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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 24/07/2026

MDI Bio Lab is seeking a Senior Faculty member! Lead innovative research, mentor scientists, and help advance discoveries in aging and regeneration. Our collaborative environment creates opportunities for discovery and impact: ow.ly/qrOf50Zl6U5 #sciencejobs #STEMjobs #researchjobs

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Teng-Leong Chew @scopeshifu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧪 @aicjanelia.bsky.social and @scientistrachel.bsky.social have just published a new quantitative tool, OpticalFlow3D, for tracking amorphous motion in 3D. Try it out and let us know what you think! tinyurl.com/OpticalFlow3D

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MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hello, C. elegans enthusiasts, please help us get the word out for this great opportunity to join the Spaulding Lab!! #celegans #postdoc #neurodegeneration #hiring #science

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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 30/06/2026

Introducing our new collection on imaging data management, designed to introduce researchers to the key concepts, standards, and community best practices for managing imaging data throughout the research lifecycle: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl... #Bioimaging #DataManagement #FAIR #OpenScience

Graphics image showing a collection about Imaging data management, a community effort to implement FAIR principles. Image credit: Karen Arnott and Rebecca Nicholl, EMBL-EBI

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Elisabeth Kugler @kuglerelisabeth.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🔬 Innovation happens at the intersection of engineering and biology • Dr Kate McDole shares how advanced imaging reveals previously hidden dynamics in early mouse development. • Dr Jan Roden shares insights into the engineering and software that make such visualisation possible. 1/2

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Episode 5: Challenges of Biomedical Image Analysis in Light-Sheet Microscopy

In Episode 5 of the Light-Sheet Chronicles, we spoke with Dr. Kate McDole (MRC LMB, Cambridge) and Dr. Jan Roden (Senior Software Architect, Bruker) about biomedical image analysis. What emerged was…

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#HappyFluorescenceFriday #microscopycommunity- Join us May 27 for “Science Communication as a Strategic Tool” with Dr. Elisabeth Marnik and learn how to turn your work into compelling stories that build trust and support. Learn more: buff.ly/L7KG2V5

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 18/05/2026

Congrats to Hannah Somers! Her image Adult Zebrafish Brain earned Honorable Mention in Evident’s Illuminating the Unseen contest. Magenta/blue indicate the #zebrafish brain vessels labeled using dextran, imaged with the MesoSPIM #MicroscopyMonday MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 06/05/2026

The MDI Biological Laboratory is hiring a Junior Faculty member! A great opportunity to launch your independent research program in a collaborative, mission-driven environment. Learn more at the link below. 🧪 #sciencejobs #academicjobs #hiring #recruiting

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 24/04/2026

Reminder! Maine Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals (Aug 4–12) This course helps researchers build strong foundations in experiment planning, imaging and analysis—supporting rigor, reproducibility & better science. 🧪 🍎 #fluorescencefriday #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet

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Maine Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals 2026

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 09/03/2026

Reminder! Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy: May 31–June 6 at MDI Bio Lab Academic, industry and federal lab innovators come together to share the latest developments taking place in light-sheet research and its biological applications! mdibl.org/course/lsfm-2026 #microscopymonday 🧪 🍎

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 23/03/2026

One concept. One minute. Better #microscopy. MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility just launched Light Microscopy Fundamentals—a new YouTube series breaking down the basics of light microscopy in quick, bite-sized videos. #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet #SciEd #AcademicSky 🧪 🍎

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Light Microscopy Fundamentals - One Concept, One Minute 🔬

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

#HappyMicroscopyMonday #microscopycommunity-Join the AIMM user community on Friday, March 6, for a talk by Hannah Somers- “Stop Reinventing the Protocol: MicroHub, a Searchable Hub for Microscopy Knowledge” Learn more: buff.ly/kZSIkSJ

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 02/03/2026

Today's #microscopymonday from MDI Bio Lab is a view of the #microvasculature in a young African turquoise killifish heart. 📸 2025 Dr. Anastasia Paulmann and Hannah Somers, MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility

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Emmanuel G. Reynaud @ereynaud.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It is time to plan your next course of #LSFM #LISH #Lightsheet It will take place for the second time in @mdibl.org, next to Bar Harbour and you can enjoy the Acadia National Park but also join me to swim everyday in a refreshing ocean! Join us! mdibl.org/course/lsfm-...

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 23/02/2026

This amazing #microscopymonday capture of a young African turquoise killifish's brain blood vessels by the MDI Bio Lab's Haller lab was imaged using the MesoSPIM in the MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility. #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 23/01/2026

A #fluorescencefriday image of an adult #zebrafish kidney by the Drummond Lab's Caramai Kamei, Ph.D. We are looking at the aorta that runs through the kidney. Blood vessels connect to glomeruli, which hang like fruits on a tree. #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

One year into Trump's second presidency, how are science and medical research faring? Our @nature.com team breaks it down for you. (1/n) From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about Layoffs ✅ Funding cuts ✅ Attacks on science ✅ www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

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‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers

Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 12/01/2026

📗 New paper in PLOS Genetics, "Zebrafish genetic model of neuromuscular degeneration associated with Atrogin-1 expression" from Romain Menard, Romain Madelaine & team. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012019 🧪 🐟🎸 #ScientificResearchPublishing

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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We have been thinking a lot recently on how to share and interact with code when doing image analysis. This is one piece of the puzzle. Awesome work driven by Bruno S. Always a delight to work with @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🫶 More to come soon 😄.

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 31/12/2025

🎉 Today is the last of our Top Posts countdown. This time it's a #microscopymonday post from Bluesky. Thank you for joining us as we revisited our top posts of 2025—for liking, sharing and being part of our digital community. It's what makes our work possible. 🧪 🐟🎸 #researchmatters

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 02/01/2026

📚 New paper published in Kidney International, "Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition improves age-dependent kidney microvascular rarefaction" by Anastasia Paulmann, Hermann Haller & team: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.12.011 #NephSky #RenalSky #ScientificResearchPublishing 🧪 👩‍🔬

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 23/12/2025

2026 Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy, May 31–June 6 This course brings together academic, industry and lab innovators to share the latest developments taking place in light-sheet research and its biological applications. #lightsheet #fluorescencemicroscopy #microscopy 🧪 🍎 #microscopymonday

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Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2026

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 10/12/2025

Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy 2026: Registration Open! An international course in #fluorescence #microscopy and imaging for advanced grad students, postdoc trainees, imaging core managers and researchers who are incorporating the technology into their laboratories. 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

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Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy 2026

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 10/11/2025

This image by MDI Bio Lab's Travis Carney is a #drosophila larval brain. Neural stem cells and neurons are marked, including axons that project into the brain. The flare in the center of each lobe is part of a learning and memory center in flies. ZEISS Microscopy #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 03/11/2025

Big congratulations to Hannah Somers, Digital Image Analyst at MDI Bio Lab, whose striking visualization of a zebrafish’s brain was named an Image of Distinction in the Nikon Small World competition — and featured by #NationalGeographic! #researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩‍🔬

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MDI Bio Lab’s Hannah Somers’ Image Wins International Recognition

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 31/10/2025

No tricks—just #fluorescent treats! 🎃 Captured by Romain Menard in the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social, this #zebrafish shows its vascular (Fli1a:GFP) and motor neuron (mnx1:mCherry) systems glowing under the microscope. #fluoresencefriday #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 17/10/2025

Congratulations to Frederic Bonnet and the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social on these amazing achievements!! 🎉

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Nat Prunet @nat-prunet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Grateful to see one my #superresolution #pollen images won 2nd place at the 2025 @bioimagingna.bsky.social image contest! www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/image-contes... #microscopy #confocal #botany #plantscience #allergies #bioimaging

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 22/09/2025

Thanks go out to MDI Bio Lab Digital Image Analyst @hsomers.bsky.social for this #microscopymonday view of an adult #zebrafish (brain vasculature) from the MesoSPIM. #standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors Jointly Promote Vascular Development in Kidney Organoids www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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voigtvision.bsky.social @voigtvision.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

One of the people I'm indebted the most for creating stunningly beautiful #mesoSPIM samples was Martina Schaettin - who tragically passed away in March this year. To honor her memory, Elkhan Yusifov created an award - submit your best #microscopy images & videos! www.linkedin.com/company/mart...

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 26/08/2025

🚨 Last chance to sign up for the 2025 Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids. Renowned faculty and invited speakers will teach participants how to incorporate #iPSC & #organoid tech into their work, allowing them to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving scientific landscape. Apply now! 🧪 🤝 🍎

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Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 18/08/2025

This mouse fibroblast cell captured by @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social in 2022 is labeled with a #fluorescence to visualize the actin cytoskeleton—a network of actin filaments & proteins that maintains cell shape, enables movement & supports key processes. #researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 28/07/2025

A beautiful #microscopymonday sea star captured by @hsomers.bsky.social in 2022. Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star) Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green #standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 24/07/2025

Reminder! Application Deadline: August 8, 2025 From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows. #standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🖥️🧬

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Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 18/07/2025

Family Science Night 2025 was a hit! Thanks to all the families, students and partners like the Oceanarium & Education Center and @mainediscovery.bsky.social who helped us celebrate hands-on science with our community! Learn more about MDI Bio Lab events! mdibl.org/events #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 21/07/2025

This #microscopymonday image shows GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a #zebrafish kidney. It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei. #standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 12/06/2025

New from @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, "The balancing act between lipid droplets and lysosomes for membrane functionality in age-related neurodegeneration and inflammation," by Halyna Shcherbata, MDI Bio Lab & Hannover Medical School (MHH) & Mariana Tsap, MHH. #standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 18/06/2025

People study fruit flies — especially #Drosophilamelanogaster — because they are an incredibly powerful model organism for understanding #genetics, development, and disease. Learn why they’re so useful in Basic Research! #standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibl.org · 18/06/2025

MDI Biological Laboratory is #hiring an Executive Coordinator to support our President, Chief of Staff, and leadership team. A key role at the intersection of strategy, operations, and communication. Learn more and apply below. 🧪 🤝 #standwithscience #researchmatters

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Executive Operations Coordinator

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