Today, on #February11 we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🌍 Beyond honoring the contributions of women in science, we continue to push for greater gender equality in STEM. Let’s break barriers and build an inclusive future! 👩‍🔬✨ #WomenInScience

🪰 Did you know LumiCycle 32 can advance #Drosophila #circadian research?
Combined with specially designed fly chambers, LC32 enables parallel monitoring of multiple lines, long-term recordings in a standard incubator, and flexible, automated analysis.

https://bit.ly/lumicycle-32

💼 Hint 1 of 4:
On a classified date in late 2025, two scientists crossed borders to meet at Aurora HQ. A conversation that began on Twitter quietly sparked something new.

Watch closely. Some ideas start as observations before becoming much bigger.

Can you guess what’s coming?

New review from our partners Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies (Anthony Hessel, PhD, Katelyn Manross, Khoi Nguyen), co-authored with our Chris Rand & Matthew Borkowski. #MusclePhysiology #CardiacResearch

Check it out:
https://bit.ly/a-primer-on-the-methods-of-skeletal-and-cardiac-muscle-mechanics

💡 New Publication Review! 💡
We're kicking off 2026 with a lucky trot, this publication review highlights cutting-edge porcine research, unravelling the mechanics of muscle and heart function.

Read it now:
https://aurorascientific.com/pig-ture-perfect-progress/

⚡Publication Flash⚡
2026 is off to the races in muscle aging research. A newly published study explores how aging muscle responds to oxidative stress and iron overload, focusing on ferroptosis.

Read more: #Sec223-y#Sec22" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-025-02073-y#Sec22

⚡New Publication: Insect flight may look effortless, but it relies on precise coordination between wing structure, mechanical strain, and sensory feedback. Study by Yarger et al. shows how dragonflies detect and interpret wing deformation.

Read more
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2518032122

📖 Publication Alert: New research by Miranda et al. examined whether deleting Keap1 – a negative regulator of NRF2 – could prevent against disuse-induced #muscleatrophy. #MusclePhysiology #RedoxBiology

Read Study
https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fj.202402810R

Understanding how muscles use energy is key to uncovering disease mechanisms.

Our 1415A ATPase System measures mechanical performance and ATP consumption in permeabilized muscle fibers, offering clear looks at mechano-metabolic coupling.

1415A ATPase System
https://bit.ly/1415A-atp-system

We’re excited to spotlight our collaboration with Dr. Louis Cheung, Dr. Can Cui, and the CUHK Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory. Their work is transforming how we understand age-related #muscle decline and #sarcopenia. 💡💪

Watch Interview
https://bit.ly/aurora-cuhk

Aurora Scientific is excited to support the gravitational biology community at #ASGSR2025 this year, with instrumentation for breakthrough muscle research—from redox regulation to microgravity-induced atrophy. #SpaceBiology

In February 2025, Aurora Scientific formed a strategic partnership with Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies (AMB). Watch this video interview with Anthony Hessel, PhD and Khoi Nguyen, PhD from AMB, and our own Chris Rand to learn about our partnership!

https://bit.ly/asi-amb-partnership-interview

That's a wrap on #SfN25 here in San Diego! The weather may have not been perfect, but the Life Science team has had a great week connecting with scientists across the globe to discuss their #Neuroscience research. See you next year in DC!

📣 Coming to you from booth #1621! 📣

It's our last day at #SfN25, and we’re thankful to have been able to connect with the #Neuroscience community this week. If you’re attending, be sure to visit our booth and explore our portfolio of research solutions - we'd love to see you!

#SfN2025 Exhibition Day 2, we are ready for you!

Yesterday was an absolute blast and we can't wait to meet more of you! If you are also here, make sure to stop by the @lafayetteic.bsky.social booth and say hi to @cassdeichsel.bsky.social! There may or may not be some great swag waiting for you.

Did you know?
The Aurora Scientific 220A #Olfactometer is designed to deliver exact odour concentrations with rapid switching times – no lingering scents or contamination between trials! It just makes scents!👃🏼

Learn More
https://aurorascientific.com/products/neuroscience/220a-olfactometer/

What a great start to the day here at #SfN25 in not so sunny San Diego! Stop by our brand new booth #1621 to talk about Aging & Neurodegeneration, Sensory & Motor Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology & Behavior. #LafayetteLifeScience

With #SfN2025 approaching, we at Aurora Scientific are eager to learn about the latest in #neuroscience — it’s truly a no-brainer! 🧠

Check out this study by Wei et al. exploring how smell and taste work together to drive feeding in Drosophila. 👇
https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.101440

At Campden Instruments, we unite cognitive testing with advanced precision tissue slicing, giving researchers the power to correlate behavioural changes in ageing to the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory.

To learn more, come say hi at #SfN2025!

Happy Halloween!

As the air turns crisp and October casts its spell, this month's Halloween-themed publication review "tWitches, Skeletal Muscles and Ghost Fibers" conjures up a cauldron of compelling discovery.

Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/twitches-skeletal-muscles-and-ghost-fibers/

🎃 Happy Halloween! On this haunting occasion, we're spotlighting how researchers used VR and brain imaging to watch how mice form and recall fear memories. A little spooky. A lot of science. 👻🧠

Read the study
#content2#content" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://elifesciences.org/articles/105422#content

#Neuroscience #Halloween

The end of October means we are getting closer to the biggest Neuroscience conference of the year- #SfN2025!

Our sales executive, Cassandra will be attending! If you want to make sure to meet her, why not schedule a meeting? Slots can be booked here: https://ow.ly/vFQu50XkiHE

Lafayette Instrument is gearing up to make a big splash at #SfN25 in San Diego! Be sure to visit booth #1621 to discuss your #neuroscience research with our team. We are ready with the precision tools necessary to create quantifiable results.

Explore: https://lafayettelifesciences.com/products/

Aurora is excited to be back at #SfN25 in beautiful San Diego! Stop by booth #1621 to discuss your #Neuroscience research with Samar Rizvi and Chris Rand and discover how our solutions can help characterize neuromuscular function and sensory systems.

Explore: https://aurorascientific.com/products/

🔊 We’re excited to share that Samar Rizvi l will be speaking at the next Myogenesis Discussion Group, supported by University of Toronto and Medicine by Design! Her talk will spotlight how researchers are using our tools to tackle big questions in muscle biology. 💪
📅 Oct 27 | 📍 Zoom