Kathrin Brenker
@kathrinbrenker.bsky.social
Tech Founder in optogenetics. Bringing the light to your sciencce!
Good morning, Vienna!
Walk to ISTA campus with me to check out Photoexciting Molecules meeting!
#photochemistry #PDT #photopharmacology
Walk to ISTA campus with me to check out Photoexciting Molecules meeting!
#photochemistry #PDT #photopharmacology
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good morning, Vienna!
Walk to ISTA campus with me to check out Photoexciting Molecules meeting!
#photochemistry #PDT #photopharmacology
Walk to ISTA campus with me to check out Photoexciting Molecules meeting!
#photochemistry #PDT #photopharmacology
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
As the #ESPCongress2025 has come to an end, we would like to thank you all for having made this event so unique!!!
The ESP President @pkselbo.bsky.social, the ESP President Elect @frangiunti.bsky.social and the ESP Past President @maxxtrotta.bsky.social are ready to welcome you soon! Safe travels!
The ESP President @pkselbo.bsky.social, the ESP President Elect @frangiunti.bsky.social and the ESP Past President @maxxtrotta.bsky.social are ready to welcome you soon! Safe travels!
August 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
As the #ESPCongress2025 has come to an end, we would like to thank you all for having made this event so unique!!!
The ESP President @pkselbo.bsky.social, the ESP President Elect @frangiunti.bsky.social and the ESP Past President @maxxtrotta.bsky.social are ready to welcome you soon! Safe travels!
The ESP President @pkselbo.bsky.social, the ESP President Elect @frangiunti.bsky.social and the ESP Past President @maxxtrotta.bsky.social are ready to welcome you soon! Safe travels!
That's it! All packed up, see you next time! 🫡
Thank you, @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social crowd for your massively positive response to bringing homogenous illumination into your lab! 💡 🌈 🧪
Safe travels home and see you next time! 🚍 🚋 ✈️
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics
Thank you, @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social crowd for your massively positive response to bringing homogenous illumination into your lab! 💡 🌈 🧪
Safe travels home and see you next time! 🚍 🚋 ✈️
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics
August 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
That's it! All packed up, see you next time! 🫡
Thank you, @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social crowd for your massively positive response to bringing homogenous illumination into your lab! 💡 🌈 🧪
Safe travels home and see you next time! 🚍 🚋 ✈️
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics
Thank you, @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social crowd for your massively positive response to bringing homogenous illumination into your lab! 💡 🌈 🧪
Safe travels home and see you next time! 🚍 🚋 ✈️
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics
🌈 💡 🚀 Last Day at #ESPCongress2025 in Bari! 🌈 💡 🚀
Last chance to learn about robust light experiments by our mascot Aikiku!
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics #bari
Last chance to learn about robust light experiments by our mascot Aikiku!
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics #bari
August 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🌈 💡 🚀 Last Day at #ESPCongress2025 in Bari! 🌈 💡 🚀
Last chance to learn about robust light experiments by our mascot Aikiku!
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics #bari
Last chance to learn about robust light experiments by our mascot Aikiku!
#photobiology #photochemistry #optogenetics #bari
✨ Today’s the day — we welcome our company mascott AIKIKU to the team!
Their first stop: holding down our booth at the #ESP Meeting in Bari.
Swing by and say hi 👋 !
#ESPCongress2025 #TeamMascott #photopharmacology #photobiology
Their first stop: holding down our booth at the #ESP Meeting in Bari.
Swing by and say hi 👋 !
#ESPCongress2025 #TeamMascott #photopharmacology #photobiology
August 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
✨ Today’s the day — we welcome our company mascott AIKIKU to the team!
Their first stop: holding down our booth at the #ESP Meeting in Bari.
Swing by and say hi 👋 !
#ESPCongress2025 #TeamMascott #photopharmacology #photobiology
Their first stop: holding down our booth at the #ESP Meeting in Bari.
Swing by and say hi 👋 !
#ESPCongress2025 #TeamMascott #photopharmacology #photobiology
😎🌈 💡 Powered by sunlight only today 😎🌈💡
Welcome to the saddest booth at #ESPCongress2025 Bari!
Our suitcase is still sightseeing somewhere in Bari… Dr. UPS promised news by noon.
Ask me your hardest questions before the disco lights scramble your neurons 🫠😉
#photobiology #photochemistry
Welcome to the saddest booth at #ESPCongress2025 Bari!
Our suitcase is still sightseeing somewhere in Bari… Dr. UPS promised news by noon.
Ask me your hardest questions before the disco lights scramble your neurons 🫠😉
#photobiology #photochemistry
August 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
😎🌈 💡 Powered by sunlight only today 😎🌈💡
Welcome to the saddest booth at #ESPCongress2025 Bari!
Our suitcase is still sightseeing somewhere in Bari… Dr. UPS promised news by noon.
Ask me your hardest questions before the disco lights scramble your neurons 🫠😉
#photobiology #photochemistry
Welcome to the saddest booth at #ESPCongress2025 Bari!
Our suitcase is still sightseeing somewhere in Bari… Dr. UPS promised news by noon.
Ask me your hardest questions before the disco lights scramble your neurons 🫠😉
#photobiology #photochemistry
Happy Monday from #ESP Meeting in Bari, everyone! 💡🌈
Have been sent on an unexpected treasure hunt!
1. track down a UPS store that actually exists - Done!
2. track down missing optoWELL shipments - ongoing!
Wish me luck, and see you all soon! 🤞✨🌈💡🙈
#Photobiology #BariTrasureHunt #ESP2025Congress
Have been sent on an unexpected treasure hunt!
1. track down a UPS store that actually exists - Done!
2. track down missing optoWELL shipments - ongoing!
Wish me luck, and see you all soon! 🤞✨🌈💡🙈
#Photobiology #BariTrasureHunt #ESP2025Congress
August 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Happy Monday from #ESP Meeting in Bari, everyone! 💡🌈
Have been sent on an unexpected treasure hunt!
1. track down a UPS store that actually exists - Done!
2. track down missing optoWELL shipments - ongoing!
Wish me luck, and see you all soon! 🤞✨🌈💡🙈
#Photobiology #BariTrasureHunt #ESP2025Congress
Have been sent on an unexpected treasure hunt!
1. track down a UPS store that actually exists - Done!
2. track down missing optoWELL shipments - ongoing!
Wish me luck, and see you all soon! 🤞✨🌈💡🙈
#Photobiology #BariTrasureHunt #ESP2025Congress
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
🔆 Happy International Day of Light!
We're thrilled to announce the ESP 2nd Junior Meeting – coming in 2026 for young photobiologists!
After a bright 2024 edition, we can't wait to welcome you to our community! Stay tuned!
#ESPJuniorMeeting #InternationalDayOfLight
We're thrilled to announce the ESP 2nd Junior Meeting – coming in 2026 for young photobiologists!
After a bright 2024 edition, we can't wait to welcome you to our community! Stay tuned!
#ESPJuniorMeeting #InternationalDayOfLight
May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🔆 Happy International Day of Light!
We're thrilled to announce the ESP 2nd Junior Meeting – coming in 2026 for young photobiologists!
After a bright 2024 edition, we can't wait to welcome you to our community! Stay tuned!
#ESPJuniorMeeting #InternationalDayOfLight
We're thrilled to announce the ESP 2nd Junior Meeting – coming in 2026 for young photobiologists!
After a bright 2024 edition, we can't wait to welcome you to our community! Stay tuned!
#ESPJuniorMeeting #InternationalDayOfLight
Thanks for the random find, beloved Freiburg 🌈❤️
May 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Thanks for the random find, beloved Freiburg 🌈❤️
🚨 Copenhagen, are you ready? 🌈 💡 🌈
We’re kicking off OPTOGEN.EU with light, precision, and a whole lot of nerdy excitement! 💡⚡
And, as always: Don'r forget your sunglasses 😎
#optogenetics #copenhagen #photochemistry #photobiology
We’re kicking off OPTOGEN.EU with light, precision, and a whole lot of nerdy excitement! 💡⚡
And, as always: Don'r forget your sunglasses 😎
#optogenetics #copenhagen #photochemistry #photobiology
May 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚨 Copenhagen, are you ready? 🌈 💡 🌈
We’re kicking off OPTOGEN.EU with light, precision, and a whole lot of nerdy excitement! 💡⚡
And, as always: Don'r forget your sunglasses 😎
#optogenetics #copenhagen #photochemistry #photobiology
We’re kicking off OPTOGEN.EU with light, precision, and a whole lot of nerdy excitement! 💡⚡
And, as always: Don'r forget your sunglasses 😎
#optogenetics #copenhagen #photochemistry #photobiology
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
🚨We have an open position in the lab for the engineering of new #optogenetic tools for light control of #subcellular biology!💡🧠🔬 Interested? Get in touch or apply 👍
karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...
karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...
Researcher Subcellular Optogenetics at the Neurosciences Research Center DM.65.25
part-time | 28.03.2025 | Campus Charité Mitte
karriere.charite.de
March 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🚨We have an open position in the lab for the engineering of new #optogenetic tools for light control of #subcellular biology!💡🧠🔬 Interested? Get in touch or apply 👍
karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...
karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
✨ What does your perfect Monday morning look like?
For us? Five freshly calibrated optoWELLs - ready to take off to Atlanta! 🚀
These beauties are about to light up groundbreaking science and standardize #optogenetics like never before.
🌈💡 Happy illuminating! 💡🌈
For us? Five freshly calibrated optoWELLs - ready to take off to Atlanta! 🚀
These beauties are about to light up groundbreaking science and standardize #optogenetics like never before.
🌈💡 Happy illuminating! 💡🌈
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
✨ What does your perfect Monday morning look like?
For us? Five freshly calibrated optoWELLs - ready to take off to Atlanta! 🚀
These beauties are about to light up groundbreaking science and standardize #optogenetics like never before.
🌈💡 Happy illuminating! 💡🌈
For us? Five freshly calibrated optoWELLs - ready to take off to Atlanta! 🚀
These beauties are about to light up groundbreaking science and standardize #optogenetics like never before.
🌈💡 Happy illuminating! 💡🌈
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
The Stand up for Science rally is also happening in #philly! Fri March 7th, 11:00 AM, Philadelphia City Hall. Make your voices heard! Gather your fellow scientists and critical thinkers and come. The time is always right to do what is right! #Science #FightBack @standupforscience.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Stand up for Science rally is also happening in #philly! Fri March 7th, 11:00 AM, Philadelphia City Hall. Make your voices heard! Gather your fellow scientists and critical thinkers and come. The time is always right to do what is right! #Science #FightBack @standupforscience.bsky.social
Armin Baumschlager, you did it!!! 🌈💡
Just got my hands on the optogenetics methods book—personally signed! 🤩
Off to dive in… 📖✨
#Optogenetics #ScienceWin #Grateful
Just got my hands on the optogenetics methods book—personally signed! 🤩
Off to dive in… 📖✨
#Optogenetics #ScienceWin #Grateful
February 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Armin Baumschlager, you did it!!! 🌈💡
Just got my hands on the optogenetics methods book—personally signed! 🤩
Off to dive in… 📖✨
#Optogenetics #ScienceWin #Grateful
Just got my hands on the optogenetics methods book—personally signed! 🤩
Off to dive in… 📖✨
#Optogenetics #ScienceWin #Grateful
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
🚨 The Website of the the 21st Congress of the European Society for Photobiology ✨ #ESPCongress2025 in now online! 📢 Join us in the beautiful city of #Bari, #Italy Abstract submission deadline May 15 🗓️ All info at: bari2025.photobiology.eu
Home | Bari 2025
bari2025.photobiology.eu
February 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 The Website of the the 21st Congress of the European Society for Photobiology ✨ #ESPCongress2025 in now online! 📢 Join us in the beautiful city of #Bari, #Italy Abstract submission deadline May 15 🗓️ All info at: bari2025.photobiology.eu
February 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#SynBioReactor will start soon in #Berlin!
Come to my pitch tomorrow on Feb 7!
Talk to me about #optogenetics #biofermentation #singlecellanalysis
Come to my pitch tomorrow on Feb 7!
Talk to me about #optogenetics #biofermentation #singlecellanalysis
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#SynBioReactor will start soon in #Berlin!
Come to my pitch tomorrow on Feb 7!
Talk to me about #optogenetics #biofermentation #singlecellanalysis
Come to my pitch tomorrow on Feb 7!
Talk to me about #optogenetics #biofermentation #singlecellanalysis
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URGENT: Help Stop the World’s First Octopus Farm!
Speak out to stop these intelligent individuals from being confined to cramped tanks and killed for profit at the world’s first octopus farm, in Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
support.peta.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you are interested in stopping the world's first octopus farm: support.peta.org/page/37556/a...
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination 💡. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination 💡. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Driving from #theLänd to the neighbouring Länd: #München, watch out!
Excited to join the HACK'N'TALK tonight and finally meeting
PD Dr. Julia Zimmermann, Dr. Lena Eschenbach, Fanny Giannou and many more to dive into the Munich #Startup Scene!
#womenstartup #UnternehmerTUM
Excited to join the HACK'N'TALK tonight and finally meeting
PD Dr. Julia Zimmermann, Dr. Lena Eschenbach, Fanny Giannou and many more to dive into the Munich #Startup Scene!
#womenstartup #UnternehmerTUM
December 17, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Driving from #theLänd to the neighbouring Länd: #München, watch out!
Excited to join the HACK'N'TALK tonight and finally meeting
PD Dr. Julia Zimmermann, Dr. Lena Eschenbach, Fanny Giannou and many more to dive into the Munich #Startup Scene!
#womenstartup #UnternehmerTUM
Excited to join the HACK'N'TALK tonight and finally meeting
PD Dr. Julia Zimmermann, Dr. Lena Eschenbach, Fanny Giannou and many more to dive into the Munich #Startup Scene!
#womenstartup #UnternehmerTUM
First christmas gifts in the wrapping! 🌈💡🌈💡🌈
Could be useful for atmospheric illumination of your christmas party as well..
#optogenetics #illumination
Could be useful for atmospheric illumination of your christmas party as well..
#optogenetics #illumination
December 4, 2024 at 8:39 AM
First christmas gifts in the wrapping! 🌈💡🌈💡🌈
Could be useful for atmospheric illumination of your christmas party as well..
#optogenetics #illumination
Could be useful for atmospheric illumination of your christmas party as well..
#optogenetics #illumination
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
We’re hiring tenure-track faculty focused on Systems & #ComputationalNeuroscience at the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai!
We're starting to review applications so submit yours ASAP! 👇
We're starting to review applications so submit yours ASAP! 👇
📢 Calling all Systems & Computational Neuroscience researchers! The #FriedmanBrainInstitute invites applications for full-time, tenure-track faculty position. While application review process begins next week, applications are still being accepted! Apply Now👉 neuroscience.mssm.edu/docs/Faculty...
November 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
We’re hiring tenure-track faculty focused on Systems & #ComputationalNeuroscience at the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai!
We're starting to review applications so submit yours ASAP! 👇
We're starting to review applications so submit yours ASAP! 👇
Reposted by Kathrin Brenker
Ok, seems that we are doing this 3.5 year old thing again... so, here it is👇
November 18, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Ok, seems that we are doing this 3.5 year old thing again... so, here it is👇
Hi, I am Kathrin, optogenetics fan-girl, company founder and focussed on bringing reliable illumination into your lab 🌈💡🌈 !!!
I talk about #optogenetics #photobiology #founderslife and more!
Wishing you all a fantastic start here and sharing some blue sky from my ride to work!
I talk about #optogenetics #photobiology #founderslife and more!
Wishing you all a fantastic start here and sharing some blue sky from my ride to work!
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Hi, I am Kathrin, optogenetics fan-girl, company founder and focussed on bringing reliable illumination into your lab 🌈💡🌈 !!!
I talk about #optogenetics #photobiology #founderslife and more!
Wishing you all a fantastic start here and sharing some blue sky from my ride to work!
I talk about #optogenetics #photobiology #founderslife and more!
Wishing you all a fantastic start here and sharing some blue sky from my ride to work!