Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialOctavio Reyes-Matte @octavio-rm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Having lots of fun with BigVolumeBrowser. Thanks @ekatrukha.bsky.social for the cool plugin! FlyBrain image from FIJI samples BOP Blue and BOP Orange LUTs from @christlet.bsky.social 0142
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialLoïc A. Royer 💻🔬🧪 @loicaroyer.bsky.social · 17h🏁 That's a wrap! The @biohub.org Cell Tracking machine learning challenge on @kaggle.com is over: 4,478 participants, 3,947 teams, 120 countries, 95,438 submissions, tracking every cell of zebrafish embryos. 🧪🔬🧵 kaggle.com/competition... #microscopy 18826
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialRicard Alert Zenón @ricardalert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New preprint! Migrating cell clusters have an asymmetric shape, with higher contact angle at the rear and lower at the front. We explained it by treating the tissue as an active droplet driven by asymmetric tractions! arxiv.org/abs/2610.03536 2239
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026EMBO could almost fill a 96 well plate with Nobel Prize winners! 😉 180
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another #Nobel for a method. Congrats; the impact of optogenetics is undeniable. 170
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialPierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New #preprint: "Discontinuous buckling from cytoplasmic mechanics in vertex models of epithelia" arxiv.org/abs/2610.03239 More buckling from the #PhD work of @chandraniva.bsky.social. 1196
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialRob Campbell @raacampbell.com · 04/10/2026Preprint is out! Our BakingTray software turns a 2-photon microscope into a serial-section tomography system for automated whole-organ imaging. ~€35k to convert an existing scope. 11 systems worldwide, >7,000 samples at SWC alone #neuroskyence #microscopy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 49131
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialEMBO @embo.org · 02/10/2026As the EMBO Fellows' and Members' Meeting #EMBOFMM26 comes to an end, Tanmay Bharat is handed over the EMBO Gold Medal. 🧪 1246
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialRTG 3142 Biological Making of Materials @rtg3142-bmm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We’re excited to launch the Bluesky account for DFG-funded Research Training Group 3142: Biological Making of Materials Follow us to learn more about our research, people and activities. Learn more: www.digs-ils.phd/rtg-bmm #RTG3142 #Biomaterials #Science #Research #DFG 0239
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialYogi Jaeger @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026We are on the cusp of a de-industrial revolution: thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/ri… #TheGreatSimplificationthehonestsorcerer.substack.comRising Complexity Cannot End In Any Other WayModernity demands a constant growth in energy and material inputs - what could possibly go wrong with that? 013
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialJulia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 0111
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialBruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This gave me a good laugh. (from @accordionguy.bsky.social 's "Saturday Picdump" of tech-related memes, cartoons, etc.) 05926
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialDiz-Muñoz Lab @diz-lab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We built a fully functional LegoAFM for imaging! 🤩... Today presented at #TürenAuf Tag der #SendungMitDerMaus! ... Remember: Always be curious! ⁉️ 25816
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41119623108
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialmyosinactncrazy.bsky.social @myosinactncrazy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Mechanical regulation of endocytosis by protein droplet capillary forces 081
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260581698
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialEMBO @embo.org · 02/10/2026This week at the EMBO Fellows' and Members' Meeting #EMBOFMM26, visitors could test out the EMBO Science Map. 🧪 It is a visualization of every EMBO Member (round symbols) and Associate Member (square symbols) on a scientific and a geographic map. Explore more here: sciencemap.embo.org 063
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialDale Moulding @dalemoulding.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Having seen the news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... thought I'd share a cilia movie captured at UCL GOS ICH with Eriomina Shahaj & Vanesa Papastavrou using simple DIC on a Nikon Ti2 with DIC at 60x1.4. 500 fps here slowed down 20 times. Processed with Nikon's denoiseAI and an unsharp mask in Fiji. 88622
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The trick… is to never generate any useful data 3253
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialSimon Cleary @simoncleary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nikon: '"At this time, we don't see that any rules were violated," it said in a statement.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contestDr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest. 3109
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialGaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026If you are interested in serial sectioning for electron microscopy, we have now uploaded a revised version of our paper Shahidi et al: "Volume Electron Microscopy: Tips & Tricks on Micromanipulator-Assisted Serial Sectioning for Array Tomography" […] [Original post on biologists.social] 1196
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialAndré Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This story in @natcellbio.nature.com by the amazing @mathilda95.bsky.social is the final flourish in a series of papers over the last year during which we reported a solution to the lipid imaging problem in biology. Stay tuned for the next chapters! 1389
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialSerge Dmitrieff @sergedmi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In a way it feels that this debat stems from 2 problems - The funding system has a lot of issues independent of AI, being very wasteful and because... - The objectives of research are being forgotten : we want to increase human knowledge and our capacity to understand and imagine. Not produce stuff 241
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Coffee at #embl. Bliss! Big thanks to my sponsors! 2101
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialLevayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not sure how the community will be consulted, but if so this will be really critical and time to be vocal...delegating our peer judgement (admittedly imperfect) to LLM feels like removing the cornerstone of how science works. If this is the way it goes, I'd rather become a teacher or bake bread🤷♂️ 1166
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No true scientist will outsource the fun of the creative process to a machine. We must focus on finding and eradicating the science operators who will stop at nothing to get more recognition & power. The impostors can be identified. We need to rely more on the good old human interactions. 46012
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 29/09/2026Research evaluation faces growing pressure: demand for competitive research funding is rising, while AI is rapidly changing how proposals can be written and assessed. In this context, the ERC & Science Europe had a workshop with research funding and performing organisations from 5 continents. 2228
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialPhilippe Batut @philippebatut.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🧬🔬 Why are enhancers transcribed and how does that impact gene regulation? I’m really excited to share our new paper in @science.org showing that noncoding RNAs control the timing of gene activation in embryos. With Mike Levine #ScienceResearch @columbiamed.bsky.social A few highlights below... 🧵👇science.orgNoncoding transcription controls the developmental dynamics of long-range gene regulationThe genomic regions regulating gene expression are often themselves transcribed into a variety of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). However, the regulatory roles of this noncoding transcription remain largely ... 5235115
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 29/09/2026Study today in @natcellbio.nature.com by @mathilda95.bsky.social @nadlerlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, Honigmann group @biotec-tud.bsky.social & @carldmodes.bsky.social reveals that clathrin-mediated endocytosis sorts proteins but not lipids. Lipids use different routes. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac... 13411
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialHina Kosakamoto @kosakamotohina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excited to share that our work from RIKEN is now published in Nature! 🎉 We uncovered how protein intake during development shapes lifespan and identified a mechanism that transmits a “nutritional memory” into adulthood. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in Drosophila - NatureIsotope tracing is used to determine the fate of larval dietary amino acids in adult flies, and identifies Lsp2 as a key regulator of translation and lifespan that forms the molecular basis of the eff... 1122
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialIMAG'IC @imag-ic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The IMAG'IC team is back to offer you the "Introduction to the Use of #ImageJ" training course. 22 October 2026 (English) 4 November 2026 (French) institutcochin.fr/formations/f... @institutcochin.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social @inserm.fr @cnrs.fr 098
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialIñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have a new branch in the family tree of animals: Atreyea- a previously unrecognized lineage among the closest unicell relatives of animals. Led by @konsmitsi.bsky.social & @freejakoba.bsky.social together with a fantastic team of collaborators. 🔗 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #protistsOnSky 112351
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialMagnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · 25/09/2026PostDoc in (Un) Structural Biology of Wnt Signaling, the Tripsianes group, the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) @ceitec.eu Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic www.muni.cz/en/about-us/... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲muni.czPostDoc in (Un) Structural Biology of Wnt Signaling | Masaryk University | MUNI 043
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share 5105104
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialTessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain. 13335118
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialLior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 24/09/2026Is it Amsterdam? Copenhagen? No, it's Paris! After years of investment, the French capital has one of the best problems a city can have: bicycle congestion. So if Paris has done it, why wouldn't other cities follow? 📸 Such an amazing photo by @jbpssx.bsky.social 15715152
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialZebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Electrochemical response triggers organ growth, following tail injury in a #zebrafish embryo. Credit to @ritamateus.bsky.social, @nerlielisa.bsky.social, & @liujinghui.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 18319
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialIñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very grateful to have been part of such a special and emotional day celebrating Sara Bray & Nick Brown at their Retirement Symposium. Two outstanding scientists and, even more importantly, truly wonderful people. Thank you, Sara and Nick, for such a memorable day! #protistsOnSky 193
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialEMBL @embl.org · 28/09/2026EMBL researchers Robert Prevedel and Simone Mattei are now jointly leading the EMBL Imaging Centre. The new leadership looks forward to boosting tech development and continuing the Centre's push to advance microscopy image analysis through machine learning and other tools. tinyurl.com/26yb5nck 0225
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialEMBO Press @embopress.org · 25/09/2026The EMBO editors look forward to talk science @ 'poster clinic' & 'pitch your paper' sessions (+ over drinks). If you want to look under the bonnet & attend an editorial meeting contact @berndpulverer.bsky.social. @embojournal.org @emboreports.org @embomolmed.org @molsystbiol.org @lsajournal.org 072
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialJoseph W. Brown @josephwb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Early-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestors academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... From @phylieu.bsky.social @sinkingdiatom.bsky.social @omearabrian.bsky.socialacademic.oup.comEarly-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestorsAbstract. Large phylogenetic trees are often unbalanced near the root, with a species-depauperate lineage sister to a far more species-rich clade. The spec 411053
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Visually, it looks like they're just =disapparating=. Beam me up, Mr. Bug. They have a sort of hidden spring under their bellies, called a 'furca' or 'furcula'. Like having a secret catapult hidden down your trousers. I love the lowering of the antennae just before launch. 💨 312022
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialJosh Currie @joshcurrie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These are really good 011
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Excellent piece. Take them down. 020
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today's strategy from the Small Artificial World in Motion winner is to have Singapore colleagues dilute the concerns of world-class microscopists with sycophantic comments 2184
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As much as I love Czech #science and try to push its academia to new heights, the classical #music art scene is outperforming us on the international stage. As it should be in the land that gave the world Dvořák, Janáček, Smetana. Congratulations Jakub Hrůša 🤠➡️🎩 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.com‘I never choose the cautious option’: Royal Opera’s Jakub Hrůša on collaboration, control and conducting WagnerOne year into the role, the Royal Opera’s music director is taking on the challenge of Parsifal, and, next season, the Ring Cycle. I’m here, and I am courageous says the conductor 000
paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026These people are seriously underestimating the technical capabilities and adaptive behaviors of the scientific community. It is like a clinical trial of a new drug without any oversight or "patient" consent. 241
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I see that @anthropic.com is now competing with PhD students in Biology/Bioengineering labs, whose biggest worry until now was being inevitably scooped by the Feng Zhang and Jennifer Doudna labs. Very different from Wild West days of RT discoveries in my PhD. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...anthropic.comClaude discovers a novel enzyme systemIn early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown. 96822
Reposted by @paveltomancak.bsky.socialDavi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Now I can say: last week we received Notice of Award from NSF on a Midscale Research Infrastructure Design proposal for a National Connectomics and Ultrastructure Volume Observatory (NCUVO) www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...uvm.eduUVM Launches $19 Million National Observatory to Unlock…| The University of Vermont 148119
