Reposted by Christian WilmsPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Given how people look things up and the state of many of our tools to look things up with, I'm wondering if annually and manually updated printed reference handbooks will start to make a comeback. 2557
Reposted by Christian WilmsCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843421192
Reposted by Christian WilmsReza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How does cerebellar output interact with motor cortex and basal ganglia to support goal-directed behavior? Dimitar Kostadinov will present. Talks are open to all (email me for link) Recorded talks: youtube.com/@shadmehrlab 093
Reposted by Christian WilmsKevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026found at ucsf 9554117
Reposted by Christian WilmsTakuya Sasatani @takuyasasatani.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Miniscope Zero, the first fully wireless Miniscope, is on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Wireless power + data enable neural recordings in enclosed mazes, 3D environments & from two animals at once! @miniscope.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.64898/202... Wiki: miniscope.org/wiki/Minisco... 48934
Reposted by Christian WilmsTony Kelly @tonykellyeu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Very happy our work on a weird new nanoscale morphological feature is out in @science.org. A massive effort involving different high resolution microscopy techniques, multiple institutes, & years of work to convince ourselves DENDRITIC NARROWINGS EXIST #neuroskyence 🧪 doi.org/10.1126/scia...buff.lyDendritic shaft constrictions shape synaptic integration in neuronsFor nearly 150 years, textbooks have described dendritic morphology as optimized for efficient synaptic voltage transfer from spines to the soma, implemented as a tubular design respecting Rall’s 3/2… 1266
Reposted by Christian WilmsRita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I picked up my passport with visa this morning so now I can officially get excited for our conference on Next-Generation Fluorescence microscopy in Beijing this week! natureconferences.streamgo.live/next-generat... It's a really stacked program because basically everyone we invited said yes!natureconferences.streamgo.liveNext-Generation Fluorescence MicroscopyOrganized by Tsinghua University, Nature Photonics, Nature, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Biotechnology and Nature Communications. The conference will highlight key areas in fluorescence micro... 1455
Reposted by Christian WilmsMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I cannot tell you what absolute fiction this is. AI is heading for a crash and this cackhanded Terminator narrative is being engineered to save them. The fact that the unsubstantiated testimony of a former employee has been the top story on BBC News all day is absurd and irresponsible. 561221357
Reposted by Christian WilmsJohannes Vierock @johvierock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Happy to announce that the #VierockLab is moving to #Goettingen joining the new #Else-Kröner-Fresensius-Center-for-Optogenetic-Therapies and a vibrant Optogenetics Community in their goal to bring Optogenetics to the clinic! In the #OpsinEngineeringLab we have Openings - please share and apply! 🚀☺️🎊 1197
Reposted by Christian WilmsSebastian Munck @sebastianmunck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Last call for our interuniversity course in advanced microscope - application deadline: 14 September www.flandersbioimaging.org/icalm26flandersbioimaging.orgiCALM26 | Fbiv23 059
Reposted by Christian WilmsDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161170608
Reposted by Christian WilmsBrendan @chemscrapes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As a community service, I have demonstrated this in the kitchen using cling film and a teaspoon. 5248
Reposted by Christian WilmsVittorio Saggiomo @vsaggiomo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026ok, Bluesky has peaked for me. Forget about all that old place stuff. This is it! 184
Reposted by Christian WilmsRAPP OptoElectronic @rappopto.bsky.social · 07/09/20261/3 ✨ What is holographic #photostimulation? It uses spatial light modulation (SLM) to shape a laser beam into defined light patterns, enabling tunable 3D illumination and simultaneous targeting of multiple selected ROIs within the field of view. 122
Reposted by Christian WilmsRob Campbell @raacampbell.com · 06/09/2026Our BrainSaw serial-section 2-photon platform acquires whole-organ datasets automatically and requires minimal tissue processing. It has a growing international install base and has contributed to 35 publications. Learn more at: swcmicroscopy.com/brainsaw/ #microscopy #neuroscience 2507
Reposted by Christian WilmsSebastian Munck @sebastianmunck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Great Opportunity for our interuniversity course on advanced microscopy. Please register before the 14th of September www.flandersbioimaging.org/icalm26flandersbioimaging.orgiCALM26 | Fbiv23 073
Reposted by Christian WilmsChristian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 30/08/2026Kolumne: Selbst die, die an Batteriegroßspeicher glauben, haben ihr rasantes Wachstum dramatisch unterschätzt. Aktuelle Anschlusszusagen ergeben für Deutschland bereits ein Wachstum um den Faktor 27. Das wird das Stromsystem fundamental verändern (ob K. Reiche will oder nicht). 731860634
Reposted by Christian WilmsReza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026How does the brain know when to act? Hidehiko Inagaki will present neural mechanisms that allow animals to time self-initiated movements, and how learning rewires circuits to adjust this internal timer. A fascinating look at how the brain turns intention into action. 1121
Reposted by Christian WilmsErik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday www.nature.com/articles/nme... 012939
Reposted by Christian WilmsPeter O'Toole @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Registration is open for our International Hands-on Confocal Microscopy Course. www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... Have fun whilst you learn. Highly interactive. 100% recommended and 5* rated. Limited to 12 delegates = lots of hands-on time. @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.socialyork.ac.ukHands-On Confocal Microscopy Course 054
Reposted by Christian WilmsLondon BioImage Interest Group @biig-ucl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The BioImage Interest Group is expanding! London-BIIG is bringing together microscopists and computational scientists across UCL, Crick, KCL and Imperial. Follow us for updates on bioimage analysis talks (@LMCB & Zoom) as well as next year's networking event! 🔬🧫 #L-BIIG 0189
Reposted by Christian WilmsJohn Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 17/08/2026VACANCY - Funded by @European Research Council (ERC), we have three exciting opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers to join the newly appointed Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social Group. These roles span: Developmental biology - okt.to/nq50wC 🧵 12441
Reposted by Christian Wilmsvoigtvision.bsky.social @voigtvision.bsky.social · 12/08/2026🚨 Now out in @aaas.org Science Advances 🚨: aDISCO: a protocol for clearing & antibody-staining human formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue by Anna Maria Reuss! 🧠🔬#lightsheet #Microscopy @mesospim.bsky.social @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 04812
Reposted by Christian WilmsHuisken lab @huiskenlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Jan and Paul are back at MBL with a Flamingo microscope for the Zebrafish Development and Genetics course! Two weeks of exciting imaging sessions and zebrafish science are now underway. @mblscience.bsky.social #LightSheet #LSFM #PortableMicroscope #Flamingo #zebrafish 2245
Reposted by Christian WilmsFilip Tomaska @filip-tomaska.bsky.social · 10/08/2026a friendly reminder to enjoy #kurtosis_summer 041
Reposted by Christian WilmsPeter Rupprecht @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Excited to share our work now in Nature Methods! We wrote this manuscript to help others better analyze and interpret calcium imaging data. As a central aspect, we show why nonlinear behavior of calcium indicators matters in practice. Very happy about this work! 16017
Reposted by Christian WilmsKatharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Das alles fühlt sich zunehmend wie ein „Don‘t look up“-LARP an. 🫤 612568817
Reposted by Christian WilmsJonas Wietek @jwietek.bsky.social · 03/08/2026light-activated tetanus neurotoxin (LATeNT) by the @aliceyting.bsky.social lab. Includes a comparison with the light-switchable PdCO (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), showing a long lasting inhibition for 1h hour post illumination. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLight-activated tetanus neurotoxin for conditional proteolysis and inducible synaptic inhibition in vivo - Nature MethodsLATeNT is a light-activatable form of tetanus neurotoxin that can be used for spatiotemporally precise inhibition of exocytosis in neurons and other cells. It can inhibit synaptic transmission in vivo... 0206
Reposted by Christian WilmsJohannes Felsenberg @felsenberg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Finally out in @natneuro.nature.com! A forgotten memory isn't always gone. We show that forgotten memories persist as silent memory traces, can be recovered by reminders, and can even be reconstructed into false memories. Excited to finally share this work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCreating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila - Nature NeuroscienceForgotten memories in Drosophila persist as silent memory traces and can be recovered by reminder cues. Manipulating reminders can create false memories, showing that memory reconstruction flexibly in... 1214154
Reposted by Christian WilmsMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 31/07/2026The apical dendrite looks great, and does wonders in a slice. What does it do in the living cortex? It depends on the cell. A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... by @anyiliu.bsky.social with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social and @fedrossi.bsky.social 17427
Reposted by Christian WilmsDan Feldman @danfeldman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The Neuroscience Department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Asst Professor in Computational Neuro. All areas of computational/theoretical neuro are welcome. Deadline Oct 30. Join our neuroscience community! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05446 #AcademicJobs #Neuroscience #NeuroJobsaprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - Computational Neuroscience - Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 09193
Reposted by Christian WilmsTobias Rose @trose-neuro.bsky.social · 29/07/2026@ptrrupprecht.bsky.social providing the new go-to GECI reference. Read when doing calcium imaging. rdcu.be/fwF82rdcu.beSpike inference from calcium imaging data acquired with GCaMP8 indicatorsNature Methods - In this Analysis, Rupprecht et al. investigate the behavior of GCaMP8 variants in spike inference using several different algorithms. They highlight the role of the... 13311
Reposted by Christian WilmsReza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026If an action results in error, each neuron requires an individualized teaching signal that guides change in its output. This is the credit assignment problem of learning. Are there neurons in the brain that can compute such a sophisticated teaching signal? Yes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgClimbing fibers encode the gradient of a loss function for the cerebellumNeurons in the brain are often many synapses away from motoneurons, yet if a movement results in error, each distant neuron needs a teacher that considers its specific contribution to production of th... 218170
Reposted by Christian WilmsPacific Optica @pacificoptica.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Che-Hang brought the Ventana, and @ianoldenburg.bsky.social brought the holography. All-optical 2p neurophysiology @cshlcourses.bsky.social A great collab. Summer courses are the best. 0132
Reposted by Christian WilmsSpencer LaVere Smith @spencerlaveresmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Two-photon calcium imaging. What makes for good data? How can we optimize experiments to get good data? New post labrigger.com/blog/2026/07... and new free web apps from @filip-tomaska.bsky.social (1/8) 17321
Reposted by Christian Wilmsjared toettcher @toettch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026New Toettchlab paper alert! Harrison Oatman just published his beautiful work combining software design for "smart" microscopy+optogenetics and some really beautiful work understanding EGFR-driven collective cell migration. www.cell.com/cell-systems... 213942
Reposted by Christian WilmsAlex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We get asked often - what is the duration of psilocybin's effects in the mouse brain? 🧠 There exist data, and now we have also measured it ourselves: Time to peak was 33 min and brain half-life was 56 min. Part of a preprint on drug-evoked dendritic Ca2+ signals: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 3355
Reposted by Christian WilmsRAPP OptoElectronic @rappopto.bsky.social · 23/07/20261/3 🤔 Did you know an existing Olympus BX51WI can be upgraded into a 2P microscope? ➡️ With @Sutter’s DF-Scope®, a familiar lab workhorse for electrophysiology, transmitted-light and epifluorescence workflows gains the key optics/electronics for #TwoPhotonMicroscopy. 122
Reposted by Christian WilmsNikolas Karalis @nikolaskaralis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Registration is now open for the Paris Circuit Dynamics Conference & Workshop 2026! Neuromodulation of Neuronal Circuits: From Behavior to Computation Paris Brain Institute 16–17 September 2026 Registration is free (but required): www.paris-circuits.euparis-circuits.euParis Circuit DynamicsThis conference will bring together leading experts to discuss how neuromodulatory systems shape neuronal circuit dynamics, behavior, and computation. The program will focus on how neuromodulators suc... 13326
Reposted by Christian Wilmsadamezracohen.bsky.social @adamezracohen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We developed a new approach for mapping absolute membrane voltage, based on dynamic photocycle control in Voltron2. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Here's my favorite example: human iPSC colonies break into electrical domains as they begin to differentiate. 13915
Reposted by Christian WilmsCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out. 114137702879
Reposted by Christian WilmsMichael Kasten @madscientistphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It's been a year in the making but I am happy to announce our UNC Neurophysiology core facility is online. What do we do? Patch clamp (from almost anything), calcium imaging, ABR, EEG, and more! Ready to help labs, research institutes, and companies anywhere! Details: www.med.unc.edu/neurophyscore/ 04515
Reposted by Christian WilmsChiara Stringari @chiarastringari.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Do you still have trouble exporting raw FLIM data from @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social and analyzing them with #OpenSource software? Good news! A very clear, step-by-step protocol has just been published by Jason E. Lee's lab. bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... 273
Reposted by Christian WilmsGørd zu Elif-Ultra 🇪🇺🇰🇷🇺🇦 @elbblick.org · 13/07/2026Ich glaube, das BMWE möchte, dass möglichst wenig Leute mit Interesse an Klimaschutz an dieser Umfrage teilnehmen: www.jetzt-mitmachen.de/necp/stepjetzt-mitmachen.deBefragungVielen Dank, dass Sie sich Zeit nehmen, an dieser Befragung teilzunehmen. Ihre Meinung ist uns wichtig – mit Ihren Antworten tragen Sie dazu bei, die zukünftige Energie- und Klimapolitik Deutschlands mitzugestalten. 40464384
Reposted by Christian WilmsSabine Krabbe @sabinekrabbe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Are you at #FENS2026? Check out Selin Kenet's poster from her work with Thomas Misgeld on Wednesday morning: 🧠 Off-target complement-mediated oligodendrocyte injury in a mouse model of neuromyelitis optica 📌 PS03-08AM-020 🔖 Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 072
Christian Wilms @cwilms.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I made it to #FENS2026 in Barcelona and am looking forward to an week of catching up with people and the newest trends in neuroscience. I am happy to to chat a out all things multiphoton, including lasers, as well as woodworking and dinghy sailing. DM me or catch me at booth 145 to grab a coffee 081
Reposted by Christian WilmsBahl Lab @bahllab.bsky.social · 05/07/2026We are excited to share our collaboration with @pheereynolds.bsky.social, Robert Hindges & team on retinal plasticity, now out in Neuron! This work shows how visual experience during early development changes the anatomical and functional properties of amacrine cells and ultimately behavior!cell.comEarly visual experience elicits cellular and functional plasticity in the retina and alters behaviorThe understanding of experience-dependent plasticity in the vertebrate retina is largely incomplete. Reynolds et al. discovered that raising animals in differently patterned visual environments change... 34120
Reposted by Christian Wilms3Dneuro @3dneuro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026📢 #FENS2026 giveaway! We're distributing 8 R2 system starter kits - including one with our new metal holder- for FENS attendees! Apply here: forms.gle/QFnUVZthhcfR... 1136