Reposted by Gail McConnellLiz Hinde @lizhinde.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Focus on Microscopy #FOM2026 @gailmcconnell.bsky.social @labpresse.bsky.social @retof.bsky.social 0111
Reposted by Gail McConnellSuzie Humphrey @suzieh.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🚨PhD studentship alert! Join @gailmcconnell.bsky.social, @liam-rooney.bsky.social and I for an exciting imaging project characterising inter-species interactions in the oral microbiome. Details here: www.centreforbiophotonics.com/oralmicrobio... Application deadline 10th April 2026!centreforbiophotonics.comOral microbiome | Centre For Biophoton 11010
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026🚨🚨🚨 Deadline for applications to the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course @unistrathclyde.bsky.social extended to 30 January 2026! Details on how to apply are below 🔬 #microscope #ECRchat #Glasgow 01012
Reposted by Gail McConnellHannah Heil @hannah-superres.bsky.social · 10/12/2025🛑 ⚠️ Registration Deadline: December 12th! ⚠️ Don’t miss your chance to join! 🔬👷♀️🛠️ You'll need a Motivation Letter, CV, and a Reference Letter 📝 👉 Course details & registration: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic... #Microscopy #OpenScience #Bioimaging #EMBOmicroscopemeetings.embo.org 1106
Reposted by Gail McConnellJulia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I can highly recommend! Excellent value. :) 123
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025If you know them, first name terms is most likely appropriate. (It’s hard not to overthink this sometimes!) 000
Reposted by Gail McConnellNektarios (Nek) Valous @nekvalous.bsky.social · 05/11/2025@mirandalynchphd.bsky.social, Dirk Jäger, and I are organizing the @amermathsoc.bsky.social special session on Computational Biomedicine: New Frontiers in Methods and Applications at the @jointmath.bsky.social with exceptional speakers from mathematics, biology, and medicine. 044
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Yes! We cover lasers for linear and nonlinear microscopy, and multi-photon microscopy (harmonic generation and fluorescence, including fluorescent label design for 2P imaging) 🔬 120
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Thanks Sam! I share course organisation with @liam-rooney.bsky.social, @shannanfoylan.bsky.social and Brad Amos, and there are many student demonstrators. If was the only person involved there would be no course! 010
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Sponsorship opportunities are still available - if you would like to support the course please get in touch! 000
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We are grateful for sponsorship from a growing list of companies including 3i, @albascientific.bsky.social, Evident, Nikon, Northern Light Microscopy, Photon Lines, Laser 2000, and Sartorius, as well as the RMS and SULSA. 210
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We are limited to 20 participants, and, thanks to generous support from our sponsors, we have been able to keep costs as low as possible so that we may admit participants on need, rather than their ability to pay.shorturl.atApply | SOMC 2026 100
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The course is designed for PhD students, early career researchers, newly independent group leaders, research technical professionals, and imaging facility managers who are using light microscopes in their work and who wish to upskill in practical optical imaging. No previous experience necessary.shorturl.atApply | SOMC 2026 100
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We are delighted to announce the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2026 (SOMC26), taking place in Glasgow from 21st July – 30th July 2026! Please find more details at shorturl.at/xmUiZ and apply at shorturl.at/MxTlI. Deadline 16 January 2026. 33021
Reposted by Gail McConnellPhysghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Dear Physicists and Physics fans, I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th. Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬 3291147
Reposted by Gail McConnellbioRxiv Biophysics @biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Low-Cost 3D Printed Optics for Super-Resolution Multifocal Structured Illumination Microscopy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 0103
Reposted by Gail McConnellSusan Cox @micoxscopy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025How do you quantify cell structures which are deformed between different observations? Our preprint shows how to perform Simultaneous QUAntification of Structure and Structural Heterogeneity (SQUASSH) on 3D fluorescence microscopy data. (1/5) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgExtracting biological structure and heterogeneity from the nano to the macro scaleFluorescence microscopy is an essential tool in biology. It has revealed great variability at multiple scales, in macromolecular complexes, cells, and organisms. Understanding this variability will re... 1276
Reposted by Gail McConnellSarah Lecinski @sarahlecinski.bsky.social · 02/08/2025A huge thank you to the #SOMC25 organisers! I have enjoyed the lectures, the discussions, and seeing so many systems in action. It has pushed my knowledge of optical microscopy beyond expectations. (Plus the image prize!) I had a fantastic time!💫 181
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 02/08/2025After 10 packed days of optical microscopy theory & practicals, #SOMC25 is over! 🌍 24 students from around the world 🧑🏫 19 internationally renowned lecturers 🧑🔧 16 supportive sponsors 🔬 14 hands-on advanced practical sessions 🏆 4 poster & image prizes 🪼 1 field trip to collect marine specimens 1173
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025A coffee and a lecture from @superresolusian.bsky.social at the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course is one of my happy places #SOMC25 050
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 23/07/2025TY! @albascientific.bsky.social @the.3i.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social @hamamatsucorp.bsky.social @instituteofphysics.bsky.social @picoquant.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @tomocube.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social Nikon Evident NorthernLightMicroscopy PhotonLines PhotonicSolutions 021
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Our final activity of #SOMC25 Day 4 is an image analysis lecture and workshop led by @beatricebo.bsky.social from the Cancer Research Scotland Institute. 041
Reposted by Gail McConnellKatherine Paine @katherinepaine.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Great first week at #SOMC25, learning microscopy basics through lectures and practicals. We spent today collecting samples on the Isle of Cumbrae ready for week 2! 042
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Field trip day at #SOMC25 - we took a trip to the Isle of Cumbrae to collect specimens to image for the rest of the course. Tide pooling, beach combing, diatom netting, copepod fishing, crustacean hunting, and jelly junking. 🌊🪼🦀 142
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Day 2 of #SOMC25 kicks off with Lecture 1 from Brad Amos with an Overview of Optical Microscopy. Starting with the question: does the microscopist need to understand physics? 1124
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Day 2 Lecture 2 of #SOMC25 delivered by David McKee (@physicsstrath.bsky.social) on Ray and Wave Optics. 🌈🔬 042
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Rounding off the day with Lecture 3 of #SOMC25 with Polarisation, Interference and Diffraction delivered by @muellenbroich.bsky.social, featuring sunglasses-adorned Brewster and a young(er) @ralfmbauer.bsky.social. 062
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 23/07/2025The Strathclyde Optical Micoscopy Course #SOMC25 kicked off today - 10 days of practical light microscopy training with 24 students from around the world! From fundamental & advanced lectures, to hands-on workshops with high end systems, & a field trip to the Isle of Cumbrae, it will be great! 🔬 1259
Reposted by Gail McConnellTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 10955934782
Reposted by Gail McConnellSéamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Update: David Roberts, postdoc in my lab, tested the GraceBio GeneFrame substitute. A few quirks but extremely promising. Good: B. subtilis cells grew quite happily in overnight time lapse. Growth rate comparison to GeneFrames not done yet but in the works. 2156
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Improved contrast transmission stereomicroscopy using a low-cost 3D printed optical element! 🔬🧫🐟🧅 More details in our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 0125
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 22/05/2025🚨New pre-print out now!🚨 We 3D printed a large optical element that enhanced the illumination, contrast & image quality in transmission stereomicroscopy. This simple addition to the illumination path lets us detect refractive structures & dynamics unobserved by conventional stereomicroscopy. (1/5) 11911
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025This session has been one of the best attended and most scientifically diverse at previous mmc events - promote your most exciting, hot-out-of-the-lab results by submitting an abstract today! @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social 0128
Reposted by Gail McConnellProfessor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 01/04/2025New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social and the group. Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K 12719
Reposted by Gail McConnellSéamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy! Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further. If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product Please RT🔬🦠jove.comLive Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy.... 262842
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025We use these, as does @liam-rooney.bsky.social 130
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Missed the mmc conference abstract deadline but eager to present your latest work? Fear not! Late and Breaking abstracts open until Friday 2 May. More information here: www.mmc-series.org.uk/conference/a... @royalmicrosoc.bsky.socialmmc-series.org.ukAbstract SubmissionAbstract submission has now closed. You can now submit a late breaking abstract through Oxford Abstracts. 0119
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Are you fed up wasting time and photons in laser scanning microscopy? Our latest work, PerfectlyAverage, can help to determine optimal parameters for line and frame averaging while considering photobleaching. More information in our preprint! 🔬 bit.ly/PerfectlyAve... 24714
Reposted by Gail McConnellLiam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 21/02/20251 week left to submit for the Imaging Host-Pathogen Interactions session @ mmc'25! @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social & I are organising a @microbiologysociety.org sponsored session w/ invited speakers, Jessica Mark Welch @adaforsyth.bsky.social & Lara Hundsdorfer @unituebingen.bsky.social 🧪🔬 #MicroSky 11112
Reposted by Gail McConnellAlfred Millett-Sikking @amsikking.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Just a start! Who's missing? go.bsky.app/LAA7Sdx 184119
Reposted by Gail McConnellLaure Plantard @laureplantard.bsky.social · 12/02/2025An image analyst position is available in our microscope facility. Please share! 055
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025UV curing, a spin coat after printing (details in www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...), and we’re printing optics of all shapes and sizes, so watch this space!biorxiv.orgPrinting, Characterising, and Assessing Transparent 3D Printed Lenses for Optical ImagingThe production of high-quality lenses for optical instrumentation has involved subtractive manufacturing methods for centuries. These methods have demanded specialist equipment and expertise that ofte... 000
Reposted by Gail McConnellRoyal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025🔊Some great opportunities from the Journal of Microscopy for Early Career Researchers (£200 prize for best paper!!)🔬 #earlycareer #microscopy #science 012
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Applications close today for the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025! Apply at www.centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25 #Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky 094
Reposted by Gail McConnellJon Foster @jonfoster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Rhiannon Harrison (friend of a friend) is working on a dissertation on female football fandom of both men's and women's football. She's looking for female football fans to complete the attached survey. Please consider taking 10 mins to help Rhiannon out. forms.office.com/pages/respon...forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 33664
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 27/01/2025After the excitement of #BIOS at #PhotonicsWest, a change of venue to visit Professor Jen Dionne at Stanford and present our latest work on mesoscale imaging of host-pathogen interactions 🦠🧫🔬 1140
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Showcasing the latest applications of the Mesolens and demonstrating our $0.08 3D printed optical-quality lenses manufactured using low-cost consumer grade printers! #PhotonicsWest @spie.org 1435
Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Deadline for applications to the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 has been extended to 31 January 2025. It's shaping up to be an exciting event! Details below and at www.centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25 🔬 #Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSkycentreforbiophotonics.comSOMC24 | Centre For BiophotonicsHome 076