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Nikon Microscope Solutions @healthcare.nikon.com · 14d

🎉 🔬 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s #NikonSmallWorld in Motion video #Microscopy competition: bit.ly/4mtjUk7

🥇 1st place goes to Jay McClellan of Saranac, Michigan (USA) for his video capturing self-pollination in a thymeleaf speedwell flower.

#Microscope #SciArt #SciComm

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks go out to MDI Bio Lab Digital Image Analyst @hsomers.bsky.social for this #microscopymonday view of an adult #zebrafish (brain vasculature) from the MesoSPIM.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Speaking with BioImaging North America about the Maine Microscopy Course! @bioimagingna.bsky.social @mdibiolab.bsky.social

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#science #education #microscopy #EoE

Exchange of Experience Virtual Group | May 28 2025 | Frederic Bonnet

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voigtvision.bsky.social @voigtvision.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of the people I'm indebted the most for creating stunningly beautiful #mesoSPIM samples was Martina Schaettin - who tragically passed away in March this year. To honor her memory, Elkhan Yusifov created an award - submit your best #microscopy images & videos! www.linkedin.com/company/mart...

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Aug 18

This mouse fibroblast cell captured by @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social in 2022 is labeled with a #fluorescence to visualize the actin cytoskeleton—a network of actin filaments & proteins that maintains cell shape, enables movement & supports key processes.

#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hi Dr. Lachie,

I use the AI voice over due to my strong accent. I agree, it doesn't always sound the best. But your data analysis is great.

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Aug 4

Do you see chromatic aberration in your images? www.youtube.com/shorts/9lyix...

#science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl

What is optical aberration ?

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Jul 28

What is Köhler Illumination?

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#microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science

What is Köhler illumination ? #science #microscope #biology #optics

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jul 28

A beautiful #microscopymonday sea star captured by @hsomers.bsky.social in 2022.

Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green

#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Reminder! Application Deadline: August 8, 2025

From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🖥️🧬

Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jul 21

This #microscopymonday image shows GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a #zebrafish kidney.

It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei.

#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jun 9

This #microscopymonday image is of a #Drosophila male reproductive system: paired coiled testes, seminal vesicles & accessory glands, and a single ejaculatory duct. Each coiled testis is about 1.5mm. Image captured by MDI Bio Lab Sr. Scientist Travis Carney.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Jul 21

What is Numerical Aperture?

#microscopy #na #numericalaperture #microscopymonday #science #bioimaging

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What is Numerical Aperture (NA) ?

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jun 30

This image from 2024 is by MDI Bio Lab Senior Scientist Travis Carney. It shows the neurons in the brain of a #Drosophila fruit fly larva. The images are color-coded projections, so different focal planes are in different colors.

#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Jul 14

Do you know the PSF of your microscope?

#PSF #Pointspreadfunction #microscopy #microscopymonday #introduction #science #biology

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What is the Point Spread Function (PSF) of a microscope

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jul 14

This colorized #microscopymonday image from 2023 by Frederic Bonnet shows kidney cells of a pig: the nuclei in yellow, the cytoplasmic vesicle in green and the membrane in magenta.

#standwithscience #researchmatters @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social

#microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Do you follow best practices for visualizing microscopy images?

#microscopy #microscopymonday #imaging #visualization #science

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What are best practices for visualizing microscopy images ?

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Jun 29

SGLT2 Inhibition Ameliorates Age-Dependent Renovascular Rarefaction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.27.654312v1

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Deadline Approaching! July 7, 2025

Maine #Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals 2025, August 5-13 at MDI Bio Lab!

Optimize your experiment planning, imaging and analysis skills to strengthen your research and accelerate discoveries in your field.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩‍🔬

Maine Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals 2025

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jun 13

Maine #Microscopy: Foundations & Fundamentals 2025, August 5-13

For Maine grad students, postdoc trainees, research assistants & junior faculty. Understand current technology and how technical decisions impact final image products.

Application Deadline: July 7. Register today!

🧪 🤝 🍎 👩‍🔬 🖥️ 🧬

Maine Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals 2025

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · May 26

Happy #MicroscopyMonday!

#microscopycommunity - join @bioimagingna.bsky.social May 28, to hear Fredric Bonnet of @MDIBL_LMF speak on “Maine Microscopy: Democratizing Microscopy Education for Local Scientists” as part of the BINA EoE Virtual Group

Learn more and register here: buff.ly/F3rZzx7

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voigtvision.bsky.social @voigtvision.bsky.social · May 16

Looking forward to the @mesospim.bsky.social #lightsheet #Microscopy anniversary symposium in October with @preibischs.bsky.social @adamkglaser.bsky.social @christellelangevin.bsky.social & many more! And to the next mesoSPIM decade! 🔬 Thanks @nvladimus.bsky.social & Co for organizing it!

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · May 12

A leading Light Microscopy Facility in Maine, the goal of MDI Bio Lab's @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social is excellence in research support & training with a strong emphasis on #education.

For instance, this #microscopymonday #zebrafish image is an example of a practice sample.

#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · May 1

New chapter from Iain Drummond (MDI Bio Lab) and Heiko Schenk (Hannover Medical School) in Current Topics in Developmental Biology (@elsevierconnect.bsky.social): "Kidney development, injury and regeneration—Zebrafish"

#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #SciencePublishing

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · Apr 7

Happy #MicroscopyMonday!
Nominate an academic @bioimagingna.bsky.social member for the 2025 Michael W. Davidson Memorial Award!

2025 submissions are now being accepted through May 23, 2025 & details are available here buff.ly/Bh9qo5r .

Michael W. Davidson Memorial Award

The BioImaging North America (BINA) Michael W. Davidson Memorial Award is designed to support members who embody the mission and core values of BINA by demonstrating commitment, shared values and the…

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