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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · 14d

Neurolucida 360 featured in Journal of Neuroendocrinology! 🧠

McMaster Uni researchers mapped oxytocin neurons in autism-risk KO mice, uncovering sex- & region-specific differences!

👏 @katrinachoe.bsky.social @neuroash.bsky.social
@siyaoneuro.bsky.social

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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library

Oxytocin (OXT), a neuropeptide hormone essential to a wide range of social functions, has drawn increasing attention as a crucial contributor to the neurobiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Ce...

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · 16d

Join our Open Office Hours every Tuesday, 12–1 PM ET. Our experts are ready to answer your questions on stereology, light sheet imaging, or analysis workflows.

Drop in anytime to connect with our team & get the most out of your MBF system - no appointment needed!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: MBF Bioscience Weekly Open Office Hours. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · 21d

👩‍🔬 We're hiring a Senior Scientific Support Specialist! 🔬

Join us in advancing neuroscience research by training researchers, solving complex imaging challenges, and collaborating with top labs worldwide.

📖 Learn more: www.mbfbioscience.com/careers

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · 23d

MIT scientists unveil a microscope that images deeper into live brain tissue at single-cell resolution.

Supported by ScanImage + vDAQ for 3-photon photoacoustic imaging at unprecedented depths.

📖 news.mit.edu/2025/imaging...

#neuroscience #multiphotonimaging #scienceinnovation #sciencediscovery

Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution

A team of MIT Picower Institute scientists and engineers demonstrates a new microscope system capable of peering exceptionally deep into brain tissues to detect the molecular activity of individual ce...

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔬 Another exciting milestone!

The Olivier George Lab at @ucsandiego.bsky.social
is now part of the SLICE™ #Light-Sheet community with the installation of their new system. We’re proud to support their research and look forward to the groundbreaking discoveries ahead.

📷 @Sélène Bonnet-Zahedi

MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Aug 27

✨ Exciting news!

SLICE™, our award-winning light sheet microscope, is now up and running at the Marlin Lab at Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, ready to power advanced 3D imaging and accelerate discovery.

Here’s to more breakthroughs ahead! 🚀🔬

#3DImaging #ResearchInnovation

MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

At #MAF2025 in Montréal! 👋 See SLICE™, our award-winning light sheet microscope 🔬, in live imaging demos.

We’re also showcasing our solutions for multi-photon imaging, fiber photometry, neuron tracing, brain mapping and more.

⏳Show ends tomorrow - don’t miss it!

#3DImaging #LightSheetMicroscopy

MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Aug 22

👋 We’re heading to #MAF2025 in Montréal!

Stop by our booth Aug 24–27 to see SLICE™, our award-winning light sheet microscope 🔬 and explore powerful #fluorescence imaging solutions like multi-photon imaging, fiber photometry, neuron tracing, and more.

📍 See you in Montréal!
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Pacific Optica @pacificoptica.bsky.social · Aug 20

Check out some sweet Ventana Wide + Cousa imaging.
pacificoptica.com/ventana/

Live raw data over a 3.2 mm wide field-of-view with 16,000 lines/s scanning and submicron resolution. Demo now at @omibs-mbl.bsky.social

Thx @ewadorotaz.bsky.social @mbfbioscience.bsky.social @crisrodtsou.bsky.social !

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Aug 19

🏆 Big news! Our revolutionary light sheet microscope, SLICE™, has won the 2025 Microscopy Today Innovation Award! 🔬

Breaking barriers of cost and complexity, delivering advanced 3D imaging for labs everywhere, for under $75K.

📖 www.mbfbioscience.com/news/2025/08...

#lightsheetmicroscopy #science

MBF Bioscience's SLICE Wins Prestigious Microscopy Today Innovation Award

MBF Bioscience today proudly announces that its revolutionary light sheet microscope, SLICE™, has been awarded a Microscopy Today Innovation Award. the New Standard for Accessible Light Sheet Imaging.

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Aug 11

🙏 Thank you to everyone who joined our recent webinar introducing SLICE – the revolutionary light sheet microscope that's redefining high-performance 3D imaging by making it scalable, accessible, and cost-effective.

📺 Missed it? You can watch the full recording here: youtu.be/UgMgN5tTtdM

Webinar: Redefining High-Performance Light Sheet Microscopy with SLICE

YouTube video by MBF Bioscience

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 Tomorrow 12PM ET: Free webinar on SLICE, our revolutionary light sheet microscope making 3D imaging accessible & cost-effective!

🔬 Learn: SLICE pipeline, practical use & Q&A with Dr. Raju Tomer @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#lightsheetmicroscopy

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jul 29

Join us for a free webinar featuring SLICE 🔬 — the high-performance, scalable light sheet microscope.

With Dr. Tomer @rtomer.bsky.social (Columbia) + live Q&A!

📅 Aug 6, 12 PM ET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jul 16

🎓 Free Webinar: Redefining Light Sheet Microscopy with SLICE™

Join Dr. Raju Tomer (@rtomer.bsky.social er.bsky.social) inventor of Light Sheet Theta Microscopy & Matt Fay (MBF Bioscience) to learn how SLICE™ is making 3D imaging more accessible.

📅 Aug 6 @ 12PM ET
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Spencer LaVere Smith @spencerlaveresmith.bsky.social · Jul 10

The team used a lightbeads module from @mbfbioscience.bsky.social (tech developed by Vaziri lab) with a laser from Class 5 to perform lightbeads calcium imaging experiments on the Diesel2p large field-of-view microscope.

Five scientists working around a multiphoton control station with monitors and controls.

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jul 8

For years, light sheet microscopy was elite-only—high price, limited access.

Now there’s SLICE:

🔹 Under $75K
🔹 $5K/year all-in support
🔹 Intuitive, high-performance design

Re-engineered for real-world research.

🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n95ec2r

#SLICELightSheetMicroscope #3DImaging #lablife

SLICE: Breakthrough Light Sheet Imaging for Under $75,000

Move Beyond Traditional Light Sheet Microscopes. Meet SLICE - the New Standard for Accessible Light Sheet Imaging.

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧠 Your fiber photometry research just got easier!

We’ve launched the MBF Web Store with 24/7 access to Neurophotometrics Fiber Photometry consumables:

🔹 Cannulae
🔹 Patch Cords
🔹 Split Sleeves and more..

🛒 Explore now: store.mbfbioscience.com

#FiberPhotometry #Neuroscience #labsupplies

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jun 27

Heading to the #WormMeeting at UC Davis? 🐛

Visit our booth and explore WormLab—the ultimate solution for imaging, tracking, and analyzing C. elegans.

Let’s connect and talk science!

#Celegans #worm25 #WormLab #ImagingTools

genetics-gsa.org/worm-2025/

Homepage - 25th International Worm Meeting

Visit our website to learn more.

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jun 17

🗓️ Today @ 12PM ET - Join our Open Office Hours and connect live with our product managers and application specialists.

✅ Ask research-related questions
✅ Get real-time support
✅ Learn from others in the community

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#sciencematters #neuroscience #science

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: MBF Bioscience Weekly Open Office Hours. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jun 10

MBF Bioscience proudly introduces SLICE™—a revolutionary light sheet microscope developed in collaboration with leading researchers @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

✅ Sub-micron 3D imaging
✅ Compact, benchtop design
✅ Unmatched affordability

📖 www.mbfbioscience.com/news/2025/06...

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Nathan J. O'Connor, PhD, MS @nateoconnor.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our abstract for #SfN25 is in! #neuroscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social #science #brains #connectomics #microscopy

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jun 4

🔬 We’re at the #LSFM2025 Course at MDI Biological Lab @mdibiolab.bsky.social showing our newest innovation — the SLICE Light Sheet Microscope!

If you're here, stop by our booth to learn how SLICE makes whole-organ imaging more accessible to researchers.

📖 mbfbioscience.com/products/slice

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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · Jun 2

“F students are inventors”? Maybe. But good science needs more than intuition—it needs the right tools.

Whether you're an A+ or a C-for-Creative, we help turn your questions into clarity.

🎓 Got questions?Join our Open Office Hrs Tuesdays @12pm ET
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MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · May 29

🔬 Boost your microCT imaging with MBF Bioscience tools!

🧠 Analyze neurons, vasculature & brain regions using Neurolucida 360, Vesselucida 360 & NeuroInfo.

📘 Use MicroFile+ to convert files, add FAIR metadata & compress data without losing quality.

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#microCT #Neuroscience

MBF Bioscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social · May 20

Rebranding is hard. Science shouldn’t be.

As HBO Max becomes HBO Max again, we’re reminded how clarity always wins.

At MBF, we make sure your data—and your research direction—doesn’t need a reboot every six months.

Simple tools. Strong science. No confusing name changes required.

#sciencematters