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When you are running both @vizgen.bsky.social MERSCOPES all weekend. @malifesciences.bsky.social
Visit Molly at the #RNATx2026 Poster session to day 1:15-3pm @umasschan.bsky.social @rti-umasschan.bsky.social #PostDoc #poster
#RNATx Advanced Imaging and Spatial ‘Omics Methods Workshop was a hit!!! Thank you @rti-umasschan.bsky.social for inviting us to host a workshop, the sponsors, and speakers for making this a reality. #advancedimaging #spatialomics #microscopy #Thankyou @umasschan.bsky.social
New Special Event for @umasschan.bsky.social. Special session added due to the popular demand at RNATx 2026 for UMass Chan. Lunch provided, registration required: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9etjk...
Dr. Michael Sanderson had a passion for microscopy that everyone could feel. He was a collaborator, a professor, a mentor and a friend at @umasschan.bsky.social. 10 years have passed and we miss you. The SCOPE is proud to bear your name and to honor your legacy. #microscopy #legacy #missyou
International Women’s Day ❤️
Stand Up For Science Founder & CEO Colette Delawalla states three demands: 1. Remove RFK Jr. 2. Reinstate the American Dream of Science. 3. Science should be driven by scientists not political appointees. Join the fight! standupforscience.net/march7
The foundation Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung is honoring Dr. Anastasia Khvorova's pioneering work in the field of RNA-based therapies. At 2.5 million euros, the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research is one of the biggest research prizes in the world! www.umassmed.edu/news/news-ar...
Nikon A1 confocal is currently offline and SCOPE staff are working to resolve issues. #microscope #troubleshooting #techsupport
#HappyMicroscpyMonday #microscopycommunity - join us on this Wednesday for a discussion about the impact of AI on Light Microscopy! Learn more: buff.ly/pRl3jXL
Leica MICA training videos now public on the SCOPE website @umasschan.bsky.social We provide training and access to this instrument at our facility! @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social #microscope #training
Molly Martin [She/her] is a post doc at the SCOPE at Umass Chan Medical School. She got a BS at @alleghenycollege.bsky.social and her PhD at University at Buffalo both in neuroscience. She is working to develop and optimize spatial biology protocols. @umasschan.bsky.social #postdoc #spatialbiology
Thank you, Cindy for your support of the SCOPE core! @umasschan.bsky.social #Thankyou #SupportScience
Happy 2026!!! @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social @vizgen.bsky.social The SCOPE is looking forward to all the cool new projects coming this year.
Micro SCOPE Squad just got one more! We are happy to support our staff and their families. Glad to have Jill back after her maternity leave. #WorkingMoms #ScienceFamilies #WelcomeBack
Join us for a special SCOPE-Vizgen webinar announcing our latest early technology access program, the newest in Vizgen probe chemistry, reagent discounts, and more! Register here: info.vizgen.com/umass-merfis... #microscopy #Vizgen #spatialtranscriptomics #Merfy
Congratulations to the Cantor Lab for the recent publication in @cellpress.bsky.social Molecular Cell! We are happy the SCOPE could help to make this article a reality. SCOPE Acknowledgements RRID: SCR_022721 #Microscopy #Science #UserHighlight #tissuegnostics #slidescanning #publication
Congratulations to the Lodato & Weng labs @umasschan.bsky.social for the recent publication in @nature.com! The SCOPE was so happy to help with the @vizgen.bsky.social MERFISH assays! And thank you for acknowledging us in your paper! #microscopy #spatialbiology #naturejournal #sciencematters
@malifesciences.bsky.social thank you for coming to @umasschan.bsky.social to visit our core facilities and introduce your 2025 Funding Programs! Your support of science in Massachusetts is critical for innovation to thrive in the commonwealth #THANKYOU
Tara Delorme, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Ryan Logan, PhD, is one of 14 researchers from Quebec working in the U.S. to be honored by the Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé: direc.to/n1KM #opiod #addiction #communautéFRQ @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social @wickedneuro.bsky.social
UMass Chan postdoc receives competitive award from Quebec research foundation
Tara Delorme, PhD, received a $110,000 award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
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Faculty in the Program in Microbiome Dynamics at UMass Chan Medical School have received $3 million from the Gates Foundation to conduct research aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes and gut health in women: direc.to/nyBt #WomensHealth #MaternalHealth #GutHealth #gut #microbiome #GlobalHealth
Gates Foundation awards $3 million in grants to UMass Chan to study gut health in pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries
The two awards will help fund research aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes in women from low- and middle-income countries.
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2 of our users from the Microbiology Department have been awarded @gatesfoundation.bsky.social awards!!! Amazing to see this important work get funded! Way to go #ScopeSquad #science @umasschan.bsky.social
SPATIAL BIOLOGY EXPLORERS TODAY is open office hours! Bring your specific questions and meet with us and the Vizgen Team to fast track your Merfish experiment. @vizgen.bsky.social @umasschan.bsky.social
Join us next week for Spatial Biology Explorers for Open office hours with our local @vizgen.bsky.social team. Get help with data analysis, experiment planning or to say hi. #SpatialBiology #Microscopy #Data #DataAnalysis #SpatialBiologyExplorers