Dylan Burnette
@mag2art.bsky.social
Cell biologist studying how the cells in a heart grow and die, and other cellular curiosities. Associate Professor at Vanderbilt.
https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/dylan-burnette-lab/
https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/dylan-burnette-lab/
A cell with prominent membrane blebs videoed using spinning disk confocal (left) and differential interference contrast (right) microscopy. #CellBiology
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A cell with prominent membrane blebs videoed using spinning disk confocal (left) and differential interference contrast (right) microscopy. #CellBiology
A large extracellular vesicle called a "blebbisome" videoed through a spinning disk confocal microscope. Video dimensions: 15x15 microns. #CellBiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A large extracellular vesicle called a "blebbisome" videoed through a spinning disk confocal microscope. Video dimensions: 15x15 microns. #CellBiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Membrane blebs on a cancer cell videoed through a DIC microscope. What are blebs? Intracellular pressure within the cell blowing up tiny balloons using the plasma membrane. Or something like that. #CellBiology
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Membrane blebs on a cancer cell videoed through a DIC microscope. What are blebs? Intracellular pressure within the cell blowing up tiny balloons using the plasma membrane. Or something like that. #CellBiology
iPS cell-derived cardiac myocytes (heart muscle cells) typically beat about once per second, so I usually speed up the movies I post; otherwise, scrollers might miss the action. But every now and then, a cell looks like this in real time. #CellBiology
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
iPS cell-derived cardiac myocytes (heart muscle cells) typically beat about once per second, so I usually speed up the movies I post; otherwise, scrollers might miss the action. But every now and then, a cell looks like this in real time. #CellBiology
Beating iPSC-derived heart muscle cells videoed through a microscope. Alpha-actinin-2 is shown. #CellBiology
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Beating iPSC-derived heart muscle cells videoed through a microscope. Alpha-actinin-2 is shown. #CellBiology
An iPSC-derived heart muscle cell assembling sarcomeres videoed through a spinning disk confocal microscope by Burnette Lab graduate student, Emma Koory. Alpha-actinin-2 is shown. Colors denote Z slices (red-bottom; green-middle; blue-top). Movie length- 40 hours.
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
An iPSC-derived heart muscle cell assembling sarcomeres videoed through a spinning disk confocal microscope by Burnette Lab graduate student, Emma Koory. Alpha-actinin-2 is shown. Colors denote Z slices (red-bottom; green-middle; blue-top). Movie length- 40 hours.
An iPSC heart muscle cell forming sarcomeres videoed through a microscope by Emma Koory for 20 h before it dies most dramatically. This was our first try on a new microscope, and Emma now has the imaging parameters dialed in so her cells do not go POP! Alpha-actinin-2 is shown. #CellBiology
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An iPSC heart muscle cell forming sarcomeres videoed through a microscope by Emma Koory for 20 h before it dies most dramatically. This was our first try on a new microscope, and Emma now has the imaging parameters dialed in so her cells do not go POP! Alpha-actinin-2 is shown. #CellBiology
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October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dylan Burnette (10th) @mag2art.bsky.social
An iPSC-cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) in cell culture photographed through a microscope by former Burnette lab graduate student, Dr. James Hayes. We are preparing cover submissions for his last two first author papers from the lab! Actin filaments are shown. #CellBiology
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
An iPSC-cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) in cell culture photographed through a microscope by former Burnette lab graduate student, Dr. James Hayes. We are preparing cover submissions for his last two first author papers from the lab! Actin filaments are shown. #CellBiology
Do sarcomeres disassemble when a cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) enters mitosis as the literature suggests? Not completely. Here is a cardiac myocyte in metaphase. There are plenty of stacks of myosin II filaments (the core of each sarcomere) hanging about. #CellBiology
October 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Do sarcomeres disassemble when a cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) enters mitosis as the literature suggests? Not completely. Here is a cardiac myocyte in metaphase. There are plenty of stacks of myosin II filaments (the core of each sarcomere) hanging about. #CellBiology
How most people think DNA is organized in the nucleus vs. how it’s actually organized. Structured illumination microscopy (SIM). Z sections shown from bottom to top of the nucleus. #CellBiology
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How most people think DNA is organized in the nucleus vs. how it’s actually organized. Structured illumination microscopy (SIM). Z sections shown from bottom to top of the nucleus. #CellBiology
The Burnette Lab did well this year in the Nikon Small World contest! Way to go James and Zach! 🔬
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
October 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Burnette Lab did well this year in the Nikon Small World contest! Way to go James and Zach! 🔬
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
Cardiac myocytes (heart muscle cells) differentiating from iPS cells photographed through a microscope. Actin filaments and nuclei are shown. #CellBiology
October 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Cardiac myocytes (heart muscle cells) differentiating from iPS cells photographed through a microscope. Actin filaments and nuclei are shown. #CellBiology
Fish keratocytes isolated from a fish scale crawling around. Technique: DIC microscopy. #CellBiology.
Another #NikonSmallWorldReject
Another #NikonSmallWorldReject
October 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Fish keratocytes isolated from a fish scale crawling around. Technique: DIC microscopy. #CellBiology.
Another #NikonSmallWorldReject
Another #NikonSmallWorldReject
An iPSC cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) photographed through a microscope. That yellow thing is the DNA in the nucleus. The cyan things are the motor domains of myosin II, the molecular motor that drives muscle contraction. #CellBiology
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
An iPSC cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) photographed through a microscope. That yellow thing is the DNA in the nucleus. The cyan things are the motor domains of myosin II, the molecular motor that drives muscle contraction. #CellBiology
Famous artists meet cell biology 🎨🔬
Cells reimagined through iconic styles.
The nucleus, mitochondria, and ER are shown.
#SciArt #CellBiology #AIArt #DALLE
Cells reimagined through iconic styles.
The nucleus, mitochondria, and ER are shown.
#SciArt #CellBiology #AIArt #DALLE
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Famous artists meet cell biology 🎨🔬
Cells reimagined through iconic styles.
The nucleus, mitochondria, and ER are shown.
#SciArt #CellBiology #AIArt #DALLE
Cells reimagined through iconic styles.
The nucleus, mitochondria, and ER are shown.
#SciArt #CellBiology #AIArt #DALLE
Cubist Cell — where biology meets Picasso.
A nucleus, mitochondria, and ER reimagined through fractured planes and bold geometry.
#CellBiology
A nucleus, mitochondria, and ER reimagined through fractured planes and bold geometry.
#CellBiology
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Cubist Cell — where biology meets Picasso.
A nucleus, mitochondria, and ER reimagined through fractured planes and bold geometry.
#CellBiology
A nucleus, mitochondria, and ER reimagined through fractured planes and bold geometry.
#CellBiology
Breaking News: Emma Koory won the Best Graduate Student Talk Award at the Program in Developmental Biology retreat today! Carries on Burnette Lab tradition! #CellBiology @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Breaking News: Emma Koory won the Best Graduate Student Talk Award at the Program in Developmental Biology retreat today! Carries on Burnette Lab tradition! #CellBiology @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
DNA in the nuclei of cells within a bee's brain photographed through a spinning disk confocal microscope. #CellBiology
August 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
DNA in the nuclei of cells within a bee's brain photographed through a spinning disk confocal microscope. #CellBiology
Someone made the decision to buy a mitochondria T-shirt this week! Yay! Its a good one! #CellBiology
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mag2art.com/products/mit...
Mitochondria Women's Relaxed T-Shirt
T-shirt featuring mitochondria within a cell photographed through a microscope. Colors show relative Z position. This just might be the softest and most comfortable women's t-shirt you'll ever own. Co...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Someone made the decision to buy a mitochondria T-shirt this week! Yay! Its a good one! #CellBiology
mag2art.com/products/mit...
mag2art.com/products/mit...
A thin section through the body wall of a mouse embryo photographed through a DIC microscope. I color-coded different tissues based on cellular morphology. The three gold circles are developing ribs. The yellow part at the very bottom is a lung. @CellBiology
August 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A thin section through the body wall of a mouse embryo photographed through a DIC microscope. I color-coded different tissues based on cellular morphology. The three gold circles are developing ribs. The yellow part at the very bottom is a lung. @CellBiology
I have found my spirit animal. #CellBiology
August 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I have found my spirit animal. #CellBiology
Blebbisomes! They do more than in this paper! More coming soon! #CellBiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Blebbisomes! They do more than in this paper! More coming soon! #CellBiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A cell with lots of membrane blebs videoed through a DIC microscope. #CellBiology
August 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A cell with lots of membrane blebs videoed through a DIC microscope. #CellBiology
A neuronal growth cone photographed through a microscope. DIC, actin filaments, and microtubules are shown. #CellBiology
August 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A neuronal growth cone photographed through a microscope. DIC, actin filaments, and microtubules are shown. #CellBiology