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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New preprint! Hair et al.- Ultrastructural dynamics of basal bodies during microgamete formation and fertilisation in Plasmodium doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Ignacio Vega-Vásquez @igvegvas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

(1/4) We are very excited to share our latest preprint from @sauer-lab.bsky.social: Mega Expansion Microscopy (Mega-ExM)! We combine iterative hydrogel expansion with whole-proteome NHS labeling and post-expansion immunostaining, reaching tunable expansion factors up to ~1500× in whole cells 🤯

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Become an RMS member today! Join our friendly, international community of #microscopy users, keep up with all the latest developments and enjoy a huge range of benefits! 😃🔬 Find out more and join online: ow.ly/GxSN50Wuvsc

Smiling conference attendees enjoy a chat in an exhibition hall during a scientific poster session.

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#EuroBioImaging's UK Node 🇬🇧 is expanding, from 7 to 13 sites after a successful upgrade application. More technologies, FAIR image analysis support & better geographic coverage ... 👀 check out what the upgraded UK Node has to offer! ⤵️ www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/the-uk-... @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New review in the Journal of Microscopy: From EM to AI:Multiscale imaging of the secretory pathway with insights from plant cells Charlotte Pain and Emily Farley discuss the history of imaging the ER, from classical EM to fluorescent super-resolution LM, and future possibilities with AI analysis

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Laser ablation and confocal microscopy of fluorescent marker lines to reveal more about how meristems and apical dominance operates in Marchantia polymorpha www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New insights into cell fates of the Arabidopsis inflorescence meristem @sebamorenor.bsky.social generated the most detailed map to date of this critical stem cell niche, identifying 18 distinct cell type clusters, including precursors to cortex & vascular tissues www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ins...

Inflorescence meristem cell identities: (A) Force-directed graph layout of clusters associated with inner cell layers such as early primordia (EP), undifferentiated cells, procambium, xylem parenchyma and cortex. Clusters are represented by different colours. (B) Schematic illustration of selected cell identities in the primary stem and inflorescence meristem. Procambial strands arise in developing primordia and give rise to vascular bundles, which subsequently differentiate into phloem, cambium and xylem within the primary stem. The exact locations of cell identities in the primary stem are schematically represented rather than accurately portrayed. Illustration by first author first author Dr Sebastián Moreno-Ramírez. Source: Fig 6 in Moreno-Ramirez et al Science Advances 2026.

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

How ancient are the building blocks of animal sensory systems? Key components of animal sensory systems evolved before animals. We find that choanoflagellates possess diverse & spatially segregated TRP channels, pointing to ancient origins of sensory specialization. doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our June issue of infocus Magazine #RMSinfocus is now freely available to read online! Loads of great content - including a colourful preview of the 21st International Microscopy Congress (#IMC21) coming to Liverpool, UK, this summer! Read the issue: ow.ly/jQgg50Zanmt

Cover of In Focus Magazine June 2026 featuring a vibrant, multicolored microscopic image resembling abstract floral patterns.

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Exciting results from experiments, accepted papers and upgraded microscope systems. Occasionally science gives you a good week, and last week was such a week :)

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If you missed the first webinar, featuring talks from Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social (on behalf of Beatrice Lace @blace.bsky.social) and Simon Gilroy, you can view the recordings here: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/19/f...

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FocalPlane features... Thomas Ott and Simon Gilroy - FocalPlane

FocalPlane features... Thomas Ott and Simon Gilroy - News

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Register now for the 2nd webinar in our new series on quantitative plant imaging, hosted by @ajcellbio.bsky.social & @joemckenna.bsky.social. In this webinar we’ll hear from @laurabacete.bsky.social on Brillouin microscopy & @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social on expansion microscopy. 🗓️16 July, 15:00 BST

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Congratulations to the PhD graduands getting their degrees conferred today- in particular BioImaging users Nadine, Barrack, Alistair, Emily and Grace!

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We are very pleased to announce Prof. Paul Guichard and Dr. Virginie Hamel @centriolelab.bsky.social as joint winners of the RMS Award for Light Microscopy 🔬 👏 🏅 Huge congratulations to both! Read more about Paul and Virginie's achievements: www.rms.org.uk/resource/pro...

Prof. Paul Guichard (left) and Dr. Virginie Hamel both pictured smiling against a plain background. Head and shoulders images.

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BioImagingUK @bioimaginguk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🔬 UK researchers - funding is available to access world-class bioimaging facilities! The UK Bioimaging User Access Fund offers up to £5K for bioimaging or £2K for image analysis at 6 UK sites Open to PhD students, postdocs, technicians & PIs 📅 Next deadline: 31 Jul '26 👉https://shorturl.at/M2ckv

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🔬🔦In their Imaging spotlight, @taylashakespeare.bsky.social and @ijayas.bsky.social highlight their research dissecting receptor sorting in endosomes using the calibrated 3D ExM toolkit that they developed. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/04/15/i...

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Imaging spotlight: Calibrating expansion microscopy to map receptor sorting domains in endosomes - FocalPlane

Imaging spotlight: Calibrating expansion microscopy to map receptor sorting domains in endosomes - News

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo (apologies to everyone who now has this song stuck in their head for the rest of the day)

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Advances in imaging Arabidopsis embryogenesis Babić et al. @istaresearch.bsky.social @milanzupunski.bsky.social @frimllab.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Microscopical and computational visualisation of Arabidopsis thaliana embryos.

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

PhD Opportunity Alert! The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PhD programme AGILE (Advanced microscopy and image analysis around the plant nucleus) has 15 PhD positions in 6 different countries. This includes one here at Oxford Brookes University with the Kriechbaumer group.

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

On Saturday we Zoomed Into Life at the @obu-hst-research.bsky.social Science Bazaar! Cool things included beetles close up, build-a-cell and a peek at life from the River Thames: featuring a heliozoan, lots of choanoflagellates and a hunting Lacrymaria cilliate

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Showbiz news! Our microscopes will be featured in the new series of CBBC's Operation Ouch, starting with "Awesome Earwax" at 6pm on 23rd February!

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Preparations are underway for the "Zooming into Life" activity stall at the @obu-hst-research.bsky.social 2026 Science Bazaar. Here is a photo from last year, and a sneak preview of one of our samples for this year!

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We are very excited that they are trying to revive The Muppet Show 🐸🐷

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gtexm.bsky.social @gtexm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What a beautiful dividing cell, we can clearly see the chromosomes and even count them with MAGNIFY in Arabidopsis root tip. © Magali Grison @monica-bic.bsky.social @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social

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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 10/02/2026

John Gurdon taught us that the beginning of life is never truly lost — only waiting to be reawakened. Long before his ideas were accepted, he showed that a cell remembers more than it appears to know: that within a differentiated nucleus lies the latent capacity to begin anew go.nature.com/3Mf8SD0

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John Gurdon 1933–2025 - Nature Biotechnology

Nature Biotechnology - John Gurdon 1933–2025

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BioImagingUK @bioimaginguk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🔬UK researchers: Access cutting-edge bioimaging tech + expert support with our User Access Fund! 💷 £5k for imaging 💷 £2k for image analysis Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply! rms.org.uk/user-access-fund ⏰ Next deadline: 31 March ✅ Decision in 4 weeks Pls share!

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Congratulations to Barrack Owino on passing his PhD viva! Barrack used a range of our LM and EM systems to do his research on Leishmania. We will miss you Barrack; @macleanlab.bsky.social you've gained a gem!

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The lab is a hive of activity today- no wonder the microscopes are booked out so much next week!

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Great to see the breath of research at the Oxford Brookes HST Postgraduate Research Symposium- including wonderful findings made with our microscope systems 🔬🎓🦠

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Finally,congratulations to Carmen Mata Mangas for winning the poster prize

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The final talk of the day: Mark Johnston of Syngenta on using microscopy in crop protection research

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Sam Caddell from MOA Technology explaining how the GALAXY platform aids novel herbicide discovery and understanding how these new herbicides work

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Nikon's Aki Suto demonstrating the @picoquant.bsky.social FLIM system on our AX NSPARC confocal

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Mark Fricker now speaking about quantitative organelle imaging in plants

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Secondly, Petra Boevink from The James Hutton Institute on plant pathogens, secreted RXLR effectors and the pitfalls of imaging infected plants

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Time for the short talks- first, Joanna Chustecki on imaging the dynamics of plant mitochondria

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Larry Griffing of Texas A&M explaining cell autonomous calcium oscillations- the "heartbeat" of plant cells #sparkle ✨️

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Post-lunch, @ajcellbio.bsky.social telling us about imaging plant endocytosis using multiple techniques 🔬

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Now speaking is Ho-Wei Wu of @slcuplants.bsky.social about imaging of circadian gene expression in live growing root tips

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

@obcbioimaging.bsky.social 's very own Charlotte Pain telling us about imaging the very dynamic plant endoplasmic reticulum

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Next up Ray Wightman of @slcuplants.bsky.social talking about confocal, FLIM and Raman microscopy of plants🌿🔬

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Thank you to @obu-hst-research.bsky.social Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Astrid Schloerscheidt for opening the conference

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