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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Here's some of the action on the first day of our Introduction to Image Analysis workshop in Cardiff 🙂🔬 We hope all our attendees are enjoying all the content so far!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Day 1 of the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social Introduction to Image Analysis Workshop at @cardiffuni.bsky.social 🔬

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We are very pleased to announce Dr Adam Tyson @adamltyson.com of the @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social as winner of the RMS Life Sciences Award. 🙂 🔬 Congratulations Adam! 👏🎖️ Read more about Adam's achievements: www.rms.org.uk/resource/dr-...

Dr Adam Tyson pictured wearing a light blue shirt against a plain background. Head and shoulders image.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My PhD thesis has officially been submitted to the examiners 🎉 I’m actively looking for postdoctoral fellowship opportunities working in: - Neuroscience / Neurobiology - Bioimaging with AI/ML - Image analysis #Postdoc #VolumeEM #Microscopy #Synchrotron #ImageAnalysis

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We're really looking forward to the official launch of the Welsh Microscopical Society next week @cardiffuni.bsky.social Join us in support of #microscopy and #imaging in Wales 🔬😀 Big thanks also to our sponsors: @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social, Biostatus and @jeoleurope.bsky.social

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Why is turning thesis findings into a paper so difficult?! 😭

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🚨 New feature launch in our latest newsletter! We’ve just introduced Tech Bites, short, focused articles that share practical insights and innovations for the vEM Community. Check out the newsletter to explore our two inaugural Tech Bites, with more to come in future issues! conta.cc/4bJhsmk

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vEM Community Newsletter - March 2026

Email from Danforth March 2026 vEM Newsletter volume electron microscopy CCP-volumeEM: Establishing a sustainable computational community for volume EM The Collaborative Computational Project (CCP)

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CCP-volumeEM @ccp-volumeem.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Missed our latest CCP-volumeEM Show and Tell webinar? Dr Kimberly Meechan’s talk on Good practices for image analysis software is now available to watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJJ...

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Good practices for image analysis software with Dr Kimberly Meechan

YouTube video by CCP-volumeEM

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It is precisely because the student ran the analysis in .ipynb that they eventually caught the error and fixed it. Now the analysis is so much better compared to their previous run and it actually made biological sense.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Horrifying moment when a PI says to a PhD student "why use Python when you can use Excel?" and proceeds to tear the student apart over analysis choices. To be fair, if it had been done in Excel, the student would be at a total loss because there is no way to audit the workflow unlike in Jupyter.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A few days overdue nonetheless, a big thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social for funding this opportunity! Looking forward to seeing familiar faces in @cardiffuni.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

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CCP-volumeEM @ccp-volumeem.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

An important focus of @cosec-ukri.bsky.social activities like #CCPvolumeEM and other CCPs is the environmental impact of scientific computing. @epcc.bsky.social have teaching materials at epcced.github.io/2026-02-26_G... Comic image from xkcd.com/1379/ #GreenHPC #GreenComputing

A comic from the XKCD webcomic showing the effects of CO2 emissions, with a temperature scale indicating the effect of temperature changing in 4.5 degree centigrade steps, from an ice age 20,000 years ago to possible future scenarios.

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Submit your abstract for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 and join our impressive line-up of speakers in Liverpool later this year! Submit your abstract by 6 March: www.imc21.org.uk

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Python Coding (CLCODING) @clcoding.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Python Coding challenge - Day 1041| What is the output of the following Python Code? Answer with Detailed Explanation: www.clcoding.com/2026/02/pyth...

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Considered switching to @linuxkernel.bsky.social for the sake of privacy and coding purposes, then I read about NVIDIA support on linux and now I'm not so sure if I should migrate everything

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ALT: a black and white drawing of a stick figure giving a finger up

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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit @neuroinformatics.dev · 20/02/2026

Do you want to spend the summer being paid to contribute to open source neuroscience software? We are taking part in Google Summer of Code again, offering paid, remote placements to work on one of our tools. Open to (nearly) everyone worldwide. More details: neuroinformatics.dev/get-involved...

The Google Summer of Code and Neuroinformatics Unit logos next to each other.

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Niko Sirmpilatze @nikosirmpilatze.com · 20/02/2026

Want to spend this summer improving open-source tools for neuroscience 🧠📈 and animal behaviour 🐭🐒? Apply to work with us on BrainGlobe, movement and others. We particularly welcome researchers who want to sharpen their software dev skills and contribute to the open-source ecosystem.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thrilled to contribute to @ccp-volumeem.bsky.social Hackathon, but KL-UK return flights are MYR 3500 (~£670). And my uni’s travel grants are frozen. Wild that flight costs are the gatekeeper for Global South researchers contributing to open science standards....💸🌏✈️ #BioImaging #OpenScience #vEM

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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 08/12/2025

Our Method of the Year 2025 is...drumroll please...EM-based connectomics!! Our Editorial introduces our choice and highlights six Comments and other related content in this special issue. Please join us in celebrating EM-based connectomics! 🎉🧠🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Method of the Year 2025: electron microscopy-based connectomics - Nature Methods

A large network of interconnected neurons serves as the basis of brain function and of behavior. Methodological advances have enabled the reconstruction of large-scale and even whole-brain connectomes...

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

So excited for @ccp-volumeem.bsky.social OME-NGFF Hackathon 2026 at Hinxton!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Haidilao? Overrated. Hype is for the free flow dessert and drinks. Otherwise? Meh.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

No wonder things are slow lately. I updated my gpu driver, then i forgot to install the latest CUDA and cuDNN libraries - lesson learned!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

How do I check how many bytes of memory that my code is taking up to run? From what I've found from several articles, this is not exactly a simple cli command or linear process that can be executed in seconds? Interesting way of learning how memory is allocated every time a function is called.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Note to self: no more coffee after 4pm or else your brain resets to GMT+00 and wonder why you're wide awake doing data analysis on your @ubuntu-ls.bsky.social at 2am here at GMT+08....

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Niko Sirmpilatze @nikosirmpilatze.com · 22/01/2026

Read the story behind the first @neuroinformatics.dev Open Software Week, in a series of blogposts for @softwaresaved.bsky.social The second edition will be even more awesome. Remember to apply by the end of January: neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...

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Open Software Summer School — NIU

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🧑‍🔬 In August 2025, SSI Fellows Alessandro Felder and @nikosirmpilatze.com co-organised the Neuroinformatics Unit Open Software Week (OSW). Read more about the event in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/greater...

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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit @neuroinformatics.dev · 29/01/2026

Applications to our summer school have been extended for two weeks! If you want to learn about open-source tools for neuroscience, please join us in London this August. Deadline Feb 15th. Full details: neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...

An overview of the Open Software Summer School 2026 schedule. There are two tracks in the first week, "Animals in Motion" and "Large Array Data". "BrainGlobe" and "Extracellular Electrophysiology" will be run in the second week.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Should I try out @heyputer.bsky.social for coding projects and deploying stuff? Is it as good as having it done locally? Asking for a friend.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Z-continuity was trash and this is why no amount of model tweaks can save my segmentation quality unless there's proofreading, even with dataset generalization.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Did a thing. Wrote a python pipeline to help me identify segmentation errors based on biological morphometry and mathematical heuristics. Saliency map turned out great. Used genus=1 to identify any tiny errors. Now instead of eyeballing, I just need to focus on the flagged list. Not bad for a start!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Github soon…just a little longer….

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The thing is, why is a PhD student the FIRST AUTHOR on a consortium paper?! Reeks of academic bureaucracy BS if you ask me. x.com/RetractionWatch/status/201183…

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Did a thing. Wrote a python pipeline to help me identify segmentation errors based on biological morphometry and mathematical heuristics. Saliency map turned out great. Now instead of eyeballing, I just need to focus on the flagged errors. Not bad for a start!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

If there is a way to optimise number of mask training patches that will be nice…..

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

not dragonfly out here having a cap on file size.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

trained model until machine gave up 😂 time to have a drink!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Some pretty interesting finds at Tsutaya 🥸

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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit @neuroinformatics.dev · 31/10/2025

Save the date! The Open Software Summer School returns August 17-28 2026 in London, U.K. There will be four separate tracks on animal behaviour, extracellular electrophysiology, anatomy and handling large data. Applications open Dec 1st. More details: neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...

The schedule of the open source summer school, showing the four tracks of Animals in Motion, Large array data, BrainGlobe & Extracellular Electrophysiology

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Come visit our @volumeem1.bsky.social Tech Forum 2026 Poster at the Imaging Southeast Asia Conference 2025, happening in two weeks from 12-13th November 2025 🤩🎉

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

All prepped and ready to go for Imaging South East Asia (iSEA) Conference 2025 - happening in two weeks from 12-13th November 2025 at Monash University Malaysia 🤩 Be sure to check out this #PosterPresentation at the event! @georgramm.bsky.social

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Posters printed! All set for Imaging SEA Conference 2025! Shoutout to ArchPrint for their amazing service!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Posters printed! All set for @ImagingSEA Conference 2025! Shoutout to ArchPrint for their amazing service!

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

RIP Shing Xuen. Gone too soon. “Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.” - Deuteronomy 32:35 #yapshingxuen

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Bring back the rotan. Period.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

4th gen synchrotrons’ capabilities for ptychographic imaging of biological soft tissue is next level crazy. Insane symposium so far at @thecrick Makes me wonder what will become of 3rd gen researchers and those who do correlative imaging.

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Minyu Chan @minyuchan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

4th gen synchrotrons’ capabilities for ptychographic imaging of biological soft tissue is next level crazy. Insane symposium so far at @TheCrick. Makes me wonder what will become of 3rd gen researchers and those who do correlative imaging.

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