Ricardo Henriques
@henriqueslab.bsky.social
@AIOpticalBioLab.bsky.social. Group Leader #ITQB & H. Prof #UCL. #Nanoscopy & #AI for #LifeSciences. #SRRF sensei. #ERCCoG, #EMBO member. Dad. Opinions my own
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🚨🔬🤖🚀 #PhotoFiTT is out! With @guijacquemet.bsky.social's & @microbematos.bsky.social's labs, we launched a new phototoxicity measurement for live microscopy using cell clocks⏱️. By rockstars @mariodelr.bsky.social @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social et al! AI-powered + label-free
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The Microscopists interviews Christophe Leterrier
YouTube video by The Microscopists
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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We have been thinking a lot recently on how to share and interact with code when doing image analysis. This is one piece of the puzzle. Awesome work driven by Bruno S.
Always a delight to work with @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🫶
More to come soon 😄.
Always a delight to work with @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🫶
More to come soon 😄.
📯👨🚀 Calling all #bioimage analysis aficionados. #EZInput is out! We wanted to bring #ImageJ’s capacity to record settings to the #Python ecosystem 🐍. It is a declarative library for generating UIs that just work. Done with @guijacquemet.bsky.social lab
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08859 #ScientificComputing
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08859 #ScientificComputing
January 15, 2026 at 12:12 PM
We have been thinking a lot recently on how to share and interact with code when doing image analysis. This is one piece of the puzzle. Awesome work driven by Bruno S.
Always a delight to work with @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🫶
More to come soon 😄.
Always a delight to work with @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🫶
More to come soon 😄.
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Congratulations, @bioimagearchive.bsky.social! This pubic data repository has received @elixir-europe.org’s CDR and EDD status! Great recognition for a great resource! 🎉
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/bioimag...
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/bioimag...
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Congratulations, @bioimagearchive.bsky.social! This pubic data repository has received @elixir-europe.org’s CDR and EDD status! Great recognition for a great resource! 🎉
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/bioimag...
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/bioimag...
📯👨🚀 Calling all #bioimage analysis aficionados. #EZInput is out! We wanted to bring #ImageJ’s capacity to record settings to the #Python ecosystem 🐍. It is a declarative library for generating UIs that just work. Done with @guijacquemet.bsky.social lab
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08859 #ScientificComputing
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08859 #ScientificComputing
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
📯👨🚀 Calling all #bioimage analysis aficionados. #EZInput is out! We wanted to bring #ImageJ’s capacity to record settings to the #Python ecosystem 🐍. It is a declarative library for generating UIs that just work. Done with @guijacquemet.bsky.social lab
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08859 #ScientificComputing
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08859 #ScientificComputing
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🚨The Neurocyto lab is branching out in our latest preprint! We used tubulin microinjection to directly visualize microtubule turnover in developing hippocampal neurons, demonstrating the presence of in-lattice repair and a selective stabilization in the nascent axon. Check below, or read on 🧵 1/9
Direct labeling of microtubule turnover reveals in-lattice repair and stabilization patterns in developing neurons
The microtubule cytoskeleton is the backbone of neuronal morphogenesis, driving the development of the dendrites and axon, and supporting trafficking to distant compartments. How neuronal microtubules...
www.biorxiv.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
🚨The Neurocyto lab is branching out in our latest preprint! We used tubulin microinjection to directly visualize microtubule turnover in developing hippocampal neurons, demonstrating the presence of in-lattice repair and a selective stabilization in the nascent axon. Check below, or read on 🧵 1/9
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Congrats to the newest PhD graduate at our lab, supervised by
@henriqueslab.bsky.social, now Dr. @afonsomendes92.bsky.social!👨🏼🎓👏
His research work culminated in the publication of #SReD in
Nature Communications. Read here: tinyurl.com/NatureSRed
@gimmfoundation.bsky.social
@itqbnova.bsky.social
@henriqueslab.bsky.social, now Dr. @afonsomendes92.bsky.social!👨🏼🎓👏
His research work culminated in the publication of #SReD in
Nature Communications. Read here: tinyurl.com/NatureSRed
@gimmfoundation.bsky.social
@itqbnova.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Congrats to the newest PhD graduate at our lab, supervised by
@henriqueslab.bsky.social, now Dr. @afonsomendes92.bsky.social!👨🏼🎓👏
His research work culminated in the publication of #SReD in
Nature Communications. Read here: tinyurl.com/NatureSRed
@gimmfoundation.bsky.social
@itqbnova.bsky.social
@henriqueslab.bsky.social, now Dr. @afonsomendes92.bsky.social!👨🏼🎓👏
His research work culminated in the publication of #SReD in
Nature Communications. Read here: tinyurl.com/NatureSRed
@gimmfoundation.bsky.social
@itqbnova.bsky.social
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👁️I spy our Scientific Advisory Board members on the @jcellsci.bsky.social cover.
FocalPlane is a youngster at 5 years old, but we're looking forward to continuing our development in 2026 with the help of the #microscopy and #cellbio communities.
FocalPlane is a youngster at 5 years old, but we're looking forward to continuing our development in 2026 with the help of the #microscopy and #cellbio communities.
Issue 24 is complete
Marking the end of @biologists.bsky.social 100-year anniversary celebrations, our cover features members of the JCS community, including some researchers from our ‘First Person’ & ‘Cell Scientists to Watch’ interviews.
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Marking the end of @biologists.bsky.social 100-year anniversary celebrations, our cover features members of the JCS community, including some researchers from our ‘First Person’ & ‘Cell Scientists to Watch’ interviews.
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
👁️I spy our Scientific Advisory Board members on the @jcellsci.bsky.social cover.
FocalPlane is a youngster at 5 years old, but we're looking forward to continuing our development in 2026 with the help of the #microscopy and #cellbio communities.
FocalPlane is a youngster at 5 years old, but we're looking forward to continuing our development in 2026 with the help of the #microscopy and #cellbio communities.
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One of my favorites features is that you can now cite using DOI in line with the text. #RxivMaker automatically fetches the citation and update your documents. No more messing around with Biblitex ❤️
🚀📰 End-of-year news for #RxivMaker =). Now it generates both #pdf and #docx from #markdown. Docx makes it easier to collaborate on a document for non-markdown users, making it simple to loop between docx and #RxivMaker to a professional-looking #preprint
Preprint updated: arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836
Preprint updated: arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One of my favorites features is that you can now cite using DOI in line with the text. #RxivMaker automatically fetches the citation and update your documents. No more messing around with Biblitex ❤️
🚀📰 End-of-year news for #RxivMaker =). Now it generates both #pdf and #docx from #markdown. Docx makes it easier to collaborate on a document for non-markdown users, making it simple to loop between docx and #RxivMaker to a professional-looking #preprint
Preprint updated: arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836
Preprint updated: arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🚀📰 End-of-year news for #RxivMaker =). Now it generates both #pdf and #docx from #markdown. Docx makes it easier to collaborate on a document for non-markdown users, making it simple to loop between docx and #RxivMaker to a professional-looking #preprint
Preprint updated: arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836
Preprint updated: arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836
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On my last day in the lab for 2025… I sneak into the h-index 40 club to join @henriqueslab.bsky.social!
#celebrateallthethings
#celebrateallthethings
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On my last day in the lab for 2025… I sneak into the h-index 40 club to join @henriqueslab.bsky.social!
#celebrateallthethings
#celebrateallthethings
🧬 @itqbnova.bsky.social has 15 BRIDGE fellowships for Master's graduates pursuing PhDs!
We have a spot: "Decoding the morphological language of infection using AI". Build AI to map how viruses hijack cells & bacteria survive antibiotics.
Deadline: 05/01/2026
www.itqb.unl.pt/education/br...
We have a spot: "Decoding the morphological language of infection using AI". Build AI to map how viruses hijack cells & bacteria survive antibiotics.
Deadline: 05/01/2026
www.itqb.unl.pt/education/br...
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🧬 @itqbnova.bsky.social has 15 BRIDGE fellowships for Master's graduates pursuing PhDs!
We have a spot: "Decoding the morphological language of infection using AI". Build AI to map how viruses hijack cells & bacteria survive antibiotics.
Deadline: 05/01/2026
www.itqb.unl.pt/education/br...
We have a spot: "Decoding the morphological language of infection using AI". Build AI to map how viruses hijack cells & bacteria survive antibiotics.
Deadline: 05/01/2026
www.itqb.unl.pt/education/br...
Going through my UCL-times photos, this little one came up
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Going through my UCL-times photos, this little one came up
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🛠️Why this matters: PhotoFiTT empowers labs to fine-tune imaging conditions, improve reproducibility, reduce cell stress, and strengthen biological conclusions. All code, data & tools are open on GitHub & BioArchive 🔓📦 #OpenScience 👉 github.com/HenriquesLab...
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🛠️Why this matters: PhotoFiTT empowers labs to fine-tune imaging conditions, improve reproducibility, reduce cell stress, and strengthen biological conclusions. All code, data & tools are open on GitHub & BioArchive 🔓📦 #OpenScience 👉 github.com/HenriquesLab...
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💡 Key insights we uncovered: Near-UV light delays mitosis at doses as low as 0.6 J/cm². Longer wavelengths need higher doses, and surprisingly, continuous low-intensity illumination (slow scan) can be more damaging than brief high-intensity bursts (fast scan). Data-driven phototoxicity thresholds! ✨
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
💡 Key insights we uncovered: Near-UV light delays mitosis at doses as low as 0.6 J/cm². Longer wavelengths need higher doses, and surprisingly, continuous low-intensity illumination (slow scan) can be more damaging than brief high-intensity bursts (fast scan). Data-driven phototoxicity thresholds! ✨
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🚀 Enter PhotoFiTT: a standardise experimental protocol combined with AI-powered image analysis to track cell behaviour (mitosis, size, activity) in response to light exposure. What’s even better: label-free and fully quantitative! 🔍🤖
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚀 Enter PhotoFiTT: a standardise experimental protocol combined with AI-powered image analysis to track cell behaviour (mitosis, size, activity) in response to light exposure. What’s even better: label-free and fully quantitative! 🔍🤖
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The challenge: live-cell fluorescence microscopy can unintentionally stress or harm cells, changing timing, size and activity. If left unchecked, this can skew biology and standard qualitative checks just don’t cut it ⚡️ #Microscopy #CellBiology
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The challenge: live-cell fluorescence microscopy can unintentionally stress or harm cells, changing timing, size and activity. If left unchecked, this can skew biology and standard qualitative checks just don’t cut it ⚡️ #Microscopy #CellBiology
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It’s FINALLY out! 🎉🚀 We have been working on PhotoFiTT for a long time, and it’s now published, introducing a quantitative framework to measure phototoxicity and optimise live-cell microscopy experiments. So excited to finally share the last version! 🔬✨ #PhotoFiTT doi.org/10.1038/s414...
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s FINALLY out! 🎉🚀 We have been working on PhotoFiTT for a long time, and it’s now published, introducing a quantitative framework to measure phototoxicity and optimise live-cell microscopy experiments. So excited to finally share the last version! 🔬✨ #PhotoFiTT doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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#PhotoFiTT proposes a standard label-free and quantitative protocol, including #AIImageProcessing, to measure #phototoxicity derived cell stress 🧮 By systematically assessing deviations in cell behaviour, we can optimize #livecell experiments and stop blindly frying our cells💡🧫
two eggs with faces drawn on them in a frying pan with the words the egging dead below them
ALT: two eggs with faces drawn on them in a frying pan with the words the egging dead below them
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December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#PhotoFiTT proposes a standard label-free and quantitative protocol, including #AIImageProcessing, to measure #phototoxicity derived cell stress 🧮 By systematically assessing deviations in cell behaviour, we can optimize #livecell experiments and stop blindly frying our cells💡🧫
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🚨Amazing news for a cloudy Monday!🌩️😎 I'm extremely happy to share that our last adventure is finally out!🚀🎉Phototoxicity fitness time trial (#PhotoFiTT) - a quantitative framework for assessing phototoxicity in live-cell microscopy experiments 🔬❤️🔥⚡️ doi.org/10.1038/s414...
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨Amazing news for a cloudy Monday!🌩️😎 I'm extremely happy to share that our last adventure is finally out!🚀🎉Phototoxicity fitness time trial (#PhotoFiTT) - a quantitative framework for assessing phototoxicity in live-cell microscopy experiments 🔬❤️🔥⚡️ doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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We hope #PhotoFiTT becomes part of your standard toolkit for benchmarking phototoxicity⚖️reporting light exposure✅+sharing more reproducible imaging results🦾May quantitative phototoxicity assessment be a norm, not an afterthought✨ User-friendly code👩💻👉 github.com/HenriquesLab...
GitHub - HenriquesLab/PhotoFiTT: Computational workflows to assess phototoxicity in live-cell microscopy experiments
Computational workflows to assess phototoxicity in live-cell microscopy experiments - HenriquesLab/PhotoFiTT
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We hope #PhotoFiTT becomes part of your standard toolkit for benchmarking phototoxicity⚖️reporting light exposure✅+sharing more reproducible imaging results🦾May quantitative phototoxicity assessment be a norm, not an afterthought✨ User-friendly code👩💻👉 github.com/HenriquesLab...
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Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Leonor Morgado, Raquel Portela @guijacquemet.bsky.social and @microbematos.bsky.social @aiopticalbiolab.bsky.social 🌸💖🙏
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Leonor Morgado, Raquel Portela @guijacquemet.bsky.social and @microbematos.bsky.social @aiopticalbiolab.bsky.social 🌸💖🙏
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As if a full photodamage odyssey wasn’t enough😏, we also had the excitement of moving institutes mid-project to @itqbnova.bsky.social 💚 New place, new microscopes, new experiments, new prizes and yet more fun!🤩
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As if a full photodamage odyssey wasn’t enough😏, we also had the excitement of moving institutes mid-project to @itqbnova.bsky.social 💚 New place, new microscopes, new experiments, new prizes and yet more fun!🤩
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With the best partner in crime
@mariodelr.bsky.social😎 this adventure started when joining @henriqueslab.bsky.social
From day-1, #phototoxicity was a nightmare+obsession, but also as much about deep learning (beyond images), endless discussions+experiments and true joy as it was about microscopy 🔬💪
@mariodelr.bsky.social😎 this adventure started when joining @henriqueslab.bsky.social
From day-1, #phototoxicity was a nightmare+obsession, but also as much about deep learning (beyond images), endless discussions+experiments and true joy as it was about microscopy 🔬💪
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
With the best partner in crime
@mariodelr.bsky.social😎 this adventure started when joining @henriqueslab.bsky.social
From day-1, #phototoxicity was a nightmare+obsession, but also as much about deep learning (beyond images), endless discussions+experiments and true joy as it was about microscopy 🔬💪
@mariodelr.bsky.social😎 this adventure started when joining @henriqueslab.bsky.social
From day-1, #phototoxicity was a nightmare+obsession, but also as much about deep learning (beyond images), endless discussions+experiments and true joy as it was about microscopy 🔬💪
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🎉 Last but not least, a huge thanks to @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social Leonor Morgado, Raquel Portela, @guijacquemet.bsky.social @microbematos.bsky.social @henriqueslab.bsky.social
We have been an amazing team, and you made this work possible! 🥳🚀
We have been an amazing team, and you made this work possible! 🥳🚀
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎉 Last but not least, a huge thanks to @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social Leonor Morgado, Raquel Portela, @guijacquemet.bsky.social @microbematos.bsky.social @henriqueslab.bsky.social
We have been an amazing team, and you made this work possible! 🥳🚀
We have been an amazing team, and you made this work possible! 🥳🚀
Reposted by Ricardo Henriques
Our Researcher @mariodelr.bsky.social and Raquel Portela from @microbematos.bsky.social were invited by @healthnewspt.bsky.social to talk about their new collaboration project awarded by Early Career Research Award, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗧.
Read the full interview at: tinyurl.com/infectofitt
Read the full interview at: tinyurl.com/infectofitt
Raquel Portela e Mario del Rosario, ITQB NOVA: “Transformar o microscópio num sensor inteligente”
Em entrevista exclusiva ao Healthnews, os investigadores Raquel Portela e Mario del Rosario do ITQB NOVA apresentam o InfectoFiTT, uma ferramenta de IA que monitoriza em tempo real o impacto das infeç...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our Researcher @mariodelr.bsky.social and Raquel Portela from @microbematos.bsky.social were invited by @healthnewspt.bsky.social to talk about their new collaboration project awarded by Early Career Research Award, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗧.
Read the full interview at: tinyurl.com/infectofitt
Read the full interview at: tinyurl.com/infectofitt