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Hana Valenta @hanavalenta.bsky.social · Jul 21

I stumbled over article: Sex at birth is not always random — mum’s age and genetics can play a part.
Wow, that is really interesting.

...but actually the study doesn’t look at the influence of male partners.
Isn't that important??!

www.nature.com/articles/d41... (with ref to the full paper)

Sex at birth is not always random — mum’s age and genetics can play a part

Families with three or more boys, for example, are more likely to have another boy than a girl as the next child.

www.nature.com

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Kai Johnsson @kjohnsson.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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Dedecker Lab @dedeckerlab.bsky.social · Jun 17

We are at Innovative Imaging for 3D Cell Biology Conference in #Utrecht.
Come to talk to us! 😉

conference.imagine-microscopy.nl/programme

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Michelle Frei @michellefrei17.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy to see my Postdoc work out @natbiotech.nature.com. Using HaloTag and synthetic fluorophores instead of FPs enables us to shift the spectral properties of kinase activity reporters (KARs) to the far-red 🔬. Huge thanks to everyone involved @jinzhanglab.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Far-red chemigenetic kinase biosensors enable multiplexed and super-resolved imaging of signaling networks - Nature Biotechnology

Far-red kinase biosensors are applied to image kinase signaling networks at super resolution.

www.nature.com

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Hana Valenta @hanavalenta.bsky.social · Apr 18

The most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

...and the reflection of the capricious citation culture:
🤖
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

www.nature.com

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piatkevich.bsky.social @piatkevich.bsky.social · Apr 18

mScarlet3-H (aka mYongHong), a highly stable monomeric red fluorescent protein, works well for long-term super-resolution imaging, rapid tissue clearing, and CLEM www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A highly stable monomeric red fluorescent protein for advanced microscopy - Nature Methods

The red fluorescent protein mScarlet3-H is bright, photostable and very robust to high temperature, chaotropic conditions and oxidative environments. mScarlet3-H works well in correlative light and el...

www.nature.com

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Loïc A. Royer 💻🔬🧪 @loicaroyer.bsky.social · Mar 6

Exciting opportunity at @CZBiohub SF! Join us as an Optical Scientist developing cutting-edge light-sheet microscopy to map vertebrate development. PhD in Optics/EE/Physics preferred. #ScienceJobs #Microscopy #BioImaging 🧪🔬💻

job-boards.greenhouse.io/chanzuckerbe...

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Dedecker Lab @dedeckerlab.bsky.social · Jan 20

For our annual Project Design Contest - postdoc, the winner is Solène Lefebvre with "STaRS = Smart Targeting and Release System" to improve drug delivery and development process.

Congratulations! 🥳🏆
#winner
#projectdesign

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Hana Valenta @hanavalenta.bsky.social · Jan 16

Our Una Europa team consists in KU Leuven 🇧🇪, Uni Zürich 🇨🇭, Uni Helsinki 🇫🇮 and Uni Leiden 🇳🇱.

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Hana Valenta @hanavalenta.bsky.social · Jan 16

Nice start of the year with kick-off meeting of our #UnaEuropa team at University of Zurich!🇨🇭
Exciting project plan settled, fondue eaten 🥳

@robinvde.bsky.social
@ninahartrampf.bsky.social (thanks for hosting!)
@ShiqiWang
@JoachimVanGuyse

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Maurice Lee @mauriceylee.bsky.social · Jan 13

Hello science friends on bluesky!
After many years of doing molecular biophysics and optics/microscopy, I just want to share that I'm leaving science and academia next month. I don't have concrete plans for my next step yet so I might just take a break for a while but we shall see how things go.

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Dedecker Lab @dedeckerlab.bsky.social · Jan 13

Silke Denis is the winner of our annual Project Design Contest - PhD, with her “FPpace” project for fast continuous directed evolution of fluorescent proteins! 🏆
Congrats! 🥳
#winner
#projectdesign

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Hana Valenta @hanavalenta.bsky.social · Dec 20

Nice opportunity from the JCS: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

JCS-FocalPlane Training Grants

About JCS-FocalPlane Training Grants JCS-FocalPlane Training Grants are aimed at early-career researchers, working in an area covered by JCS, who would like to attend a microscopy training course. The...

www.biologists.com

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Emmanuel Margeat @emmanuelmargeat.bsky.social · Nov 21

It is official! The fourth edidtion of our winter school on "Fluorescence markers for advanced microscopy" will take place on March 15-20 2026 in Les Houches, in the french Alps.
fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com
Selection of participants will start in 2025. Signup on the website to be informed.

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Nov 22

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky

For me, it certainly feels good to be here!

@natureportfolio.bsky.social @bsky.app

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky

Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.

www.nature.com

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Nina Hartrampf @ninahartrampf.bsky.social · Nov 13

Are you looking for a PhD position in peptide synthesis, automation, and computational analysis? 🧪 💊💻

We have an open position for a collaborative PhD thesis (with Novo Nordisk). For more details, please see: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

⏰ Application deadline = November 15

UZH: PhD Position in Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis (Industry Collaboration)

A PhD position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf at the Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich (Switzerland), in collaboration with the company Novo Nordisk in Måløv, Denmar...

jobs.uzh.ch

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