Reto Fiolka
@retof.bsky.social
Optical imaging, interested in STEM topics.
First generation graduate from ETH Zürich
Associate Professor at UT
Southwestern Medical Center
First generation graduate from ETH Zürich
Associate Professor at UT
Southwestern Medical Center
Integrated in an imaging system with a 60X NA 1.49 lens.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Integrated in an imaging system with a 60X NA 1.49 lens.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
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PhD position in my lab!
January 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
PhD position in my lab!
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I'll be part of a very illustrious seminar series at Duke BME later this year! bme.duke.edu/news/disting... Thanks to Junjie Yao and my other hosts!
Distinguished Seminar Series | Duke Biomedical Engineering
Engage with cutting-edge bioengineering research through this series of invited talks by renowned academics and industry leaders at Duke.
bme.duke.edu
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I'll be part of a very illustrious seminar series at Duke BME later this year! bme.duke.edu/news/disting... Thanks to Junjie Yao and my other hosts!
90° Galvanometric image rotator.
A bit harder to do than expected, but I’m also getting rusty.
Also need to tighten everything…
A bit harder to do than expected, but I’m also getting rusty.
Also need to tighten everything…
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM
90° Galvanometric image rotator.
A bit harder to do than expected, but I’m also getting rusty.
Also need to tighten everything…
A bit harder to do than expected, but I’m also getting rusty.
Also need to tighten everything…
Daycare closed, so Naomi did some hyperspectral single molecule localization microscopy at home.
She figured out the Cramér-Rao lower bound all by herself.
#parenting
She figured out the Cramér-Rao lower bound all by herself.
#parenting
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Daycare closed, so Naomi did some hyperspectral single molecule localization microscopy at home.
She figured out the Cramér-Rao lower bound all by herself.
#parenting
She figured out the Cramér-Rao lower bound all by herself.
#parenting
We have two funded postdoctoral positions available. Topics encompass:
-Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation
-Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit.
-Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation
-Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation
-Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit.
-Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation
January 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM
We have two funded postdoctoral positions available. Topics encompass:
-Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation
-Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit.
-Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation
-Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation
-Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit.
-Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation
To be fair, north Texas is pretty flat…😅
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
To be fair, north Texas is pretty flat…😅
A little colder today here in North Texas.
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
A little colder today here in North Texas.
#history
In the Soviet Union, there were different levels of “news” (referred to as red and white TASS).
The public received the highly redacted version that left out internal disasters and some world events.
Party officials got the actual world news as classified information.
In the Soviet Union, there were different levels of “news” (referred to as red and white TASS).
The public received the highly redacted version that left out internal disasters and some world events.
Party officials got the actual world news as classified information.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
#history
In the Soviet Union, there were different levels of “news” (referred to as red and white TASS).
The public received the highly redacted version that left out internal disasters and some world events.
Party officials got the actual world news as classified information.
In the Soviet Union, there were different levels of “news” (referred to as red and white TASS).
The public received the highly redacted version that left out internal disasters and some world events.
Party officials got the actual world news as classified information.
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We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 AM
We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
A summer stroll for our dog…
How is everyone else holding up?
How is everyone else holding up?
January 24, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A summer stroll for our dog…
How is everyone else holding up?
How is everyone else holding up?
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So excited to share the preprint with the bulk of my PhD work in the Beach @myosincity.bsky.social and Oakes @pwoakes.bsky.social Labs at Loyola University Chicago! We investigate the structure, recruitment, and function of septin networks around the nucleus. A thread:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
So excited to share the preprint with the bulk of my PhD work in the Beach @myosincity.bsky.social and Oakes @pwoakes.bsky.social Labs at Loyola University Chicago! We investigate the structure, recruitment, and function of septin networks around the nucleus. A thread:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
We started the farewelk proceedings for @bingyingchen.bsky.social which included a climbing outing (Bingying is an expert climber).
That was a lot of fun. I was toast after climbing three bunny walls (Figure 1).
Bingying showed us some “free solo” level climbs. Impressive.
That was a lot of fun. I was toast after climbing three bunny walls (Figure 1).
Bingying showed us some “free solo” level climbs. Impressive.
January 23, 2026 at 3:37 AM
We started the farewelk proceedings for @bingyingchen.bsky.social which included a climbing outing (Bingying is an expert climber).
That was a lot of fun. I was toast after climbing three bunny walls (Figure 1).
Bingying showed us some “free solo” level climbs. Impressive.
That was a lot of fun. I was toast after climbing three bunny walls (Figure 1).
Bingying showed us some “free solo” level climbs. Impressive.
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I’m looking forward to the weekend in DFW…
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I’m looking forward to the weekend in DFW…
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🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶
CELL MIGRATION LAB
We study cell migration in health and disease
cellmig.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶
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Job 1: Postdoc in Bioimaging 🖥️🔬
We are looking for a method developer at the interface of Bioimaging, microscopy, deep learning, and image analysis.
Ideally, you love Biological images, Python 🐍, open-source software, and "smart" microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
We are looking for a method developer at the interface of Bioimaging, microscopy, deep learning, and image analysis.
Ideally, you love Biological images, Python 🐍, open-source software, and "smart" microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
Researcher (postdoctoral level) in Bioimaging, 1.4.2026–31.08.2028
abo.rekrytointi.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Job 1: Postdoc in Bioimaging 🖥️🔬
We are looking for a method developer at the interface of Bioimaging, microscopy, deep learning, and image analysis.
Ideally, you love Biological images, Python 🐍, open-source software, and "smart" microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
We are looking for a method developer at the interface of Bioimaging, microscopy, deep learning, and image analysis.
Ideally, you love Biological images, Python 🐍, open-source software, and "smart" microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
RIP Gladys West, mathematician who measured the world to unheard precision (radius to tens of centimeters!), paving the way to GPS.
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
RIP Gladys West, mathematician who measured the world to unheard precision (radius to tens of centimeters!), paving the way to GPS.
It is not good coverage, but the few trains in the US can be pretty good if you can make your trip work.
Also dirt cheap. DART costs me an order of magnitude less than an UBER ($3 vs $50).
(CalTrain and DART Silver line pictured)
Also dirt cheap. DART costs me an order of magnitude less than an UBER ($3 vs $50).
(CalTrain and DART Silver line pictured)
January 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It is not good coverage, but the few trains in the US can be pretty good if you can make your trip work.
Also dirt cheap. DART costs me an order of magnitude less than an UBER ($3 vs $50).
(CalTrain and DART Silver line pictured)
Also dirt cheap. DART costs me an order of magnitude less than an UBER ($3 vs $50).
(CalTrain and DART Silver line pictured)
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Apply for the Postdoc Programme of the Health & Life Science Alliance in Heidelberg and Mannheim.
Do an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary between 2 of 7 partner institutes, including EMBL, the University, DKFZ.
www.health-life-sciences.de/postdocs/
Deadline: 31 March
Do an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary between 2 of 7 partner institutes, including EMBL, the University, DKFZ.
www.health-life-sciences.de/postdocs/
Deadline: 31 March
January 19, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Apply for the Postdoc Programme of the Health & Life Science Alliance in Heidelberg and Mannheim.
Do an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary between 2 of 7 partner institutes, including EMBL, the University, DKFZ.
www.health-life-sciences.de/postdocs/
Deadline: 31 March
Do an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary between 2 of 7 partner institutes, including EMBL, the University, DKFZ.
www.health-life-sciences.de/postdocs/
Deadline: 31 March
Asked for Cadper kdrl-egfp zebrafish, but they did not have it🙁.
#overmarketing
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
#overmarketing
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Asked for Cadper kdrl-egfp zebrafish, but they did not have it🙁.
#overmarketing
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
#overmarketing
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
That was a fun ride.
January 18, 2026 at 3:22 AM
That was a fun ride.
Seen in San Francisco: Zoox self driving car. Experimental operation mode.
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Seen in San Francisco: Zoox self driving car. Experimental operation mode.