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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Bom dia from Brazil! 🇧🇷 The OpenFlexure team and our colleagues from the Baylor College of Medicine are visiting the Hospital de Amor in Barretos to follow up on our work to develop the OpenFlexure Microscope for use in digital pathology! 🔬 #OpenFlexure #DigitalPathology #Microscopy

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Big news! 🔬 The OpenFlexure Project just won the GW4 Alliance Open Research Prize! 🏆 We’re honoured to be recognised for our commitment to making microscopy transparent, reproducible, and accessible to all. Open Research is at the heart of everything we do. Read more: gw4.ac.uk/orw/

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🔬 Huge Update: OpenFlexure v3.0.0-alpha5 is live! This release brings us significantly closer to a stable beta. Highlights: ✅ UI migrated to Vue3 ✅ New ScanWorkflows ✅ Continuous "jogging" movement ✅ Smaller SD image size Full details & code: 🔗 gitlab.com/openflexure/...

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OpenFlexure / openflexure-microscope-server · GitLab

API server and web interface for the OpenFlexure Microscope.

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Peter O'Toole @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Thx for the invitation. Great evening. Credit to @openflexure.bsky.social for the microscope & Jodie Malcolm & co making it ideal for live cell incubators. share.google/GjvRhmmIXlPU... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Our first Hackathon! And to continue our dedication to reliability, documentation and testing, it's all about quality! More details can be found on our forum at openflexure.discourse.group/t/join-us-fo... We hope to see you there!

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Congratulations to the Biomanufacturing Group at ICGEB for winning a best exhibit prize at Maker Faire Trieste yesterday! 🏆 Their award-winning exhibit featured a number of OpenFlexure Microscopes, and aimed at help make biology accessible to everyone. 🔬

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Took my OpenFlexure Microscope to a demo today. I decided to walk. It's nice to have a project portable enough you can carry it 4km along the Bath Skyline. #Portability #Microscopy #Bath @openflexure.bsky.social

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The Humanitarian Technology Trust launches today, and they're supporting our work on the OpenFlexure Microscope! Microscopy saves lives, but access remains a barrier in much of the world. HTT’s first mission: help scale up our open-source microscope for global impact. httrust.org/2025/05/08/H...

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Humanitarian Technology Trust

The Humanitarian Technology Trust is focused on advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. We believe that empowering local manufacturers is the best way to ensure life...

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

We are delighted to be featured in this excellent guide on design for 3D printing.

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · 02/02/2025

Amazing talk by @openflexure.bsky.social at #fosdem2025. If you don't know these guys, check them out today. openflexure.org/projects/mic...

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Ogres are like OpenFlexure Microscopes—they have layers! And today, you can see them being printed live at FOSDEM by our friends at Prusa Research! 🔬✨ Come say hi to us in Hall H, see the magic happen, and let’s celebrate open-source collaboration at its best! 🚀 #FOSDEM2025 #OpenSource #3DPrinting

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

We are having a blast at #FOSDEM, showcasing the OpenFlexure Microscopes and chatting with loads of other open-source enthusiasts!! Come and see us in Hall H to get a demo of our microscope, and come along to our talk tomorrow at 15:20 CET in H.1309 (Van Rijn)! #OpenSource

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The OpenFlexure stand at #FOSDEM is buzzing. Come see us in building H. @openflexure.bsky.social

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

There is an English version! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZOx... Awesome work! I love it.

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Every customised OpenFlexure Microscope makes us happy! This is the power of open source!

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

OpenFlexure Microscopes are more available than ever. It is really exciting to see so many businesses helping our community buy microscopes. @labcrafter.co.uk have a new Hi-Res upgrade kit. Fieldworkers in Japan are also selling a kit! The true power of Open Hardware is that anyone can sell it.

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from the OpenFlexure Project. Did Santa get anyone a microscope? 🔬🎅🎁

An OpenFlexure Microscope wearing a Santa hat.

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Bri Johns @briannaljohns.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

So excited to see that @openflexure.bsky.social now has a vendors page up and running - this is a huge step forward for those seeking to create a distributed manufacturing ecosystem for open source scientific hardware! www.openscienceshop.org/vendor-page-...

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Official launch of the OpenFlexure vendors page

This year the Open Science Shop community has been collaborating with the OpenFlexure team with the goal of building a global network of OpenFlexure microscope kit vendors. We have been organizing mon...

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

It is incredible to see the work that is happening around the world with our open source designs. Well done Solomon and @iamchagas.bsky.social

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Some exciting microscope building happening in UCL! See original on twitter: x.com/BIIG_UCL/sta... @uclofficial.bsky.social 🔬 #OpenScience #OpenSource #OpenHardware

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Wambian have run an OpenFlexure Microscope workshop in Dakar! We are excited to hear more about their microscopic adventures. 🔬 Full video here: x.com/pez_hayes/st... #OpenScience #Science #Education #OpenSource #OpenHardware

Assembly photo of an OpenFlexure Microscope (video screenshot) from a Wambian bio-imaging workshop in Dakar.

Map of the world with countries where we know OpenFlexure has been built and/or used coloured in pink.
Coloured countries:
UK, USA, Tanzania, China, Antarctica, Russia, Australia, Ireland, Argentina, Kenya, India, Turkey, Germany, Chile, Cameroon, Singapore, The Netherlands, Peru, South Africa, Philippines, Norway, Panama, Uganda, Taiwan, Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Japan, Sweden, Brazil, Algeria, Israel, France, Colombia, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Venezuela, The Gambia, Indonesia, Finland, Mexico, Nigeria, Nepal, Switzerland, Paraguay, Sudan, Vietnam, Slovenia, Uruguay, Rwanda, Thailand, Denmark, Senegal, Austria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Now this is pretty cool 🤓🧪. Anyone for a microscope? BYO objective lens. Openflexure via @labcrafter.co.uk #StayCurious

A dozen plastic bags of components, washers etc from UK company Labcrafter to build a 3-D printed microscope designed by OpenFlexure. Image from Labcrafter, at https://labcrafter.co.uk/products/openflexure-microscope

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

We have just released a new beta of our long awaited Version 7 hardware release! 🔬 Assembly instructions and all STL files available here: build.openflexure.org/openflexure-... #OpenSource #OpenHardware #OpenScience #Microscopy

A composite image of an OpenFlexure Microscope from 3 angles

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Have you ever wondered what an OpenFlexure Microscope really is? How to build one? And what it is used for? Look no further! Welcome to OpenFlexure: www.youtube.com/watch?v=InmL...

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Welcome to OpenFlexure

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The OpenFlexure team are really excited to have our first ever FOSDEM stand. See you in February! fosdem.org/2025/news/20... #OpenSource #OpenHardware

Announcement poster for OpenFlexure at FOSDEM 2025

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hello BlueSky. The OpenFlexure Project is an open source project that allows anyone to build a robotic microscope anywhere in the world. So far people have told us that they have built or used an OpenFlexure Microscope in 50+ countries. Have you built or used one in a country that isn't pink yet?

A map of all locations the OpenFlexure Microscope has been built or used in. 58 countries/territories on all seven continents are highlighted in pink.

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Started to tidy workshop. Realised workshop has no microscope slide storage. Designed 1st iteration of slide holder for @openflexure.bsky.social project (& stopped tidying). Had some first layer issues, but turned out ok! Source: gitlab.com/openflexure/... #OpenHardware

3D printed microscope slide holder. Closed, top view.

3D printed microscope slide holder. Closed, top-back view.

3D printed microscope slide holder. Closed, bottom view.

3D printed microscope slide holder. Open.

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

What can OpenFlexure do for Global Health? Dr Elisee, Dr Hummel, Dr Rosen and Dr Knapper discuss how their work in Butare, Rwanda, has enabled pathologists and strengthened their training. With thanks to the CAP Foundation Full video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGBQ...

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What can OpenFlexure do for Global Health? | OFM, Baylor and Rwanda

YouTube video by OpenFlexure

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