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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain.
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Richard Lincoln, PhD @rlincolnchemist.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📢 I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the HHMI Janelia Research Campus as a Group Leader in MTI! It's an honor to be part of Janelia's Next Chapter, pushing dye development and imaging technologies into new dimensions. The Lincoln Lab launches Sept. 14th, stay tuned for more info! 🔬⚗️👨🏼‍🔬
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Alison Tebo @agtebo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We’re excited to announce the next Fluorescent Proteins & Biological Sensors conference! Abstract submissions are now open—hope to see you there. www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
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Fluorescent Proteins and Biological Sensors VIII
Organizers Eric Schreiter, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Alison Tebo, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Invited Participants Xiaolu Cambronne, University of Texas at Austin Katharine Diehl, University of
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Jaime de Juan-Sanz @jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!
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Helen Farrants @helenfarrants.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Exciting biosensor building happing at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social and @hhmi-science.bsky.social by @agtebo.bsky.social and @srinituraga.bsky.social 🔬
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Shinya Tsukiji @shinyatsukiji.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Our latest paper on a novel synthetic condensate platform, LAMA-SPREC, is out in ACS Chemical Biology! It enables chemically switchable and reversible control of protein function via sequestration and release in mammalian cells. 🔬💊🚿 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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A Chemically Switchable Synthetic Condensate Platform for Reversible Protein Sequestration and Release
Creating artificial organelles that sequester and release specific proteins in response to a small molecule in mammalian cells is an attractive approach for regulating protein function. In this work, ...
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Ulrike Endesfelder @uendesfelder.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Please share: The application for Les Houches is open (until Oct 31) fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com *This is for you, if you ever wanted to learn all about fluorescence markers & how to apply them for your biological research!* PS: no fees this year, you just need to get there, that's all!
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French-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar "Fluorescence markers for advanced microscopy : From photophysics to biology - 2026"
March 15-20 2026, Les Houches, France
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Helen Farrants @helenfarrants.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This #bioluminescence demo is very shiny
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Pratik Kumar @dyechemist.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Super excited to start my lab @NCBS_Bangalore in March 2025! The lab will primarily be powered by chemistry, and we will build chemical tools for biology with a strong focus on fluorescence imaging. We will collaborate widely and are open to any relevant areas of biology.
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Claire Deo @clairedeo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination 💡. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Helen Farrants @helenfarrants.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I am always curious to learn more about what Michelle and her team do - it's some fantastic stuff.
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Helen Farrants @helenfarrants.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This is a great experience! I attended in 2018 and met fantastic people and learned lots of new shiny things.
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