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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Making an Entrance: ITGα5-filled vesicles from tumours activate local macrophages to promote vessel leakiness & thereby metastasis 📷 Shani Dror et al @weillcornell.bsky.social in @natcancer.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Double-edged Protein: Pivotal role for re programming factor ZFP36L2 in cellular plasticity – its status in colon cancer has implications for treatments 📷 Qingwen Jiang et al @karunamdphd.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + @rooph.bsky.social

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Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! If you have a PB, CB, MG project and need an illustrator, get in touch! #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlitart #illustrator #kidlitillustrator

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A compound called N-oleoyl-leucine (OLE) shows promise as a promoter of Alzheimer's amyloid plaque removal 📷 Victoria Pozzi-Ruiz et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in @springernature.com Cell Death & Disease ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Get ready... #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday, August 6th! For more info visit: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Text reads: This Thursday is... KidLitArtPostcard - illustration of an orange cat in a cardboard box with bits of cardboard, tape and paper on and around. Art and event by Gina Perry

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Role for non-neuronal cells in memory maintenance – loss of ankyrin-2 protein from the brain's astrocytes impairs recall 📸 Hayoung Kim, Jiwoon Lim & Jooyoung Kim et al Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Base editing – altering the DNA code with precise targeting – reveals the essential role of the NANOG gene in embryo development 📷 Oliver J Bower et al @niakanlab.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

RBM20 regulator of heart muscle protein titin's length itself revealed to have many versions => cardiomyopathy therapy targets 📷 Michael Radke, Victor Badillo Lisakowski & Stefan Meinke et al, @mdc-berlin.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Access Denied: Subtype of influenza A H3N2, but not H1N1, needs transporter protein Rab11B to enter host cells 📷 Allyson H. Turner & Sara A. Jaffrani et al @uvmvermont.bsky.social in @jvico-eics.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Loss of Flexibility: Astrocytes – multifunctional non-neuron cells of the brain – respond to cortisol leading to reduced neuroplasticity 📷 Bruno Gegenhuber et al @harvardmed.bsky.social in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cyclin dependent kinase 1 cell division driver is revealed to also be a promoter of epithelial barrier integrity 📷 @margaridadantas.bsky.social & Lisa Donker et al @gloerichlab.bsky.social @umcutrecht.bsky.social in @science.org Signaling ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Enriching for T memory stem cells in CAR-T therapy for blood cancers improves clinical outcomes 📷 Luca Gattinoni & Gabriele Inchingolo et al, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Regensburg, and NIH in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Faulty Assassins: Impaired NK cells underlie auto-inflammatory mevalonate kinase deficiency- treatable with IFN-γ inhibitor 📷 Marcia A. Munoz, Iona S. Schuster & James Cremasco et al @garvaninstitute.bsky.social in @cp-immunity.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Mouse nose atlas – grouped in bands, each olfactory neuron has a specific receptor that binds a specific odour molecule & the map is matched in the brain 📷 David H. Brann et al @harvardmed.bsky.social in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Olfactory Atlas

Olfactory Atlas - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Model of Destruction: Computational model of Alzheimer's disease in the making 📷 @usc.edu Lab of Neuro Imaging, Michael Bienkowski et al ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Model of Destruction

Model of Destruction - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

GSK3α enzyme identified as a checkpoint in stem cell fate – when inhibited, self-renewal capacity is maintained 📷 Duo Wang & Xiukun Wang et al Ying Lab @keck.usc.edu & National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Cell Research ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/5/5 + @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Common Checkpoint

Common Checkpoint - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A weekend reminder that our next #kidlitartpostcard event is this Thursday, May 7th. Please note: there is NO theme for this one - our June anniversary is the one with the theme. #kidlit www.ginaperry.com/postcard

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All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Structure of microtubules around the osteoclast nuclear envelope influences their bone resorption function 📸 Silvia Vergarajauregui et al Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in @jcellsci.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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BPoD | Solving Bone Dissolving

Solving Bone Dissolving - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Scientists untangle the pathway of chronic pain.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Good morning good people of earth! I hope you have a “cat with a ball of yarn” kind of day! #catwithyarn #haveagreatday #illustration #scbwi #kidlit #picturebookart

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Snot and Jewels: Precision tracking, microscopy + modelling reveals details of aquatic diatoms on the move. These microalgae produce oxygen but can also trap bacteria 📹 Stefan Golfier et al @bcube-tud.bsky.social, in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with John Ankers

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Transition from benign to malignant is a plastic state governed by cancer progenitor cell niche KRAS/p53 balance in this pancreatic cancer model 📷 José Reyes et al @mskcancercenter.bsky.social in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com · 24/04/2026

I really want to convey to everyone who entered #pbparty that the process is really the prize, and the difference between finalists, honorable mentions, and those that didn’t make it is like a single step at the START of a VERY long staircase. Don’t be discouraged!

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Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Wahoo!! Thank you #PBParty judges!! So chuffed that some of that fairy dust drifted my way. ☺️ #pbparty2026 #kidlitillustrator

A #PBParty 2026 badge for the Illustration Showcase

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Into the DeepBone: 3D tissue clearing approach called DeepBone enables visualisation of human mesenchymal stromal cell bone marrow niche – differences in young & aged revealed 📹 Nelson Tsz Long Chu et al University of Gothenburg in @natbiomedeng.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Ratio of keratin 14 & 15 proteins influences differentiation vs division by skin progenitor cells 📷 Catherine J. Redmond et al Coulombe lab University of Michigan Medical School in @jcb.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @antdlewis.bsky.social

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BPoD | Under Your Skin

Under Your Skin - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

If you’ve missed out on Kidlit Haha Week you can still catch up and enter the book giveaways until tomorrow! Catch up HERE 👇 www.brittanypomales.com/blog/

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Brain organoids used to screen drug candidates for genetic mitochondrial disease Leigh Syndrome identifies utility of sildenafil (Viagra) 📷 Annika Zink, Dao-Fu Dai, Annika Wittich et al @aleprigio.bsky.social @hhu.de in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Brain Gain

Brain Gain - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

CRISPR edit to activate PPARGC1A gene boosts mitochondria improving cardiac muscle repair after heart attack 📷 Mario Escobar & Saad Malik, et al @riceuniversity.bsky.social; @bcmhouston.bsky.social re paper in @moltherapy.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/4/3 with @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Energy Boost

Energy Boost - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 02/04/2026

Today! 💙❤️ Related: I’m looking for an illustrator with a textured, painterly, elevated, serious, realistic, literary style to illustrate a lovely sports themed jacketed, hardcover picture book. Feel free to respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

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Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Quick reminder to stick out your chin and grin because… Kidlit Haha Week starts TOMORROW!

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Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A human organoid for modeling spinal cord injury.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Epidermal rete ridges correlate with less hairy skin but what's the relationship? This study details how rete ridges aren't directly coupled to hair development @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscopy 📷 Sean M. Thompson et al @pullman.wsu.edu in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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BPoD | Skin Side Insides

Skin Side Insides - Biomedical pictures for February 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

NEK7 protein–'traffic warden' in liver cells keeping energy flowing in the right direction, warding off fibrosis-causing oxidation 📷 Zhenzhen Sun & Le Sun et al Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... @antdlewis.bsky.social

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BPoD | Flow Patrol

Flow Patrol - Biomedical pictures for February 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Mechanisms to overcome instability in early embryo cell division differ in zebrafish & fruit flies: species-specific mechanisms both orchestrated by cytoskeletal microtubules 📹 Melissa Rinaldin et al, @brugueslab.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Fruit fly study finds enzymes Hip14 & Patsas limit lysosome formation & fusion so protecting against Huntington's disease-like symptoms 📷 Győző Szenci et al, Eötvös Loránd University, in @plos.org Genetics ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @antdlewis.bsky.social

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BPoD | Sorted

Sorted - Biomedical pictures for March 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Human liver tissue with & without fibrosis reconstructed at cell level in 3D - insights for understanding liver disease & how to treat it 📹 Wesley B. Fabyan & Chelsea L. Fortin et al @kellystevens.bsky.social lab University of Washington in @science.org Advances ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Transfer of mitochondria from glia to adjacent sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglia – protects against nerve degeneration & pain 📷 Jing Xu et al @dukehealth.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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BPoD | Fuel Line

Fuel Line - Biomedical pictures for March 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Wrap Map: Mouse life-time brain-wide map of myelin-producing cells and myelin density in health and disease 📹 Yu Kang T. Xu, Abigail Bush & Ephraim Musheyev et al Bergles Lab @jhu.edu in @cellpress.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

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Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It’s #kidlitartpostcardday ! Optimism is in the air and it smells sweet. Have a good one #kidlit peeps!

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Interaction between candida fungus & some strains of bacterium E.faecalis makes infections more damaging 📷 Mario Kapitan et al Ilse D. Jacobsen Lab, @leibniz-hki.de in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Destructive Duo

Destructive Duo - Biomedical pictures for March 2026.

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Evolving towards antibiotic resistance bacteria pass DNA sequences between each other via protrusions called pili which also enhance biofilm formation 📷 James B. Winans et al Nadell lab, @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Cluster Busters Needed

Cluster Busters Needed - Biomedical pictures for March 2026.

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Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hooray hooray!! Fliff is on his way!! #debutpicturebook #FLIFF #author-illustrator

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Genome-wide screen using CRISPR identifies 100s of genes important for neuronal development 📷 Galya Monderer-Rothkoff re paper A Amelan, S Collins, N Damseh et al bsky.app/profile/sagi... & Binnaz Yalcin lab in @natneuro.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

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BPoD | Brain Genes Identified

Brain Genes Identified - Biomedical pictures for February 2026.

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