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Playing with #singlemolecules, bending light, and algorithms to see really small things. Led by Matthew Lew, Associate Professor @WashUESE @WashUengineers @WashU #superresolution #microscopy #SMLM #computationalimaging

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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · 21/09/2026
Read the statement from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh on reports about seizing political control of NIH research: www.aaas.org/news/statement-reports…
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 21/09/2026
It's great to see Alex's undergraduate work on optimal excitation polarization modulation now out in #BOE. He will be joining us as an #ImagingScience PhD student in the New Year! doi.org/10.1364/BOE.... @washuengineers.bsky.social
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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · 02/06/2026
A statement from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh on OMB rule politicizing federal grantmaking:
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Science Magazine @science.org · 02/06/2026
Proposed changes by the Trump administration to rules that govern how federal dollars are spent "would inevitably lead to unlegislated reductions in funding and damage US leadership in science, both in academia and industry," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4uK0fBj
Text quote on a black background. The quote reads: "... the White House ... has found new ways to circumvent the will of Congress and starve American science." Below, the quote is attributed to H. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-chief, Science journals.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 11/05/2026
SIGN YOUR SUPPORT for the Reinstatement of the National Science Board at this link: zurl.co/UPf5g 1/3
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BREAKING NEWS: THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS CALL FOR REINSTATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
*SCIENTISTS ARE FIGHTING TRUMP'S OVERREACH*" continues...
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Rohit V. Pappu @rohitpappu68.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Nuclear speckle associated RRM-containing proteins are block copolymers. They make size-limited, ordered microphases, tens of nm in size comprising tens of molecules. Speckles are likely clusters or emulsions of distinct microphases and not macrophases www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Nuclear speckle proteins form intrinsic and MALAT1-dependent microphases
Pre-mRNA processing components in nuclear speckles encompass one or more folded RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) and disordered regions with specific seq…
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 25/11/2025
Very happy to share this news of my election to become an #OpticaFellow. I'm grateful to my many students and mentors over the years. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 18/09/2025
Happy to share our recent review in @natphoton.nature.com on #singlemolecule #orientation #localization #microscopy, co-authored with Sophie Brasselet @cnrs.fr @institutfresnel.bsky.social. See molecule motions and rotations in action! doi.org/10.1038/s415... @washuengineers.bsky.social @washu.edu
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Single-molecule orientation and localization microscopy - Nature Photonics
The Review discusses recent advances in single-molecule orientation and localization microscopy (SMOLM) along with remaining challenges and promises for future developments of the field.
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 04/09/2025
Congratulations to Brian Sun @brian_smtt, who was awarded a 2025-26 #WashU #ISP fellowship! @washumedicine.bsky.social @washuengineers.bsky.social @washu.edu
Brian Sun portrait
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18/06/2025
Thx again ‪@joshtpm.bsky.social‬ for sharing to our feed...THIS is the critical data needed to fuel our fight to stop Trump regimists from killing millions of American w/ their criminal cuts to agencies like #CDC. zurl.co/uJUDQ Fight back with us here zurl.co/TLiCg #StandUpForScience #SaveCDC
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In the proposed FY26 budget, programs that help Americans live safer, healthier, longer lives are on the chopping block.
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cancerconnector.bsky.social @cancerconnector.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Big shout out to rising M4 and CWRU MSTP student Eshan King - whose paper came out in @aaas.org Science Advances. connecting the fields of PK-PD and evolutionary modeling using fitness seascapes. #mathevo #mathonco @cbo.bsky.social @sandyanderson.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fitness seascapes are necessary for realistic modeling of the evolutionary response to drug therapy
Computational and experimental studies of drug resistance evolution give insights into why some bacteria become resistant.
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 12/05/2025
"A new polarized dual-view inverted selective-plane illumination microscope (pol-diSPIM), coupled with engineering insights provided by its imaging model, offers an exciting way forward." Matt's commentary is online in PNAS doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 20/04/2025
We will be at “ #Optica Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences” in Coronado, CA, tomorrow! Yiyang and Matt will be speaking in the #Superresolution (NM1C) session on Monday morning, April 21, in the Aurora room. www.optica.org/events/congr...
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 11/04/2025
A wonderful collaboration between us, @rohitpappu68.bsky.social and the Knowles lab is now online, exploring anisotropies of molecules at the interfaces of RNA condensates! Congratulations Nadia, Mina, and Yuanxin! @washuengineers.bsky.social @washu.bsky.social
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 01/04/2025
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE #sciencesky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the Letter
Researchers at academic institutions nationwide say that U.S. science is being dismantled.
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 21/03/2025
Nice coverage of our recent #PhysicalReviewLetter by @shawnballard.bsky.social "In molecular imaging, details matter" @washuengineers.bsky.social engineering.washu.edu/news/2025/In...
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In molecular imaging, details matter
Matthew Lew and Yiyang Chen developed a new method to improve precision in molecular imaging
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WUSM BMB @wusm-bmb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This semesters Biophysical Evening seminar will be given by Matthew Lew, Professor in Electrical & Systems Engineering at WashU "Single-Molecule Orientation-Localization Microscopy: New Challenges and Biophysical Insights" Thurs, March 20th 4-5 PM, Connor Auditorium
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 14/03/2025
"Single-flurogen" is key, allows them to view condensate hubs that are normally a needle in a haystack to find. The use of a single chemical probe means they don't get conflicting signals. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Single-fluorogen imaging reveals distinct environmental and structural features of biomolecular condensates - Nature Physics
Experiments confirm the prediction that fluid-like biomolecular condensates are defined by spatially inhomogeneous organization of the underlying molecules.
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Rohit V. Pappu @rohitpappu68.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
With bsky.app/profile/lewl... we peered into condensates using single fluorogen imaging. Nanoscale hubs form, move, & disassemble on a range of timescales. A structural basis for condensate viscoelasticity. Need to rethink popular ideas. #Condensates≠simple-liquids www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reuven Gordon @reuven-gordon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Label-free Single Molecule Sensing -- the first conference in this Gordon Research Conference series. Outstanding distinguished invited speaker program just announced: www.grc.org/label-free-s... Submit your applications early! #singlemolecule #labelfree
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2025 Label-Free Single Molecule Sensing Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Label-Free Single Molecule Sensing will be held in Easton, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 11/03/2025
Happy to share #YiyangChen17 's article in #PhysRevLett! What happens when you use a #polarization #microscope to look at a pair of molecules? They look like a #wobbling #singlemolecule! No 🔬 can tell the difference! doi.org/10.1103/Phys... @washu.bsky.social @washuengineers.bsky.social
What happens when you use a #polarization #microscope to look at a pair of molecules? They look like a #wobbling #singlemolecule! No microscope can tell the difference!
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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 10/03/2025
In this Q&A, we asked why they organized Stand Up for Science. Here are the answers: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @leslie-bern.bsky.social @emmalovesscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social @jpflores.bsky.social @samschuelstein.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Why we organized ‘Stand Up For Science’ - Nature Human Behaviour
In the USA, the Trump administration has signed executive orders that impose censorship on key areas of scientific research, strip government scientists of their jobs and reduce federal funding for sc...
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 29/01/2025
Scary statistics: Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research theconversation.com/fake-papers-...
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Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 24/12/2024
Merry Christmas! Our newest review of #singlemolecule #orientation localization microscopy is now online in #qrb. doi.org/10.1017/S003... We hope it is useful to users and technologists alike! @washu.bsky.social #WashU
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Christopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 21/11/2024
“I look forward to continuing my career as a perpetual student.” Portrait of Nobel Laureate W.E. Moerner for the @nationalacademies.org #NewHeroes
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Lew Lab @ WashU @lewlab.com · 18/11/2024
Getting started #singlemolecule go.bsky.app/CteFZM5
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bioRxiv Biophysics @biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
Single-Molecule Orientation Imaging Reveals the Nano-Architecture of Amyloid Fibrils Undergoing Growth and Decay www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Single-Molecule Orientation Imaging Reveals the Nano-Architecture of Amyloid Fibrils Undergoing Growth and Decay https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.24.586510v1
Amyloid-beta (A{beta}42) aggregates are characteristic signatures of Alzheimer's disease, but probin
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