Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊
@bethcimini.bsky.social
She/her. I turn pictures into numbers so others can turn them into medicine. Also I yell about politics a lot. See the fantastic things my team does at https://ciminilab.github.io/WeMakeStuff . Views my own, awesome science from my amazing team.
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊
@bethcimini.bsky.social
· Nov 12
The highs of the conference yesterday and advising people on Twitter this morning have made me a bit reflective - I want to share some stuff I've never put online before, in case it helps others out.
In grad school, by any measure of academic success, I was a complete failure.
In grad school, by any measure of academic success, I was a complete failure.
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We are highlighting Jennifer Waters, a @focalplane.bsky.social Scientific Advisory Board member, Director of CITE, Harvard Medical School, and creator of MicroList (now featured in FocalPlane) and Microtutor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
@jencwaters.bsky.social
@jencwaters.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We are highlighting Jennifer Waters, a @focalplane.bsky.social Scientific Advisory Board member, Director of CITE, Harvard Medical School, and creator of MicroList (now featured in FocalPlane) and Microtutor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
@jencwaters.bsky.social
@jencwaters.bsky.social
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded a $100 million, 5-year grant to the Sentinel project at @broadinstitute.org.
😷 Drs. Christian Happi & Pardis Sabeti will create a system to detect outbreaks in real time, preventing them from becoming pandemics: https://bit.ly/483My7H
😷 Drs. Christian Happi & Pardis Sabeti will create a system to detect outbreaks in real time, preventing them from becoming pandemics: https://bit.ly/483My7H
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded a $100 million, 5-year grant to the Sentinel project at @broadinstitute.org.
😷 Drs. Christian Happi & Pardis Sabeti will create a system to detect outbreaks in real time, preventing them from becoming pandemics: https://bit.ly/483My7H
😷 Drs. Christian Happi & Pardis Sabeti will create a system to detect outbreaks in real time, preventing them from becoming pandemics: https://bit.ly/483My7H
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November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Was lovely to see many of you @ I2K! Despite having major FOMO about missing so much stuff this fall (GloBIAS! CytoData! FoundingGIDE! CBIAS!), conferences ARE usually a great way to find @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I. In Episode 19, we talk through great societies/meetings we think you'll enjoy!
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Was lovely to see many of you @ I2K! Despite having major FOMO about missing so much stuff this fall (GloBIAS! CytoData! FoundingGIDE! CBIAS!), conferences ARE usually a great way to find @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I. In Episode 19, we talk through great societies/meetings we think you'll enjoy!
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We are kicking off a blog series with @focalplane.bsky.social to provide insight into life at the AIC, microscopy careers, image analysis, and more! Read our intro post here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/a...
AIC at HHMI Janelia
Introduction to the AIC at HHMI Janelia blog on FocalPlane
focalplane.biologists.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We are kicking off a blog series with @focalplane.bsky.social to provide insight into life at the AIC, microscopy careers, image analysis, and more! Read our intro post here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/a...
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#CBIAS2025 discussion about software maintenance is turning into stories from the graveyard.
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#CBIAS2025 discussion about software maintenance is turning into stories from the graveyard.
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
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Our team is busy organising #CBIAS2025 today and tomorrow! Follow the symposium hashtag to hear more about all the interesting discussions happening around all things bioimage analysis
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Our team is busy organising #CBIAS2025 today and tomorrow! Follow the symposium hashtag to hear more about all the interesting discussions happening around all things bioimage analysis
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
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AOC with the facts on MTG
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
AOC with the facts on MTG
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This is a genuine problem/ challenge.
Turning off intrusive AI features, from Gmail, also turns off useful anti-spam and related features.
(Sort of like Trump using the govt shutdown as excuse to end all SNAP benefits. Google didn't have to do this.)
Turning off intrusive AI features, from Gmail, also turns off useful anti-spam and related features.
(Sort of like Trump using the govt shutdown as excuse to end all SNAP benefits. Google didn't have to do this.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a genuine problem/ challenge.
Turning off intrusive AI features, from Gmail, also turns off useful anti-spam and related features.
(Sort of like Trump using the govt shutdown as excuse to end all SNAP benefits. Google didn't have to do this.)
Turning off intrusive AI features, from Gmail, also turns off useful anti-spam and related features.
(Sort of like Trump using the govt shutdown as excuse to end all SNAP benefits. Google didn't have to do this.)
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Me: "Taking vacation time is essential for emotional well-being, recovery from burnout, and future productivity. In all jobs but especially true in research, where mental focus is essential. Offering more vacation time should be required, and employees should take it"
Also me: "But not me though"
Also me: "But not me though"
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Me: "Taking vacation time is essential for emotional well-being, recovery from burnout, and future productivity. In all jobs but especially true in research, where mental focus is essential. Offering more vacation time should be required, and employees should take it"
Also me: "But not me though"
Also me: "But not me though"
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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We just released a new major version of TrackMate (v8), the cell and organelle tracking plugin of Fiji.
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We just released a new major version of TrackMate (v8), the cell and organelle tracking plugin of Fiji.
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
MASSIVE thank you to everyone involved in this year's I2K meeting - 32 SUPER sessions from our volunteer presenters, and so many super-engaged participants.
HUGE shoutout to Aditi from @bioimagingna.bsky.social for being the organizational wizard!
See you in the recordings and at next year's!
HUGE shoutout to Aditi from @bioimagingna.bsky.social for being the organizational wizard!
See you in the recordings and at next year's!
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
MASSIVE thank you to everyone involved in this year's I2K meeting - 32 SUPER sessions from our volunteer presenters, and so many super-engaged participants.
HUGE shoutout to Aditi from @bioimagingna.bsky.social for being the organizational wizard!
See you in the recordings and at next year's!
HUGE shoutout to Aditi from @bioimagingna.bsky.social for being the organizational wizard!
See you in the recordings and at next year's!
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It's been great to present OME-Zarrs & Fractal for interoperable bioimage analysis at the 2025 @cytodata.bsky.social conference in Berlin today. Thanks a lot to the organizers & especially Christopher Schmied for having us!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's been great to present OME-Zarrs & Fractal for interoperable bioimage analysis at the 2025 @cytodata.bsky.social conference in Berlin today. Thanks a lot to the organizers & especially Christopher Schmied for having us!
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What a great result! - congratulations to everyone involved! 🙂
Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏
Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏
🏆 Proud to share that @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social & BioImagingUK have been awarded the @tech-commit.bsky.social Award of Impact!
This recognises our support of imaging technicians through:
✈️ 85 travel grants
📚 60 training subsidies
🔬 84K+ pupils engaged in outreach
📝 Core Facilities Poster & Policy
This recognises our support of imaging technicians through:
✈️ 85 travel grants
📚 60 training subsidies
🔬 84K+ pupils engaged in outreach
📝 Core Facilities Poster & Policy
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What a great result! - congratulations to everyone involved! 🙂
Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏
Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...
NIH Grant Terminations Disrupt 1 in 30 Clinical Trials, Impacting Over 74,000 Participants | AJMC
Infectious disease was hit hardest by funding cuts to NIH grant for clinical trials that did not align with the Trump administration's priorities.
www.ajmc.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...
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Scientists can be some of the most superstitious people on Earth, because so much of what we do is a black box with a high statistical chance of failure.
I have absolutely had haunted 👻 instruments that had to be placated by small sacrifices of enzyme or culture media.
I have absolutely had haunted 👻 instruments that had to be placated by small sacrifices of enzyme or culture media.
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Scientists can be some of the most superstitious people on Earth, because so much of what we do is a black box with a high statistical chance of failure.
I have absolutely had haunted 👻 instruments that had to be placated by small sacrifices of enzyme or culture media.
I have absolutely had haunted 👻 instruments that had to be placated by small sacrifices of enzyme or culture media.
Want to submit questions anonymously for today's live Ask Erin / Dear Beth? Here's the link! Ask us anything! app.sli.do/event/ajuLnM...
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Want to submit questions anonymously for today's live Ask Erin / Dear Beth? Here's the link! Ask us anything! app.sli.do/event/ajuLnM...
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AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —