3mo agoAltair Direct View OPM Preprint! We built a simplified direct-view oblique-plane microscope for imaging big, optically accessible specimens with a single-objective light-sheet geometry. Delivers... • ~5.4 mm field of view • ~2.6 μm, ~3.4 μm, and ~17.8 μm resolution in X/Y/Z
If you’re waiting for dichroic mirrors, I have bad news for you:
Cleaning microscope optics can be tedious. But compare it to this job😳:
22 pilots or just keep incrementing: pilots = pilots++
Don Keidick@donkeidick.bsky.social · 3mo agoSlightly increase a band Draw Dragons
Hi optics folks We have a couple of fixed output CW laser. Is there something easier for power modulation than Acousto-optical filters? 10-100kHz modulation rate would be enough. Single mode fiber coupling is also fine. Electro optics, Mems fiber switch? @tanner-fadero.bsky.social
Magnetically controlled luminescence. Andrew York strikes again!
Andrew G. York@andrewgyork.bsky.social · 3mo agoMeet 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
UT Southwestern is quite a food desert, so I take today’s buffet: Very mildly spiced Chicken Vindaloo and not a number bread.
