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Showbiz news! Our microscopes will be featured in the new series of CBBC's Operation Ouch, starting with "Awesome Earwax" at 6pm on 23rd February!
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Showbiz news! Our microscopes will be featured in the new series of CBBC's Operation Ouch, starting with "Awesome Earwax" at 6pm on 23rd February!
Preparations are underway for the "Zooming into Life" activity stall at the @obu-hst-research.bsky.social 2026 Science Bazaar. Here is a photo from last year, and a sneak preview of one of our samples for this year!
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Preparations are underway for the "Zooming into Life" activity stall at the @obu-hst-research.bsky.social 2026 Science Bazaar. Here is a photo from last year, and a sneak preview of one of our samples for this year!
We are very excited that they are trying to revive The Muppet Show 🐸🐷
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
We are very excited that they are trying to revive The Muppet Show 🐸🐷
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What a beautiful dividing cell, we can clearly see the chromosomes and even count them with MAGNIFY in Arabidopsis root tip.
© Magali Grison
@monica-bic.bsky.social @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
© Magali Grison
@monica-bic.bsky.social @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
What a beautiful dividing cell, we can clearly see the chromosomes and even count them with MAGNIFY in Arabidopsis root tip.
© Magali Grison
@monica-bic.bsky.social @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
© Magali Grison
@monica-bic.bsky.social @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
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John Gurdon taught us that the beginning of life is never truly lost — only waiting to be reawakened. Long before his ideas were accepted, he showed that a cell remembers more than it appears to know: that within a differentiated nucleus lies the latent capacity to begin anew go.nature.com/3Mf8SD0
John Gurdon 1933–2025 - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - John Gurdon 1933–2025
go.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 AM
John Gurdon taught us that the beginning of life is never truly lost — only waiting to be reawakened. Long before his ideas were accepted, he showed that a cell remembers more than it appears to know: that within a differentiated nucleus lies the latent capacity to begin anew go.nature.com/3Mf8SD0
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🔬UK researchers: Access cutting-edge bioimaging tech + expert support with our User Access Fund!
💷 £5k for imaging
💷 £2k for image analysis
Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!
rms.org.uk/user-access-fund
⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
✅ Decision in 4 weeks
Pls share!
💷 £5k for imaging
💷 £2k for image analysis
Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!
rms.org.uk/user-access-fund
⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
✅ Decision in 4 weeks
Pls share!
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
🔬UK researchers: Access cutting-edge bioimaging tech + expert support with our User Access Fund!
💷 £5k for imaging
💷 £2k for image analysis
Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!
rms.org.uk/user-access-fund
⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
✅ Decision in 4 weeks
Pls share!
💷 £5k for imaging
💷 £2k for image analysis
Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!
rms.org.uk/user-access-fund
⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
✅ Decision in 4 weeks
Pls share!
Congratulations to Barrack Owino on passing his PhD viva! Barrack used a range of our LM and EM systems to do his research on Leishmania. We will miss you Barrack; @macleanlab.bsky.social you've gained a gem!
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Congratulations to Barrack Owino on passing his PhD viva! Barrack used a range of our LM and EM systems to do his research on Leishmania. We will miss you Barrack; @macleanlab.bsky.social you've gained a gem!
The lab is a hive of activity today- no wonder the microscopes are booked out so much next week!
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The lab is a hive of activity today- no wonder the microscopes are booked out so much next week!
Great to see the breath of research at the Oxford Brookes HST Postgraduate Research Symposium- including wonderful findings made with our microscope systems 🔬🎓🦠
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Great to see the breath of research at the Oxford Brookes HST Postgraduate Research Symposium- including wonderful findings made with our microscope systems 🔬🎓🦠
Finally,congratulations to Carmen Mata Mangas for winning the poster prize
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Finally,congratulations to Carmen Mata Mangas for winning the poster prize
The final talk of the day: Mark Johnston of Syngenta on using microscopy in crop protection research
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The final talk of the day: Mark Johnston of Syngenta on using microscopy in crop protection research
Sam Caddell from MOA Technology explaining how the GALAXY platform aids novel herbicide discovery and understanding how these new herbicides work
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Sam Caddell from MOA Technology explaining how the GALAXY platform aids novel herbicide discovery and understanding how these new herbicides work
Nikon's Aki Suto demonstrating the @picoquant.bsky.social FLIM system on our AX NSPARC confocal
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Nikon's Aki Suto demonstrating the @picoquant.bsky.social FLIM system on our AX NSPARC confocal
Flash talks! 📸
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Flash talks! 📸
Mark Fricker now speaking about quantitative organelle imaging in plants
January 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Mark Fricker now speaking about quantitative organelle imaging in plants
Secondly, Petra Boevink from The James Hutton Institute on plant pathogens, secreted RXLR effectors and the pitfalls of imaging infected plants
January 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Secondly, Petra Boevink from The James Hutton Institute on plant pathogens, secreted RXLR effectors and the pitfalls of imaging infected plants
Time for the short talks- first, Joanna Chustecki on imaging the dynamics of plant mitochondria
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Time for the short talks- first, Joanna Chustecki on imaging the dynamics of plant mitochondria
Post-lunch, @ajcellbio.bsky.social telling us about imaging plant endocytosis using multiple techniques 🔬
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Post-lunch, @ajcellbio.bsky.social telling us about imaging plant endocytosis using multiple techniques 🔬
AX NSPARC demos underway!
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
AX NSPARC demos underway!
Now speaking is Ho-Wei Wu of @slcuplants.bsky.social about imaging of circadian gene expression in live growing root tips
January 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Now speaking is Ho-Wei Wu of @slcuplants.bsky.social about imaging of circadian gene expression in live growing root tips
@obcbioimaging.bsky.social 's very own Charlotte Pain telling us about imaging the very dynamic plant endoplasmic reticulum
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 AM
@obcbioimaging.bsky.social 's very own Charlotte Pain telling us about imaging the very dynamic plant endoplasmic reticulum
Next up Ray Wightman of @slcuplants.bsky.social talking about confocal, FLIM and Raman microscopy of plants🌿🔬
January 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Next up Ray Wightman of @slcuplants.bsky.social talking about confocal, FLIM and Raman microscopy of plants🌿🔬
Thank you to @obu-hst-research.bsky.social Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Astrid Schloerscheidt for opening the conference
January 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Thank you to @obu-hst-research.bsky.social Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Astrid Schloerscheidt for opening the conference
First talk at Flora in Focus- Gail Preston @gmpreston.bsky.social of University of Oxford, speaking about metal hyperaccumulation and plant pathogen protection
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
First talk at Flora in Focus- Gail Preston @gmpreston.bsky.social of University of Oxford, speaking about metal hyperaccumulation and plant pathogen protection