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Zhixing Chen
@zhixingchen2.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. at Peking University. Imaging probes, chemical biology, super-resolution imaging.
https://zhixingchenlab.mysxl.cn/
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Proximity labeling users: check out this study by @zhixingchen2.bsky.social and Peng Zou, which establishes how much contact-dependence vs. diffusion is responsible for biotinylation — tl;dr TurboID has a much smaller effective radius! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2
Spatial barcoding reveals reaction radii and contact-dependent mechanism of proximity labeling - Nature Chemical Biology
A DNA nanoruler platform enables precise measurement of the labeling radii of TurboID and APEX2, uncovering their contact-dependent mechanisms. These findings redefine the enzymology of proximity labe...
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thank you Jeremy for the promotion😀
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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New paper from @zhixingchen2.bsky.social's lab!

It turns out that, in addition to its very low phototoxicity, PKmito Deep Red (PKMDR) directly reports on mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in live cells through its lifetime!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Thank you Mike for the host and the discussions! looking forward to future collaborations!!
October 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Congrats and thank you for using PKMito!
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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🌑Goodbye bleaching, hello brightness! ☀️

We're thrilled to introduce two new Halotag ligands featuring @zhixingchen2.bsky.social fantastic photoresistant BD-dyes!

✅ Highly photoresistant, no photoblueing
✅ Outstanding brightness
✅ Cell permeable
✅ Outperform best in class fluorophores
July 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Check it out at PNAS today. Thank you Alexandre for the collaboration!!

PK Mem probes offer long time-lapse imaging of cell membrane dynamics. Made possible by
Jing Ling, Yitong Liu, and all the collaborators!

Available @spirochrome.com
Thrilled to collaborate with @zhixingchen2.bsky.social Lab @pku1898.bsky.social !
We tested new PK Mem dyes—gentle, photostable tools to label the plasma membrane in live neurons, making it easier to track growth cone motility & axonal transport. #liveimaging #neuroscience
tiny.cc/3qhp001
July 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Teaching an old bacterial protein new tricks: Fast, bright and reversible rhodamine tags for live-cell imaging:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congratulations to Julian Kompa and the entire team.
Fast, Bright and Reversible Rhodamine Tags for Live-Cell Imaging
We present Rho-tag and SiR-tag, engineered protein tags derived from bacterial multidrug-resistance proteins that bind unsubstituted (silicon-) rhodamines with nanomolar affinity, enabling fast, rever...
www.biorxiv.org
July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Finally out in Nature Chem Bio:
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you Steffi and Veselin.
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling - Nature Chemical Biology
SNAP-tag is a widespread tool for labeling protein for bioimaging. Now, Kühn et al. report SNAP-tag2 with increased labeling kinetics and brightness, which translates into a better performance in live...
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Our groundbreaking Dark Sectioning technique is now published in Nature Methods! 🎉 It supercharges existing imaging systems:
🔬 Widefield → Confocal
🔬 Single-photon → Multiphoton
🔬 2D-SIM → 3D-SIM
Now integrated in Airy PolarSIM and #FlexSIM!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
May 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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We are looking for a postdoc to study biomolecular condensates and/or mechanosensitive membrane proteins. Please help spread the news 🙏
sites.rutgers.edu/shi-lab/look...
Looking for a postdoc - Shi Lab
The Shi lab at Rutgers-New Brunswick is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study biomolecular condensates and/or mechanosensitive membrane proteins. To see more information and apply, please go to t...
sites.rutgers.edu
May 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thank you Shinya!!!
May 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Here come our new palette of fluorescent dyes. The BD dyes endeaves to balance glowy brightness, robust photostability, and biocompatibility. Let's boost 4D dynamic super-resolution imaging!!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@spirochrome.com
A palette of bridged bicycle-strengthened fluorophores - Nature Methods
A suite of bridged rhodamine dyes (BriDyes) offers excellent brightness, solubility, photostability, and tunable cell permeability along with resistance to photoblueing, making them exceptional all-pu...
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Excited to share my first post on Bluesky: I’ve recently been appointed as a Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt! 🎉

The Stephan Lab will use advanced bioimaging 🔬🧫 to explore how organelles collaborate to maintain subcellular architecture and metabolism.
May 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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A comprehensive review on covalent chemical strategies for protein self-labeling from @kjohnsson.bsky.social's lab: HaloTag, SNAP-tag et al. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
March 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Happy to share DeepCristae😀, a CNN for mitochondria restoration, now in @commsbio.bsky.social y.social

rdcu.be/ebrAQ

S.Papereux, @ludovicleconte.bsky.social, @zhixingchen2.bsky.social, J.Salamero, C.Kervrann, A.Badoual
@the.3i.social @institutcurie.bsky.social #inria @france-bioimaging.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Thank you Shinya for the invitation! Very much looking forward to this trip!!!
February 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🔔🧪 I'm deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Sheetz, a true pioneer in #mechanobiology.
I'll always cherish our lovely times in NYC, Singapore, Zurich, and Sydney. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends in this difficult time.
So long, Mike 🥺😔
February 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Oh magazine maker, let us transfer our pretty papers to her, instead of nature communications.
January 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you for sharing this touching piece!
January 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Mitochondria vibes only! Want to measure the inner membrane potential but unsure how or when? This review breaks it down! From protocols to pitfalls, get the tools you need to decode cellular powerhouses. ow.ly/Ejj050UsK7Y
How and when to measure mitochondrial inner membrane potentials
The scientific literature on mitochondria has increased significantly over the years due to findings that these organelles have widespread roles in the onset and progression of pathological conditions such as metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, and cancer. Researchers have extensively explored how mitochondrial properties and functions are modified in different models, often using fluorescent inner mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) probes to assess functional mitochondrial aspects such as protonmotive force and oxidative phosphorylation.
ow.ly
December 30, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I always tell this "discouraging" story to the grad students on my class...
Do you know who Douglas Prasher is? Many don't, even though he is the person who cloned the original #GFP gene in the late 1980s. In my short history of plant light #microscopy I also cover a bit of his story - & why he is relatively unknown today, despite the importance of his work. See this 🧵👇
December 29, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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First post on Bluesky!✨
(1/7) Far-red dopamine sensor is coming! Excited to introduce our chemigenetic DA sensor, HaloDA1.0! #Dopamine #FarRedSensors, #GRAB www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
December 24, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Thank you for choosing PK Mito!
One big advantage of laser induction is you can cause pearling whenever you want, in just the mitochondrial tube that you want, so it is very precise and controllable. Combined with STED imaging it has been possible to get some beautiful images of cristae and nucleoids during pearling
December 24, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Thank you Christophe for the promotion!!
December 24, 2024 at 3:28 AM