Hannah Somers
@hsomers.bsky.social
Digital image analyst @mdibiolab.bsky.social @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social
#science #microscopy #mdibiolab #bluesci
#science #microscopy #mdibiolab #bluesci
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This image by MDI Bio Lab's Travis Carney is a #drosophila larval brain. Neural stem cells and neurons are marked, including axons that project into the brain. The flare in the center of each lobe is part of a learning and memory center in flies.
ZEISS Microscopy #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝
ZEISS Microscopy #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This image by MDI Bio Lab's Travis Carney is a #drosophila larval brain. Neural stem cells and neurons are marked, including axons that project into the brain. The flare in the center of each lobe is part of a learning and memory center in flies.
ZEISS Microscopy #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝
ZEISS Microscopy #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝
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Big congratulations to Hannah Somers, Digital Image Analyst at MDI Bio Lab, whose striking visualization of a zebrafish’s brain was named an Image of Distinction in the Nikon Small World competition — and featured by #NationalGeographic!
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩🔬
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩🔬
MDI Bio Lab’s Hannah Somers’ Image Wins International Recognition
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November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Big congratulations to Hannah Somers, Digital Image Analyst at MDI Bio Lab, whose striking visualization of a zebrafish’s brain was named an Image of Distinction in the Nikon Small World competition — and featured by #NationalGeographic!
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩🔬
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩🔬
Reposted by Hannah Somers
No tricks—just #fluorescent treats! 🎃
Captured by Romain Menard in the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social, this #zebrafish shows its vascular (Fli1a:GFP) and motor neuron (mnx1:mCherry) systems glowing under the microscope.
#fluoresencefriday #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
Captured by Romain Menard in the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social, this #zebrafish shows its vascular (Fli1a:GFP) and motor neuron (mnx1:mCherry) systems glowing under the microscope.
#fluoresencefriday #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
No tricks—just #fluorescent treats! 🎃
Captured by Romain Menard in the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social, this #zebrafish shows its vascular (Fli1a:GFP) and motor neuron (mnx1:mCherry) systems glowing under the microscope.
#fluoresencefriday #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
Captured by Romain Menard in the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social, this #zebrafish shows its vascular (Fli1a:GFP) and motor neuron (mnx1:mCherry) systems glowing under the microscope.
#fluoresencefriday #microscopymonday #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
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Congratulations to Frederic Bonnet and the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social on these amazing achievements!! 🎉
#HappyFluorescenceFriday!
#microscopycommunity- 🎉 Winners of the BINA Image Contest!
1st Place: Frederic Bonnet – Hexagonal Vision: Compound Eye and Sensory Crown
2nd Place: Nat Prunet – Allergy Season
3rd Place: Arlen Ramírez Corona – Blue, Red and Fish
People’s Choice: Mahgol Darvishmolla
#microscopycommunity- 🎉 Winners of the BINA Image Contest!
1st Place: Frederic Bonnet – Hexagonal Vision: Compound Eye and Sensory Crown
2nd Place: Nat Prunet – Allergy Season
3rd Place: Arlen Ramírez Corona – Blue, Red and Fish
People’s Choice: Mahgol Darvishmolla
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Congratulations to Frederic Bonnet and the @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social on these amazing achievements!! 🎉
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Grateful to see one my #superresolution #pollen images won 2nd place at the 2025 @bioimagingna.bsky.social image contest!
www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/image-contes...
#microscopy #confocal #botany #plantscience #allergies #bioimaging
www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/image-contes...
#microscopy #confocal #botany #plantscience #allergies #bioimaging
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Grateful to see one my #superresolution #pollen images won 2nd place at the 2025 @bioimagingna.bsky.social image contest!
www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/image-contes...
#microscopy #confocal #botany #plantscience #allergies #bioimaging
www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/image-contes...
#microscopy #confocal #botany #plantscience #allergies #bioimaging
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Thanks go out to MDI Bio Lab Digital Image Analyst @hsomers.bsky.social for this #microscopymonday view of an adult #zebrafish (brain vasculature) from the MesoSPIM.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet
September 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thanks go out to MDI Bio Lab Digital Image Analyst @hsomers.bsky.social for this #microscopymonday view of an adult #zebrafish (brain vasculature) from the MesoSPIM.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet
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Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors Jointly Promote Vascular Development in Kidney Organoids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673963v1
September 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors Jointly Promote Vascular Development in Kidney Organoids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673963v1
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Speaking with BioImaging North America about the Maine Microscopy Course! @bioimagingna.bsky.social @mdibiolab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90L...
#science #education #microscopy #EoE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90L...
#science #education #microscopy #EoE
Exchange of Experience Virtual Group | May 28 2025 | Frederic Bonnet
YouTube video by BioImaging North America
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September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Speaking with BioImaging North America about the Maine Microscopy Course! @bioimagingna.bsky.social @mdibiolab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90L...
#science #education #microscopy #EoE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90L...
#science #education #microscopy #EoE
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One of the people I'm indebted the most for creating stunningly beautiful #mesoSPIM samples was Martina Schaettin - who tragically passed away in March this year. To honor her memory, Elkhan Yusifov created an award - submit your best #microscopy images & videos! www.linkedin.com/company/mart...
August 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the people I'm indebted the most for creating stunningly beautiful #mesoSPIM samples was Martina Schaettin - who tragically passed away in March this year. To honor her memory, Elkhan Yusifov created an award - submit your best #microscopy images & videos! www.linkedin.com/company/mart...
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🚨 Last chance to sign up for the 2025 Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids.
Renowned faculty and invited speakers will teach participants how to incorporate #iPSC & #organoid tech into their work, allowing them to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving scientific landscape. Apply now!
🧪 🤝 🍎
Renowned faculty and invited speakers will teach participants how to incorporate #iPSC & #organoid tech into their work, allowing them to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving scientific landscape. Apply now!
🧪 🤝 🍎
Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025
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August 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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This mouse fibroblast cell captured by @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social in 2022 is labeled with a #fluorescence to visualize the actin cytoskeleton—a network of actin filaments & proteins that maintains cell shape, enables movement & supports key processes.
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝
August 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This mouse fibroblast cell captured by @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social in 2022 is labeled with a #fluorescence to visualize the actin cytoskeleton—a network of actin filaments & proteins that maintains cell shape, enables movement & supports key processes.
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝
#researchmatters #microscopymonday #lightsheet 🧪 🤝
Reposted by Hannah Somers
Do you see chromatic aberration in your images? www.youtube.com/shorts/9lyix...
#science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl
#science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl
What is optical aberration ?
YouTube video by LMF@MDIBL
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August 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Do you see chromatic aberration in your images? www.youtube.com/shorts/9lyix...
#science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl
#science #microscopy #bioimaging #microscopymonday #chromaticaberration #bluesci #mdibl
Reposted by Hannah Somers
What is Köhler Illumination?
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#microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science
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#microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science
What is Köhler illumination ? #science #microscope #biology #optics
YouTube video by LMF@MDIBL
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July 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
What is Köhler Illumination?
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#microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science
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#microscopy #microscopymonday #Köhler #Köhlerillumination #brightfield #science
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A beautiful #microscopymonday sea star captured by @hsomers.bsky.social in 2022.
Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife
Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife
July 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A beautiful #microscopymonday sea star captured by @hsomers.bsky.social in 2022.
Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife
Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife
Reposted by Hannah Somers
Reminder! Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬 🖥️🧬
From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬 🖥️🧬
Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025
mdibl.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Reminder! Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬 🖥️🧬
From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬 🖥️🧬
Reposted by Hannah Somers
A new hybrid microscope enables real-time, high-resolution imaging of neurovascular activity across the entire cortex of awake mice, supporting advances in brain research and non-invasive BCI development. doi.org/g9t2x8
New microscope enables neurovascular coupling imaging across the entire cortex of awake mice
Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the dynamic regulation of cerebral blood flow in response to neural activity. Specifically, when neurons become active, nearby blood vessels dilate to increase blood supply, thereby meeting the heightened energy demands associated with neural activity.
phys.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A new hybrid microscope enables real-time, high-resolution imaging of neurovascular activity across the entire cortex of awake mice, supporting advances in brain research and non-invasive BCI development. doi.org/g9t2x8
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Family Science Night 2025 was a hit! Thanks to all the families, students and partners like the Oceanarium & Education Center and @mainediscovery.bsky.social who helped us celebrate hands-on science with our community!
Learn more about MDI Bio Lab events! mdibl.org/events
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Learn more about MDI Bio Lab events! mdibl.org/events
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
July 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Family Science Night 2025 was a hit! Thanks to all the families, students and partners like the Oceanarium & Education Center and @mainediscovery.bsky.social who helped us celebrate hands-on science with our community!
Learn more about MDI Bio Lab events! mdibl.org/events
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Learn more about MDI Bio Lab events! mdibl.org/events
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Reposted by Hannah Somers
This #microscopymonday image shows GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a #zebrafish kidney.
It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei.
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei.
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
July 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This #microscopymonday image shows GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a #zebrafish kidney.
It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei.
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei.
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
Reposted by Hannah Somers
What is Numerical Aperture?
#microscopy #na #numericalaperture #microscopymonday #science #bioimaging
www.youtube.com/shorts/x1XUs...
#microscopy #na #numericalaperture #microscopymonday #science #bioimaging
www.youtube.com/shorts/x1XUs...
What is Numerical Aperture (NA) ?
YouTube video by LMF@MDIBL
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July 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What is Numerical Aperture?
#microscopy #na #numericalaperture #microscopymonday #science #bioimaging
www.youtube.com/shorts/x1XUs...
#microscopy #na #numericalaperture #microscopymonday #science #bioimaging
www.youtube.com/shorts/x1XUs...
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New from @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, "The balancing act between lipid droplets and lysosomes for membrane functionality in age-related neurodegeneration and inflammation," by Halyna Shcherbata, MDI Bio Lab & Hannover Medical School (MHH) & Mariana Tsap, MHH.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
June 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New from @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, "The balancing act between lipid droplets and lysosomes for membrane functionality in age-related neurodegeneration and inflammation," by Halyna Shcherbata, MDI Bio Lab & Hannover Medical School (MHH) & Mariana Tsap, MHH.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
Reposted by Hannah Somers
People study fruit flies — especially #Drosophilamelanogaster — because they are an incredibly powerful model organism for understanding #genetics, development, and disease. Learn why they’re so useful in Basic Research!
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
June 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
People study fruit flies — especially #Drosophilamelanogaster — because they are an incredibly powerful model organism for understanding #genetics, development, and disease. Learn why they’re so useful in Basic Research!
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
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MDI Biological Laboratory is #hiring an Executive Coordinator to support our President, Chief of Staff, and leadership team. A key role at the intersection of strategy, operations, and communication.
Learn more and apply below. 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters
Learn more and apply below. 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters
Executive Operations Coordinator
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June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
MDI Biological Laboratory is #hiring an Executive Coordinator to support our President, Chief of Staff, and leadership team. A key role at the intersection of strategy, operations, and communication.
Learn more and apply below. 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters
Learn more and apply below. 🧪 🤝
#standwithscience #researchmatters
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New Maine Science Podcast out! A conversation with Cory Johnson, postdoc @mdibiolab.bsky.social. Cory's research is in kidney vascularization and using renal organoids and zebrafish. Available in all the podcast places!
www.mainediscoverymuseum.org/post/maine-s...
#scicomm
www.mainediscoverymuseum.org/post/maine-s...
#scicomm
Maine Science Podcast - Cory Johnson, episode 84
A conversation with Cory Johnson, Postdoctoral Researcher, at MDI Biological Laboratory. Cory grew up in Maine and after spending time as a sea kayak guide and a ski instructor, found his way to biolo...
www.mainediscoverymuseum.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New Maine Science Podcast out! A conversation with Cory Johnson, postdoc @mdibiolab.bsky.social. Cory's research is in kidney vascularization and using renal organoids and zebrafish. Available in all the podcast places!
www.mainediscoverymuseum.org/post/maine-s...
#scicomm
www.mainediscoverymuseum.org/post/maine-s...
#scicomm