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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Aug 19

You have a few more days to apply. We are planning real hands-on practicals on our vEMs, a panel of great speakers and plenty of networking opportunities. Do not miss it!

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Aug 14

🔬 Do you want to learn the state-of-the-art SEM-based volume EM techniques and gain practical knowledge in imaging and data processing? Then don't miss the chance to apply for #EMBOvEM!

Apply by 31 August 👉 https://s.embl.org/vem25-01-bl

🗓️ 23 – 28 November 2025
📍 EMBL Heidelberg

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Aug 19

We are looking forward to having you here!

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Constantin Pape @cppape.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking for an opportunity to work on cutting super-resolution microscopy and AI? There's still time to apply to the two positions!

Constantin Pape @cppape.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our goal is to develop methods to understand the dynamics of biomolecules, using the latest developments in super-resolution microscopy and AI-based image analysis. Apply here:
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/699491.html
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/699489.html
Feel free to reach out with further questions.

PhD Position in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Dynamic Nanoscale Imaging (f/m/x) - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

www.uni-goettingen.de

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jul 11

In our latest feature we take a deep dive into volume electron microscopy, a powerful new method to see inside cells in 3D.

Learn more about how it could reduce the time to get ultra high-quality images of biopsies to better understand kidney transplant rejection.

www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

The power of 3D

Volume electron microscopy has started to gain traction across the bioimaging field, as it allows scientists to see inside cells and tissues in 3D at extraordinary resolution. But what is volume EM, w...

www.crick.ac.uk

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Jul 13

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · Jul 10

Volume EM meets synthetic biology

Matthew Lee, Judith Mantell, Martin Warren, Paul Verkade and colleagues use serial section Transmission Electron Tomography (ss-ET) to visualise synthetic ‘cytoscaffolds’ in bacteria.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/06/27/v...

@volumeem1.bsky.social 🔬

volume EM visualisation of synthetic scaffolds in bacteria - FocalPlane

volume EM visualisation of synthetic scaffolds in bacteria - Volume EM

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Jun 12

What's better than a correlative imaging course in Switzerland? 🔬+🍫=❤️
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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Really inspiring.
Thank you Omaya!

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Jun 10

90% of you probably don’t need to read this.
But maybe some of you are curious & 10% will feel seen. Or a little less alone. This isn’t about seeking sympathy.
It’s about sharing something hard to say out loud;
partly to heal, partly in case someone needs to hear it too. (1/3)
tinyurl.com/DudinO

Omaya Dudin

Interview with Omaya Dudin, who uses Ichthyosporea as models to study how and why unicellular organisms evolved multicellularity at the University of Geneva.

www.cell.com

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Arnone Lab @arnonelab.bsky.social · May 21

Do you want to understand how developmental programs are encoded in animal genomes? Join our lab at the @szndohrn.bsky.social for a PhD project to unravel the developmental dynamics in sea urchins during the metamorphosis from larva to juvenile.
Deadline JUNE 14th!
www.szn.it/index.php/it...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · May 16

🎥 New #volumeEM Video Alert: AI Segmentation in Volume Electron Microscopy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoz...

Segmentation is key to analyzing 3D volume EM data. Learn how semantic, instance, and panoptic methods isolate structures like mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm in complex tissues.

AI Segmentation in Volume Electron Microscopy

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

www.youtube.com

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · May 15

It is a great pleasure to be part of this team! Thanks to all citizen scientists for their valuable contributions to the project!

Etch a Cell @etchacell.bsky.social · May 15

🔬 Behind the Microscope at Etch A Cell 🔬

This week, meet Paolo, a staff scientist at EMBL in Heidelberg 🧬🔬🧫

#Zooniverse #CitizenScience #SciComm #ScienceForAll

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Apr 24

If you want to learn the latest developments in volumeEM from the experts, with hands-on experience on our instruments @embl.org, this course is for you! 🔬

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Apr 10

🔬 The practical course #EMBOvEM is open for registration 👉 https://s.embl.org/vem25-01-bl

You will gain theoretical and hands-on knowledge on the three main techniques for volume EM – microtome-based serial block-face SEM, focused ion beam SEM, and array tomography.

#vEM #Microscopy

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Candice Roufosse @candiceroufosse.bsky.social · Apr 12

Ever wonder what lies beneath your fluorescence images?

Read about VP-CLEM-Kit: an accessible cost-effective pipeline for correlative light and electron microscopy, designed to be used in light microscopy facilities, research labs, and lower resource settings.

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

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Etch a Cell @etchacell.bsky.social · Mar 18

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 We've launched Etch A Cell – ImmunoExplorers, a citizen science project studying immune cells. Help speed up research & improve treatments! 🔬
Join us 👉 www.zooniverse.org/projects/h-s...
#CitizenScience #Zooniverse

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Jemima Burden @jemimaburden.bsky.social · Mar 11

Check out three #arraytomography talks coming soon @bioemtalks.bsky.social 20th March 2025 🔥

BioEMTalks @bioemtalks.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚀 Join the BioEMTalks international community on March 20, 2025! 📅
🔬 Learn about Array Tomography techniques & applications in biomedical research.
📢 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 More info: www.bioemtalks.org
#BioEMTalks #ElectronMicroscopy #LifeSciences

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Mar 5

State of the art cellular structural biology! Congrats Sven 👏👏👏
With a small contribution of the @embl.org EMCF

Sven Klumpe @svenklumpe.bsky.social · Mar 5

Happy to share our manuscript on the in situ visualization of the copia retrotransposon in its final form today published in @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex.... What’s new?

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Ale Reversi @alereversi.bsky.social · Feb 13

If you are interested in integrating conceptual theory with cutting-edge experiments to understand complex living systems this course is for you #EMBLDevBio
Application deadline: 26 March
www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · Jan 31

It’s incredibly hard to study lipids in biological membranes on the nanoscale. You need near-perfect information on both membrane ultrastructure and lipid density, which usually isn’t attainable. Lipid-CLEM brought to you by @mathilda95.bsky.social changes that.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Emmanuel G. Reynaud @ereynaud.bsky.social · Jan 8

#JOBSEARCH If you are looking for a good old experienced scientist for consulting, copy-editing and all kind of science related jobs. Microscopy, cell biology, harm reduction, blaschka models. Based in France as I am supporting my wife's career and it matters. Please re post, send any offer my way

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Yannick Schwab @yschwab.bsky.social · Nov 14

Only 3 days left to apply. Essential practical course to empower your research with correlative light and electron microscopy #EMBOCLEM

www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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