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Simon Walker

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Head of Imaging, Babraham Institute UK. Scientist, cyclist, technology nerd from the 3D Monster Maze generation. All opinions my own.

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Simon Walker @smonw.bsky.social · 11h

I am now seeing structured illumination in the clouds. Perhaps it’s time for a holiday.

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Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social · Nov 20

We love that #MicroscopyMonday is still a thing! Let us introduce our Imaging facility team, led by @smonw.bsky.social, together they make these beautiful images possible! 👇 Here are our favourite images but can you match them to our research programmes - #Epigenetics, #Immunology and #Signalling ?🧪

Isabel San Martin Molina, Simon Walker and Kirsty MacLellan-Gibson stood in a walled garden smiling

"Blackberry fields" - Irene Zorzan and Teresa Rayon's image of human embryo-like structures derived from human embryonic stem cells (blastoids) that form balls of cells with an inside cavity that look very much like blackberries. Blue marks all nuclei of the structure, the green label marks the cells that will generate the embryo proper (Nanog), and the pink label is a readout of a ribosomal protein (pS6).

An image that looks like a galaxy. The spleen is an organ of the lymphatic system that plays an important role in the immune system. In this video, multiple markers were used to characterize the structure of the germinal centres in the spleen. 25 different cellular markers were targeted including B cells, T cells, plasma cells, fibroblasts, macrophages, stromal cells, granulocytes, red blood cells and dendritic cells. Images were taken by using the ultra-high content MACSima imaging platform at the Imaging Facility by Isabel

Celia Raimondi's image of collections of nematode worms in different colours - DNA staining (DAPI) of D1 in adulthood of mutant strain (glp-1(e2144)) of Caenorhabditis elegans. Image acquired with Nikon A1R Confocal, objective X20. Modification of the colour with ImageJ

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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · Nov 14

Postdoc positions available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge @PDN_Cambridge!
Join us and help discover the role that supracellular actomyosin assemblies and cell adhesion play in sculpting organs in Drosophila!
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48942/

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AIC at Janelia @aicjanelia.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello Bluesky! The AIC makes HHMI Janelia imaging technologies and expertise available to the world at no cost. Learn more about our instruments and programs at our website: www.aicjanelia.org

Microscopy | Ashburn, VA, USA | Advanced Imaging Center

The Advanced Imaging Center at HHMI Janelia creates access to microscopy and imaging technologies and expertise available to the world, available at no cost.

www.aicjanelia.org

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Simon Walker @smonw.bsky.social · Nov 14

Great talks. Thanks for organising.

Simon Walker @smonw.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hoping to find fellow survivors who’ve jumped the shipwreck X.

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