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Jennifer Waters

@jencwaters.bsky.social
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Microscopist builder

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Luke Lavis @rhodamine110.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Out in @natmethods.nature.com: More dyes. They work. Quite well. And blink. Pick the one that fits your target, your technique, and your labeling density. With too many collaborators and institutes to list, but anchored at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A series of spontaneously blinking dyes for super-resolution microscopy - Nature Methods
A series of spontaneously blinking dyes in the far-red range facilitate single-molecule localization microscopy. These dyes vary in their blinking properties and can be matched to the applications and...
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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hands on TIRF microscopy and machine learning segmentation has students up all night.
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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Looking for samples for our lightsheet microscope and expansion microscopy lab, @fedegasparoli.bsky.social and @lycasworks.bsky.social go on an expedition during low tide.
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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Cake and image analysis. True QI bliss:) @damiandn.bsky.social @bethcimini.bsky.social @emiglietta.bsky.social teaching 3D segmentation.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🚨 Job Alert! Core director position @ Princeton. apply.interfolio.com/183971
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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
What a day! After briefly enjoying the beautiful weather we went back into our dark microscope rooms and learned more about SNR and the different sources of noise in images. Did you know you can report intensity values as photons instead of arbitrary units?
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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Cleaning objectives is a very important skill to learn! @fedegasparoli.bsky.social showing how it’s done:)
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT
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Damian Dalle Nogare @damiandn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨🚨🚨JOB ALERT🚨🚨🚨 The Image Analysis Unit at Human Technopole in Milan is recruiting for two positions to join our growing team: 1) Bioimage Analyst 2) Research Software Engineer (RSE) Read on to learn why one of these two people should be you!
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Erin Weisbart @erinweisbart.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@bethcimini.bsky.social and I talk about the Cell Painting Assay a LOT, especially on our podcast Ask Erin/Dear Beth, so we figured it was about time to talk about what it actually is! youtu.be/9-d6DoHtgUY h/t @drannecarpenter.bsky.social #science #biology #cellpainting #microscopy #imageanalysis
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Introduction to the Cell Painting Assay - AskErinDearBeth Episode 23
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A great opportunity to learn Python for image analysis from a group of excellent instructors! 🐍 🖥️ 📊 Financial aid available.
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Alister Burt @alisterburt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
definitely the coolest microscopy course around
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
QI Class of 2025! Centroid = @sciencedoodles.bsky.social & @florianjug.bsky.social / first minima = @talley.codes & me. Applications for 2026 due on Friday! meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Don't let the price of QI deter you! QI offers financial aid through NCI, HHMS, and @bioimagingna.bsky.social. Include a brief statement of need with your application. Aid is distributed by CSHL (not the course instructors). Many of our students - sometimes all! - receive significant support.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Join us at CSHL for Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis—two weeks of advanced imaging, analysis, and hands-on labs with cutting-edge microscopes and open source software! 📅 April 6–21, 2026 📝 Applications due Friday Jan 30, 2026
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Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨 Only a few days left to apply for maybe the best microscopy course there is!!! 🚨 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
PIs & Group Leaders, do your trainees need to learn light microscopy and image analysis? Send them to us! Financial aid is available! Applications due Friday 1/30. meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
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Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
There's exciting Microtutor news in store for 2026! Be the first to hear the latest on course releases and other learning opportunities by signing up for the Microtutor mailing list: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/5BYgJu6/m...
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Damian Dalle Nogare @damiandn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Want to up your microscopy and image analysis game? Applications open now for QI 2026! Join us in cold spring harbor for two weeks of intensive training in all things microscopy.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🔬 🖥️ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6–21, 2026)! An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools. 🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
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Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Turn up the volume! 🥳
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
One of the most useful resources for anyone who uses fluorescence methods.
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FPbase @fpbase.org · 04/11/2025
The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it! www.fpbase.org/spectra/
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FPbase Fluorescence Spectra Viewer
An interactive fluorescence spectra viewer to evaluate the spectral properties of fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, filters, and detectors.
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ten essential tips for robust statistics in cell biology - Nature Cell Biology
Statistical thinking is a core part of solid, trustworthy biology. However, many studies still include insufficient sample sizes, have poor experimental design or select an incorrect statistical metho...
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Registration for Halfway to I2K is now OPEN! And workshop submission is still too (for a bit)! Join 20+ presenters and counting, and hundreds of attendees in learning about image analysis, whether you're a complete beginner or a total pro.
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Damian Dalle Nogare @damiandn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Italian 🇮🇹 scientists! Our open call for image analysis support through the @humantechnopole.bsky.social national facilities is currently accepting applications!
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Happy birthday Eva!! @sciencedoodles.bsky.social
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
@talley.codes
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2025
This 2009 article by @jencwaters.bsky.social discusses the parameters of digital image acquisition that affect the accuracy & precision of quantitative fluorescence #microscopy measurements rupress.org/jcb/article/... In #Reproducibility & Best Practices in Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 11/09/2025
In 2019, Anna Jost & @jencwaters.bsky.social reviewed best practices for validating quantitative #microscopy methods & discuss strategies to avoid unconscious bias in imaging experiments rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 In #Reproducibility & Best Practices in Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Jon Daniels @jsdaniel02.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Production has started for a new #Snoutscope objective, AMS-AGY v3. It has significantly larger FOV and some other tweaks from v1 and v2. Currently accepting pre-orders. The price will need to increase modestly after deliveries start late October.
comparison table for v2 and v3
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AI4Life @ai4life.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
3rd challenge from AI4Life! We're inviting the community to design unsupervised models that preserve spatial & temporal patterns in neuronal data. 📅 Open till Aug 11, 2025 🚀 Join now: ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/challenge-3/
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This week, we are highlighting Helen Zenner, Community Manager of @focalplane.bsky.social and @jcellsci.bsky.social Online Editor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @helenzsci.bsky.social
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right.
 
Portrait of Helen Zenner  to the left, text to the right
 
100 extraordinary biologists

Helen Zenner

Helen Zenner, Community Manager of FocalPlane and JCS Online Editor, combines her passion for microscopy, cell biology and science communication with her background in working in interdisciplinary research teams to support and connect the microscopy community. 

#100biologists #biologists100
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Martin Weigert @maweigert.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Do you like developing new AI vision methods for microscopy image analysis? You love theory & implementation? 1 week left to apply for a fully funded PhD position in our lab in Dresden 🇩🇪! Topics: object detection/tracking, multimodal models & more. DM/email for details! #PhD #AcademicJobs #GPUsgoBrr
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Vacancy ID 12244
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New PIs: Objective lens damage during routine use is real. These videos explain how this can happen and how to avoid it. Share with your lab! #savetheobjectives
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Preventing Microscope Damage - YouTube
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 25/06/2025
In Advice: It can feel very risky to tell your doctoral adviser that you plan to deviate from the expected faculty career path. Here’s how to approach that conversation. chroni.cl/4end1P1
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Advice | How to Have ‘The Talk’ With Your Adviser
Why do many Ph.D. students still feel compelled to make their career plans in secret?
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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The White House's proposed FY26 budget would cut NIH funding by >40%. Our new #SCIMaP report projects the budget would lead to economic losses throughout the US with $10M+ lost in almost every House district. scienceimpacts.org/fy26 @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"The money the government sends to Harvard is, in effect, not a subsidy to advance the university’s mission. It’s a payment for the role Harvard plays in advancing the research mission of the United States." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"Without researchers at Harvard or other universities doing this foundational work, it’s not clear who would. The government doesn’t have the expertise. Companies don’t have the luxury of time."
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"This is the science model the U.S. has developed over 80 years: The government sets the agenda and funds the work; university scientists design the studies and find the answers... There is no alternative in the U.S. to produce the kind of scientific advancements represented by these grants."
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
“The money the government sends to Harvard is, in effect, not a subsidy to advance the university’s mission. It’s a payment for the role Harvard plays in advancing the research mission of the United States.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Watching a science talk with slides completely incomprehensible to us colorblind folks. Easily fixable with a little effort… 🧪
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status
A judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations plays out.
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Lynn Jolicoeur @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"I'm still in shock. I know that there have been political issues around Harvard in recent weeks, but antibiotic resistance isn't one of them." My conversation with Harvard microbiologist @baym.lol, one of many researchers there who just lost millions in fed. grants. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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Antibiotic research at Harvard lab threatened by federal funding cuts
Microbiologist Michael Baym studies antibiotic resistance at Harvard Medical School. He lost millions in federal funding this week.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did. Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.
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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
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AIC at Janelia @aicjanelia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The latest AIC Call for Proposals is now open! Deadline is June 16, 2025. Come use @hhmijanelia.bsky.social imaging technology and expertise for FREE. Visit www.aicjanelia.org/apply for details. Before applying, contact us to schedule a technical consultation!
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Apply | aicjanelia
Apply to use the advanced microscopes housed at the AIC.
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Eoin Brodie @elbrodie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
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US Applicant Week
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