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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 17h

@carltonlab.org has the movie and frames I think (he drift-corrected it to remove the panning motion at some point)

Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 20h

This is not an end, more a starting point to engage with the whole community and discuss how AI is transforming microscopy

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 23h

The team enjoys the sun while the poor PI toils away on ANR proposals... with a view

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 23h

The full NeuroCyto lab at the @inp-marseille.bsky.social retreat in Carry le Rouet!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

ha ha c'est la deuxième moitié de Marseille-Napoli mais ça ne va pas durer (la première moitié m'a permis d'être 4e en Septembre)

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Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We are updating our Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) website with : - Protocols tips to help you get started - Examples of applications across different biological systems. - work in progress - an antibody database 👉 mocel.unige.ch/research-gro...

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Researchers from cilia biology and microscopy, as well as primary ciliary dyskinesia clinicians, have written an open letter to Nikon regarding the winning video in their Small World in Motion competition. To read the open letter and find out how to add you name:

focalplane.biologists.com

Please sign and share: open letter to Nikon on the 2026 Small World in Motion winner - FocalPlane

Please sign and share: open letter to Nikon on the 2026 Small World in Motion winner - News

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For societal, ethical and legal reasons, intent is of course what makes the difference. Pretending this is about being right or wrong is a straw man at this point

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Julien Lefevre @julien-lefevre.cpesr.fr · 07/10/2026

Le double discours orwellien à @univ-amu.fr A gauche: mail du service com' reçu à 16H01 A droite: un des camions de CRS positionnés pour faire déguerpir les étudiant·es qui occupaient pacifiquement le Grand Amphi de Saint-Charles. 16H16

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Before I go back to science (and cooking) posts, here are pics of how we raced last week from Marseille to Napoli. Sore legs, unforgettable memories: photos.app.goo.gl/ceHYPNbcHyiH...

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Marseille-Napoli 2026 🍕🚴‍♂️🍦🌋 · Sep 26 – Oct 4 📸

Shared album · Tap to view!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A neapolitan pizza place outside Italy that has it on the menu is usually the real deal!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you haven't heard about the Neapolitan salsiccia and friarelli (sausage and rapini) pizza I'm sad for you!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

une palissade avec des ouvertures a la base

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are places worse than Napoli for this 😅

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Napoli knows how to welcome finishers!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And it's done! Final climb up Mount Vesuvius was no joke

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Checkpoint 2 at KM 1200 in Castellafiume. Napoli in sight!

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Melanie D. White @melaniedwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I spoke with @nature.com about the Nikon Small World controversy. As AI becomes part of scientific imaging, we need greater transparency about what was measured, inferred or generated. It's not about excluding AI. It’s about preserving trust in scientific evidence. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

This award-winning microscopy image used AI — igniting controversy in a prestigious competition

Researchers say that using artificial-intelligence tools to visualize scientific images can become problematic when models misrepresent the underlying data.

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Dan Jackson @danj2k.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"some of the structures "pop in and out of existence" and the cilia "appear from nowhere". Meanwhile [...] the source image appeared to contain a distinctive watermark indicating it had been AI generated."

bbc.co.uk

Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Checkpoint #1 at KM 520 validated after 2 days, 3 hours and 45 minutes 🚴‍♂️ At Fausto Coppi's birth house in Castellania!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last visit to la Bonne Mère for good luck before the 1470 km, 18,000 D+ Marseille-Napoli cycling adventure. I won't post much here but you can follow the race on Madcap app.madcap.cc/event/marsei... and I'll post updates on my instagram @ultradistan

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Could it be some processing performed on the mp4 downstream (compression etc) by the media hosting server?

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

damn, I don't know enough about these watermarks, sounds fishy?

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Précaution du fabriquant contre l'accusation d'amener les jeunes vers l'alcool www.60millions-mag.com/les-alcools-...

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Les « alcools sans alcool », une fausse bonne idée ?

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient a Speak-n-Spell company by any chance?

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Fena Ochs @fenaochs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy to share our new software SIMworks out today in Nature Protocols (1/3) SIMworks is a software suite built on our previous tools SIMCheck, Chromagnon, ChaiN and SIMinspector and enables data augmentation, quantitative processing and analysis. Link to publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

SIMworks—an integrated software suite for quality-controlled augmented quantitative structured illumination microscopy

Nature Protocols - SIMworks is an integrated software suite for quality-controlled augmented quantitative structured illumination microscopy (SIM), enabling both new learners and experienced users...

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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FluorescenceFriday. The first time I imaged a 🐸 embryo, I didn't realise they had these ciliated cells on the outer surface. So you can imagine how surprised and curious I was! These cilia are similar to those found in the human airway. And yes, this is just a good old confocal + 🔥LUT!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Small World is just a handful of people at Nikon - the silence doesn't mean they don't read I think. An email is the most efficient way though

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nikon (the Small World part) isn't present here - better post toward Nikon Small World on LinkedIn

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Mia Konjikusic, PhD @konjikusicmia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To add to all the lovely videos of non-AI processes multicilia beating: ctenophore multiciliated cells! They can reach up to 1mm long, causing a rainbow light refraction effect with the correct light positioning! Taken by myself at MBL in 2019 embryology. Realtime frame-rate!

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a balanced account of where the microscopy community stands on AI use by this year's Small World in Motion winner. My main issue is that no one seems to have seen the original data despite requests (no mention of it being reviewed by the organizers) www.the-scientist.com/allegations-...

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Allegations of AI Use in Nikon Competition Spark Controversy | The Scientist

Microscopists raise concerns about inappropriate AI usage in Nikon's microscopy contest-winning video. Nikon stands their ground, citing no policy breach.

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Valentin Dunsing-Eichenauer @dunsingvalentin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FluorescenceFriday: Given the recently grown interest in ciliary beating, here is a movie of beating cilia in a human airway model that I captured last week with lattice light-sheet microscopy. No AI „processing“, this is the raw data! Frame rate is ca. 170fps, displayed here at 25fps.

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