The Illuminati
Those who control the light have the power (to do awesome science)
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@minesbioimaging.bsky.social
@amsikking.bsky.social
I'm a Physicist and R&D Engineer. Fascinated by optimal designs, I seek to improve and invent technologies. Homepage: amsikking.github.io
@blenackmon.bsky.social
microscopy, cell surfaces, tiger balm's #1 fan grad researcher @ fletchlab.berkeley.edu
@kallepallilab.bsky.social
🥼Research focussed on clinical translation of classical and quantum optics, led by @OptoPhysAkhil.bsky.social 📝Biophotonics and biomedical optics 📍Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, @UniStrathclyde.bsky.social, Glasgow UK 📸 🩻 🔬 🛜 https://kallepallilab.com
@jskirby.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Nottingham Microbiologist working with Optical Nanosensors to investigate bacterial biofilms utilizing Confocal, AFM and Microfluidic systems. 🦠 🧫 🔬
@samholtzen.bsky.social
Postdoc at Caltech optical tools for immune cells a mildly political he/they 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ opinions are my own 💻 https://samholtzen.github.io/
@jsdaniel02.bsky.social
Scientific instrument developer, focused on #lightsheet and other #microscopy 🔬 at ASI
@vsaggiomo.bsky.social
Associate prof BioNanoTechnology @WUR (ex @kieluni, @univgroningen, @UninaIT). Tech+Chem = microfab, 3D printing, Sensors and Devices. Nerd, gamer, and bad artist https://www.youtube.com/user/vsaggiomo
@franbottanelli.bsky.social
Solver of GTPases molecular puzzles | Membranes | CRISPR | STED super-res |Accidental immunologist | Academic mother of 2 cheeky monkeys | Assistant prof at FU Berlin. | Head of the Nanoscale Membrane Dynamics Lab
@mycroscopy.bsky.social
Microscopist and image analyst in the making. Core facility staff at BIU @helsinkiuni and loving it.🔬👩🏻🔬👩🏻💻
@loicaroyer.bsky.social
Director of Imaging AI & Sr. Group Leader @czbiohub SF. Researcher at the meeting point of #AI, #Microscopy, and #Biology using #zebrafish as model — co-creator of @napari_imaging and #Omega. #devbio #zebrahub #deeplearning #lightsheet #Imaging #dataviz
@jwietek.bsky.social
Synapse modulation, biophysics, optogenetics, opsins, optoGPCRs & channelrhodopsins... garden stuff, photography, cats, cycling, parenting...still postdocing. Patch-clamper with imaging ambitions https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4xDsEF4AAAAJ&hl=en
@isabella-gaeta.bsky.social
Postdoc with Valentina Greco @Yale | Using 2-photon🔬to study fibroblasts and extracellular matrix assembly in mouse skin | Previously: PhD student with Matthew Tyska @VanderbiltU
@stevebagley.bsky.social
By day, in the dark watching cells & tissues Cancer Research UK Manchester Insitute. Vegan homebrew, ferments kimchi/sauerkraut. All rants mine so ner.
@alexfellows1.bsky.social
Post-doc in the Carter lab MRC-LMB, Schiavo lab alumni, #Axonaltransport #Neurons 🧠 #Singlemolecule 🔬
@mattneuro.bsky.social
Neuroscientist in Oslo / Stockholm. Former Editor. Mucking about with Voltage Imaging and patching. Abandoned the Basal Ganglia for the Cortex, and may never be forgiven. He/him
@scienceismetal.bsky.social
Fungal ecologist, wild mushroom forager, science communicator. Northen Lab @ LBNL
@timnfeinstein.bsky.social
Ph.D. ex-academic, self-published author of “A Heuristic Guide To Quantitative Imaging”. Lead, operations and technical sales at Coastal Microscopes.
@maximoprado.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair. Misfolding proteins, chaperones and cholinergic function in neurodegeneration. Interested in reproducibility, translational research and open science. ORCID: 0000-0002-3028-5778 I also post pics of sunsets and bikes.
@petrakovavladka.bsky.social
Scientist excited about plasmons, DNA origami and microscopy. Group leader at the Heyrovsky Institute in Prague, Czexpats co-founder, Humboldt Foundation alumni, mother of 4. petrakova-group.eu
@samofmidworld.bsky.social
music nerd, book absorber, microscope builder | postdoc @ Gershlick Lab and TheLeeLab, Cambridge | they/them/their 🏳️⚧️ ORCID: 0000-0002-8559-3161
@kriskubow.bsky.social
microscopist 🔬; educator; still trying to decide whether I'm a scientist or engineer (or both); Core Director, Assoc Prof Biology, JMU; opinions my own
@lucygdornan.bsky.social
Cell biology PhD candidate & Golgi enthusiast interested in COPI-independent Golgi-ER transport 🧫🔬 Nature lover, hobby baker, optimist ☀️ ucd.ie/hcs
@eposfai.bsky.social
Preimplantation development and germline biology. Live imaging and genome engineering. Assistant Prof at Princeton.
@suhridghosh.bsky.social
Postdoc | Studying Evolution of Morphogenesis. Extavour Lab @ HHMI/ Harvard. First gen to University , wonderstruck by the “endless forms” of nature.
@mikesimmonds.bsky.social
Australian university researcher in the mechanobiology and rheology of blood. Occasional grain brewer. Based with family at Burleigh Heads, Queensland.
@mariescopy.bsky.social
Biophysicist using #microscopy and image analysis to study eukaryotic #microbes ( #protists) in the #marine #plankton Postdoc @roscoff-collection.bsky.social 🇩🇪🇫🇷🌊🦠👩💻🔬 🦣 ecoevo.social/@mariescopy 🔬 mariescopy.github.io 📑 orcid.org/0000-0002-4071-7677
@microscopyed.bsky.social
Imaging Scientist at Harvard Center for Biological Imaging. I help people do cool science. Lover of all things microscopy & microbiology 🔬🦠
@barnabalab.bsky.social
I lead a young, vibrant research group at the University of Kansas - Pharmaceutical Chemistry. My lab works on metabolic adaptation: how our cells rewire their metabolism when challenged by chemical and nutrient stressors.
@rileyhannan.bsky.social
Kirschstein-NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UVA studying B1 cells in various diseases w focus on fibrosis. Likes making tools. Flow cytometry + microscopy + data wrangler. Wannabe polymath. Leftist/anti-authoritarian hot takes are my own.
@teunhuijben.bsky.social
Scientist/PostDoc with Loïc Royer at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco 🔬 image analysis | localization microscopy | machine learning, 🇳🇱 by bike 🚲 📍San Francisco
@muthrnaturzson.bsky.social
Stoked about fatherhood/cell bio/the swordsmanship of Johannes Liechtenauer | Asst Professor with Molecular Biosciences @ UT Austin | http://theWeemsLab.com | he/him
@jeremybaskin.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Cornell University: chemical biology, cell biology, #lipidtime and membrane biology
@lreymond.bsky.social
Organic chemistry passionate 🧪, mountain addict 🧗 & freediver 🤿. EPFL scientist and @spirochrome.com co-founder. 🇨🇭
@benjaminbjohnson.bsky.social
Early Career Postdoctoral Researcher at LUMC working with Christine Mummery and Richard Davis. 🔸 NWO-XS and Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship grant winner 🔸 Stem Cell Disease Models 🔸 Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Fibrosis #FluorescenceFriday
@giudica.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the University of Strathclyde. PI at CeMi. Interested in Smart Microscopy, Cell Engineering, Bioimage Analysis and Organs-On-Chip. Formerly Harvard and Federico II 🏳️🌈 📍Glasgow https://dicaprio.bioe.strath.ac.uk
@mattheyseslab.bsky.social
Microscopes, desmosomes, cell adhesion, endocytosis, cell mechanics at UAB
@thiex.bsky.social
Uncovering macrophage cell biology using whole-genome screens and microscopy. My lab studies regulation of phosphoinositides and the actin cytoskeleton in the context of macropinocytosis, as well as lipid droplet formation and metabolism.
@adhoppe.bsky.social
Macrophage cell biologist, microscopist, guitar player, adventurer and nice person.
@anhhle2702.bsky.social
Sir Henry Wellcome fellow studying macrophage migration and mechanobiology @UCL. BSc Biochemistry @Bristol. PhD Cancer Biology @CRUK Scotland Institute. 🏴 Cell lover by day, takeaway lover by night. https://hoanganhle2602.wixsite.com/cellsandtheirwonders
@makertobey.bsky.social
Prof. @UCatolica @WenzelLab. Analysing cellular interactions through #OpenHardware, droplet #microfluidics & #bioimaging development. Ex @EMBL @Cambridge_Uni
@merlinlange.bsky.social
Senior Scientist @ CZ Biohub SF | Microscopy 🔬 | Transcriptomics 🧬 | Zebrafish Whisperer 🐟 | Developmental Biology in 4D 🌟 |
@biovoxxel.de
BioImage Analyst, PhD in biology, Fiji/ImageJ, Inkscape, Blender, Java, Scientific Illustration, Image Integrity 🧪🔬💻 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇪🇦 forum.image.sc biovoxxel.de https://linktr.ee/biovoxxel #biovoxxel #bioimageanalysis #bluesci #sciviz #BIAToolTip
@kwolbachia.bsky.social
Cells, microscopy, colorful LUTs and ImageJ https://github.com/kwolbachia/KTZ-LUTs For work I study Wolbachia symbiosis in Montpellier
@campbell-lab.bsky.social
Professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo. Editor-in-Chief of Protein Engineering, Design & Selection (PEDS). Opinions are my own. https://campbell.chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
@drlachie.bsky.social
BioImage Analyst at @WEHI_research. Foodie, geek, Dad. Functions on coffee and red wine. Bringer of #MicroscopistsNightmares. He/Him
@jencwaters.bsky.social
Microscopist builder. Prefers photons over AUs. Director of the Core for Imaging Technology & Education @HMS | Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis course at CSHL | Lead Developer of Microtutor @microtutor.bsky.social
@computingnature.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy
group leader @ HHMIJanelia, thinking about thinking, 🔬#suite2p #cellpose #facemap #rastermap | diversity and open-science for better science | Ⓥ | […] [bridged from https://neuromatch.social/@computingnature on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@simonduerr.eu
Assistant Professor UAS at HES-SO Valais-Wallis 🇨🇭 🤗 HF Fellow. Working on AI, Protein Design and Open Science. Creator of bioicons.com
@aaandmoore.bsky.social
User of microscopes. Interested in organelles and how they move. Husband, dad, intermediate filament apologist, and postdoc in the JLS lab at HHMI Janelia Research Campus.
@dgaboriau.bsky.social
Imaging Scientist at Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy (FILM) @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Previously FILM facility manager. Dad, Cell biologist, PhD/postdoc @uniofcam.bsky.social. Opinions my own.
@mads100tist.bsky.social
Neuro and Developmental biologist. PostDoc at day. Supervillain at night. He/him #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights @mads100tist@mastodon.social
@joachimgoedhart.bsky.social
Scientist + Teacher UvA/Amsterdam | Cells | Molecules | Microscopy Quantitative imaging | Fluorescent Proteins | Biosensors | Open Science | dataViz | R | web apps Homepage: https://joachimgoedhart.github.io/ DataViz Apps: https://huygens.science.uva.nl
@henriqueslab.bsky.social
@AIOpticalBioLab.bsky.social. Group Leader #ITQB & H. Prof #UCL. #Nanoscopy & #AI for #LifeSciences. #SRRF sensei. #ERCCoG, #EMBO member. Dad. Opinions my own - henriqueslab.org -
@eboyden3.bsky.social
Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, MIT. Investigator, HHMI. Leader, Synthetic Neurobiology Group, http://synthneuro.org. Scientist, inventor, entrepreneur.
@ulrikeboehm.bsky.social
R&D Scientist at ZEISS Group | PhD in Physics | Spearheading Development of Innovative Optics & Photonics Solutions Website: http://ulrikeboehm.org
@haesleinhuepf.bsky.social
Biomedical Computer Vision & Language Models, scads.ai / Leipzig University, also NFDI4BIOIMAGE, NEUBIAS/GloBIAS, GPUs, AI, ML 🔬🖥️🚀 views:mine
@imag-ic.bsky.social
The Institut Cochin photonic imaging facility IMAG’IC (UnivParisCite_Inserm_CNRS) #Microscopy #FLIM #STED-FLIM #BioImaging #DataBase #MultiphotonFLIM #Intravital-Imaging #HistoCytometry #TissueClearing #Biosensors #FRET-FLIM #SMLM #ExM #Deeplearning
@conorjsugden.bsky.social
Postdoc Research Associate in the Lennon Lab, Manchester Cell-Matrix Centre, University of Manchester Lover of extracellular matrix, basement membranes, microscopy 🔬
@carobarisch.bsky.social
Associate professor & cellular microbiologist @CSSB-Hamburg, @FZBorstel and @UniHH! Interested in host-pathogen interactions 🧪🦠🧫, lipids and microscopy 🔬! Mother of twins. T1D. www.barischlabcssb.com
@niallgeoghegan.bsky.social
Images cells live. Sometimes makes them dead and images that too. All things 4D imaging, malaria, microscopy, analysis etc. etc. 🔬🧬🦠
@abelljonny.bsky.social
Group Leader @TheCIMR. Organelle Interactions and dynamics in neurons. Wellcome CDA Fellow. prev: @NIH, @UCL, @HHMIJanelia. 🧠+🔬 (AbellJonny on X) https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-jonathon-nixon-abell
@saramcardle.bsky.social
Staff Scientist at the La Jolla Institute Microscopy and Histology Facility and a CZI Imaging Scientist. I love cat videos and microscopy images and I believe that Matlab is better than Python :)
@martinjones.bsky.social
Ex-physicist in a biology institute, working on image analysis and building new hardware at the Francis Crick Institute ORCID: 0000-0003-0994-5652
@peiferlabunc.bsky.social
Cell adhesion, cytoskeletal regulation, Wnt signaling & wherever science leads us + wildflowers & my own idiosyncratic views. First gen college grad Diversity, equity & Inclusion are core American Values https://peiferlab.web.unc.edu
@seamusholden.bsky.social
Professor of Microbial Biophysics, University of Warwick. Interested in all things bacterial cell envelope, cell biophysics and advanced light microscopy. https://holdenlab.github.io/ Twitter (inactive): @seamus_holden
@samstehbens.bsky.social
Everything microtubules, movement, and microscopy. ARC Future Fellow, lab head University of Queensland #CatsOfAcademia advoCATe. UCSF Wittmann lab alumni.
@dmikeando.bsky.social
ML @ Calico. Previously at Google Research and UCSF. Still amazed and excited by the power of microscopy to understand biology.
@steveroyle.bsky.social
I'm into chord changes and cell biology. Professor at University of Warwick. Director of The Company of Biologists. Affiliate of bioRxiv. Author of "The Digital Cell". Views my own. Mastodon: @steveroyle@biologists.social Lab: https://roylelab.org
@guijacquemet.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. Cell biologist interested in microscopy and image analysis. My opinions are my own. cellmig.org
@obialik.bsky.social
Sediment, climate change, and impostor syndrome | Science and SFF for the win | Writing for a living and fun | Opinions are my own (or the characters' in my head). Academic stuff: https://obialik.weebly.com Non-academic writing: https://ombialik.weebly.com
@labogden.bsky.social
Cell and Developmental Biologist @ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - 🦔 signaling in 🧠🫀&🫁 - science 🧪, academia, DevBio research, mentoring, scicomm, 🔬 images, birds 🪶, dogs, hikes - fueled by ☕ & 🧘🏼♀️ - Y’all means all - Views my own
@bethcimini.bsky.social
She/her. I turn pictures into numbers so others can turn them into medicine. Also I yell about politics a lot. Prev. BoSoxBioBeth/CiminiLab on the bird and bethcimini@fediscience.org on the elephant. Views my own, awesome science from my amazing team.
@kahsage.bsky.social
Artist and scientist that helps people on microscopes! Instagram: https://instagram.com/kah_sage
@michelleitano.bsky.social
Director Neuroscience Microscopy Core at UNC-Chapel Hill, CZI Imaging Scientist, BioTechniques EIC, AcaMama (she/her)
@lhinderling.bsky.social
tries to make microscopes smarter · bioimage analysis, optogenetics, ml, 3d printing, open science · phd student in cellular signalling dynamics @PertzLab
@mariusloots.bsky.social
eat:sleep:exercise| live learn http://chaos.co.za he/him university of pretoria Histology, 3D printing, photography, anthropology For what it's worth - my data is not allowed to train AI.
@henrydebelly.bsky.social
Postdoc in Orion Weiner's lab at UCSF. I work at the interface of Cell Biology and Biophysics. I am into: #Actin, #Membrane, #CellMigration, #Polarity, #Cats, #Mechanobiology #Cheese #CellBiology
@grnfluoresceblg.bsky.social
Staff scientist, Gerst lab, Weizmann Inst. Husband, father Topics: Science, Molec/Cell Biology, RNA, microscopy, Tunneling Nanotubes, Sci fi. Life in Israel (Hebrew) Blogs: https://greenfluorescentblog.wordpress.com https://flyingsaucermovies.wordpress.com
@paultcarman.bsky.social
Cell based Tools. Former Microscope Expert, Biologist, and Research Fanatic. Head of Commercial CellFE
@robertarkowitz.bsky.social
Fascinated by fungal growth & asymmetries. Institute of Biology Valrose, CNRS-Inserm-Université Côté d’Azur, Nice. Microscopy addict, all things cell biological
@adamkglaser.bsky.social
Developing hardware + software tools for large-scale imaging at the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics
@kschink.bsky.social
Cell Biologist interested in membrane trafficking, phosphoinositides, macropinosomes and fancy microscopes. Associate Professor, UiO
@astormic.bsky.social
Super-resolution microscopy enthusiast Postdoc at the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey
@jlazzaridean.bsky.social
I'm a microscopist | I like everything from fluorescent sensors to custom microscope hardware | I also do my best to garden in a Bay Area apartment
@rchhmiscope.bsky.social
Optics, Imaging, Microscopy, Neurotechnology Team Lead, Miller Brain Observatory @Rockefeller Carolina | Janelia | Rockefeller
@retof.bsky.social
Optical imaging, interested in STEM topics. First generation graduate from ETH Zürich Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
@minesbioimaging.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and CZI Imaging Scientist at South Dakota Mines | Nanoscience & Biomedical Engineering. Studying macrophages using pieces of sheet. Building #SnoutysaurusRex