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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I feel like they are only doing something now that the BBC picked up the story. Otherwise they were fine just ignoring it

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I left my phone at the hotel on the day of the award, so it was a little delayed. Congratulations Andy Stone on winning the @bioimagingna.bsky.social 's Early Career award (w/ Natalie Woo) for his work in the community and @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social !

Heather & Andy in front of the BioImaging North America banner

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Struggle with sharing data? @bogovicj.bsky.social shows us better options than emailing data #I2KxBINA

John at the podium with a slide titled "Sharing OME-Zarr dats with Fileglancer"

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kirk Czymmek explaining how to use XRM, vEM, and LM to study plants

Kirk at the podium with a slide showing plant tissue with XRM and EM

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Never knew there was a plugin called empanada 🥟 🤣 #I2KxBINA

Kedar at the podium with a slide about the empanada napari plugin for segmentation

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you @clairebrown514.bsky.social for her work with Équilbre to further "alternative" careers in academia for people that are not PIs #I2KxBINA @bioimagingna.bsky.social

Claire Brown at podium with slide titled 3 pillars of change

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's been great meeting new people and catching up with everyone at #I2KxBINA! And it's particularly nice to catch up with some OGs of the Comms group after being on zoom every month for 5+ years

Picture of Heather, Michelle, and Eduardo in front of the comms group poster at the BINA poster session

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to @marianadeniz.bsky.social for winning the Michael W. Davidson Memorial Award! 🎉 #I2KxBINA

Mariana at the podium in front of her presentation titled "Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable"

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of this morning's talks is @kevin-dean.bsky.social explaining how to do cyclic IF for ExM #I2KxBINA

Kevin at a podium with slide titled "Post-Expansion Cyclic Immunofluorescence"

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Awesome session with @emiglietta.bsky.social on 'gamification' of co-localization analysis. It did a great job making folks think about the whole acquisition to analysis pipeline.

Esteban standing in front of screens saying "The CoLoc Game."

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

QuPath workshop with Michael Nelson-- going through many new extensions! #I2KxBINA

Michael sitting at the podium with a segmented image on the screen

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I made it to #I2KxBINA 2026! First keynote by @saramcardle.bsky.social on using QuPath on to study pancreatic tissue sections with multiple staining rounds!

Sara presenting her work with a slide about T1D disrupting islets

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Were they STILL live when they arrived?

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is not a drill, there is a plane for me to get on! I might actually make it to BINA in Madison this time

American airlines plan at the gate in Logan airport

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't remember that one, but those are the good laughs I miss!

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ok, not reply department email, but it reminds me of the time several people got vacuum sealed mice in orders of plastic wear (that the did not order). Ahh, the good times of SciTwitter

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's the full facility manager experience 🤣

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nothing like waiting for maintenance to come on a Friday evening because the autoclave next door is leaking into the scope room...

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I would also argue that it's using your ideas as training data for AI to "scoop" you 😬

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Interesting article from Henning & Ivan prompted by departures at Genentech. As they say the "question is not whether scientists should embrace AI [but] how AI should reshape the role of scientists". Like many, they worry that in a rush to embrace AI some orgs aren't being smart enough...

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah, I've seen the marker problem with both red and (some) black markers. This one has nothing written on it whatsoever, so unlikely the cause

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyone have any seen red autofluorescence in the agarose pad while imaging c. elegans

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Next week I'm at @bioimagingna.bsky.social x I2K in Madison, Wisconsin. When I need a break from sessions, what should I check out?

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What. A. Day. NIH grant-making was paused for several hours today. Not sure who gave the order. But in light of the Friday night Bhattacharya-Vought feud & threatened EO to implement #ScienceDeathPanels, my money is on Russell Vought. I learned of the pause from a colleague around 11:30. 🧵

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"embrace slop to create things that do not exist from a sample that was probably donated by some kid with the premise of studying their disease" Conflating AI and genAI on purpose is loser behavior and Nikon Small World will always have that label to me 🧪

A screencap from the interview where the researcher says"

His advice to other researchers considering entering the competition is straightforward: “Take care of the sample, use as little light as possible when working with living cells, and embrace AI to reveal the hidden beauty in your data. Most importantly, keep recording. The best moment usually appears right after you decide to stop.”

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I like the tables comparing things in the same category. And the sound level is a definite plus!

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can’t join us in Madison? You can still be part of I2KxBINA 2026 virtually via Zoom Events! - Virtual registration is FREE! buff.ly/qoZqTbm - Virtual registration closes September 27, 2026

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You know what's also interactive? Reading the paper. Talk to your colleagues about the paper you just read. Tell them why you loved it. Tell them why you hated it. And even better: invite the authors to talk about their paper 🧪

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I had a dream that I came into work and the lightsheet was filled with tater tots. How's your morning going? 🤣

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I may have planted too many things for the 7th year in a row. 😬 I don't have it in me to process another 4 quarts of beans this week, so neighbors will be getting care packages

Bench with 2 containers of tomatoes, a container and a bag of beans, a spaghetti squash and a zucchini

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ok, just kidding, final final try. This is too good not to share

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Final try. Asked it to start from scratch with the images uploaded, and now it doesn't know what to do with me? Anyways, don't waste your time trying to combine a bunch of screenshots. (Most of you probably already knew) 😬

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Try #3. Told it that no changes were made, please make the following changes (same instructions as before). Now, please note that the names and pictures are missing and flipped.

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gave it specific instructions on what needed changing, gave the same image again

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm quite busy right now and I'm trying to finish up a poster for #BINA. I wanted an updated list of Comms WG Members. Please see the glory of Gemini. #1

Image of comms group with 2 Heathers, 2 Hiphys, & an Eduardo with Hiphy's image

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Florian Wollweber @florianwollweber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Exciting news! Our @erc.europa.eu StG project ARCHAEAOLOGY got funded 🎉 We’ll combine cryoET/EM, ExM & spatial omics to explore the subcellular organization of Asgard archaea. Job ads coming soon! 🦠 ❄️ 🔬 #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last week, @whipkclark.bsky.social visited Brandeis to meet with the @turrigiano.bsky.social lab. She stopped by the light microscopy core, where we showed her what the support of the state and federal grants can achieve.

Picture of me standing in a microscope suite with Rep. Katherine Clark. You can see a STED image in green and red on the computer screen of a neuron

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"The zoo was in Durham County on Aug. 16 and Aug. 23 for separate private events. The zoo also made stops in Statesville, Lexington, Watauga County, Burke County and Mocksville between July 28 and Aug. 27. In Lexington, the zoo was part of a back-to-school bash." RABID! GOATS! AT! SCHOOL!

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4 rabid goats linked to traveling petting zoo that visited Durham County

Health officials are warning of a possible rabies exposure after four goats from a traveling petting zoo tested positive following stops in Durham County and several other North Carolina communities.

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Marco Dalla Vecchia @marcodv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Interested in image analysis and a service role in a dynamic and growing facility? Come and joy our image analysis team! Feel free to reach out for any questions or doubts. ista.ac.at/en/job/?titl...

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Job details

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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