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Blake Hernandez

@loxstoplox.bsky.social

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PhD student @ UPenn | Early mammalian development, mitosis, & microscopy

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thrilled to be back in my home state preaching the gospel of Actin. Big thanks to Rice Bioengineering for the invitation to present my work!

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Kevin Terretaz @kwolbachia.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Another aspect to consider is how much colors are saturated, depending on the LUT, the screen type and settings it can make a huge difference on data readability. Green Fire Blue is popular but really saturated

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Not all colormaps are created equal. Notice the nonlinear brightness scaling in two very popular ImageJ LUTs! (Glow & GFB)

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Spirochrome @spirochrome.com · 23/06/2025

Let's start the week with this movie kindly shared by @loxstoplox.bsky.social The movie shows a mouse embryo labeled with Formin-2-GFP and SPY650-DNA during nuclear envelope breakdown. Note the nuclear dilution of Formin-2-GFP immediately before the SPY650-DNA labeled chromosomes start compaction.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 30/05/2025

New findings in Science demonstrate that successful mitosis may draw on more mechanisms than commonly assumed. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4dFbqnp

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Rewriting the rules of cell division

Microtubules get help from actin filaments during mitosis

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Andy Moore @aaandmoore.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Actin sun.

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I’m excited to announce that my paper describing non-canonical mitotic mechanisms in the early mouse embryo is out in @science.org ! (link at end of 🧵)

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Actin does it again #cytoskeletonwar

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Actin organizes chromosomes and microtubules to ensure mitotic fidelity in the preimplantation embryo

Following fertilization, the preimplantation embryo undergoes successive rounds of cell division and must accurately propagate the genetic material to ensure successful development. However, early mam...

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Dynamic mitochondria labeled with PKmito #FluorescenceFriday

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

DM1A never disappoints 🤩 #FluorescenceFriday

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Andy Moore @aaandmoore.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

What started as a brief chat with @buvansr.bsky.social and @vgelfand.bsky.social at the 2023 CellBio meeting @ascbiology.bsky.social has grown into our published collaborative work on single vimentin IF dynamics and organization in cells. Love when stuff like that happens.

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Analyzing data in Prism

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Blake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Confocal image or painting?🤔 #FluorescenceFriday

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