Reto Fiolka
@retof.bsky.social
Optical imaging, interested in STEM topics.
First generation graduate from ETH Zürich
Associate Professor at UT
Southwestern Medical Center
First generation graduate from ETH Zürich
Associate Professor at UT
Southwestern Medical Center
The cryo cyclical multiplexing expansion microscopy (Cy-ExM) preprint from
@seweryn-galecki.bsky.social , @kevin-dean.bsky.social et al is online.
20 targets across an entire cell. Mr. Snouty also joined the fun.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@seweryn-galecki.bsky.social , @kevin-dean.bsky.social et al is online.
20 targets across an entire cell. Mr. Snouty also joined the fun.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
The cryo cyclical multiplexing expansion microscopy (Cy-ExM) preprint from
@seweryn-galecki.bsky.social , @kevin-dean.bsky.social et al is online.
20 targets across an entire cell. Mr. Snouty also joined the fun.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@seweryn-galecki.bsky.social , @kevin-dean.bsky.social et al is online.
20 targets across an entire cell. Mr. Snouty also joined the fun.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Reto Fiolka
20-plex volumetric super-resolution imaging of cellular ultrastructure. Preprint, led by @seweryn-galecki.bsky.social, dropping soon.
January 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
20-plex volumetric super-resolution imaging of cellular ultrastructure. Preprint, led by @seweryn-galecki.bsky.social, dropping soon.
December 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Bing Crosby, David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
YouTube video by BingCrosbyVEVO
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December 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Currently grading the exams of our grand tour of math lecture (combinatorics, complex number, linear algebra, Transforms, ODEs and PDEs).
Very happy to see that the students did exceptionally well!
Damn skippy, someone even solved the i^i spicy question.
Very happy to see that the students did exceptionally well!
Damn skippy, someone even solved the i^i spicy question.
December 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Currently grading the exams of our grand tour of math lecture (combinatorics, complex number, linear algebra, Transforms, ODEs and PDEs).
Very happy to see that the students did exceptionally well!
Damn skippy, someone even solved the i^i spicy question.
Very happy to see that the students did exceptionally well!
Damn skippy, someone even solved the i^i spicy question.
Schrödinger chocolate: delicious and inedible at the same time😳😅.
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Schrödinger chocolate: delicious and inedible at the same time😳😅.
Honored to lecture at AQLM.
Yes, I was a student in the class of 2007, a fantastic course!
Yes, I was a student in the class of 2007, a fantastic course!
Day 7 of AQLM is #light sheet day! New AQLM faculty but former AQLM student, Dr. Reto Fiolka @retof.bsky.social will educate us on the vast landscape of #optical techniques used to generate a light sheet and why they are all useful.
Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Honored to lecture at AQLM.
Yes, I was a student in the class of 2007, a fantastic course!
Yes, I was a student in the class of 2007, a fantastic course!
Banning water condensation behind turbofan engines, peak 2025…😞
www.postandcourier.com/politics/sou...
www.postandcourier.com/politics/sou...
Proposal to ban 'chemtrails' from SC skies advances in Statehouse
A South Carolina legislative subcommittee says it is moving forward with a proposal to ban “chemtrails” from the state’s airspace.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Banning water condensation behind turbofan engines, peak 2025…😞
www.postandcourier.com/politics/sou...
www.postandcourier.com/politics/sou...
I am currently reading Innumeracy.
We were warned about the dangers of a society incapable of doing basic math 37 years ago.
How I wish elected officials, anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists would read that book😞.
We were warned about the dangers of a society incapable of doing basic math 37 years ago.
How I wish elected officials, anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists would read that book😞.
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am currently reading Innumeracy.
We were warned about the dangers of a society incapable of doing basic math 37 years ago.
How I wish elected officials, anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists would read that book😞.
We were warned about the dangers of a society incapable of doing basic math 37 years ago.
How I wish elected officials, anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists would read that book😞.
255h of James Webb space telescope deep field images stitched together.
It starts out with a field about 1.5x the size of the full moon. Click the '+' button to zoom in.
Most of the dots are galaxies.
cosmos2025.iap.fr/fitsmap/?ra=...
It starts out with a field about 1.5x the size of the full moon. Click the '+' button to zoom in.
Most of the dots are galaxies.
cosmos2025.iap.fr/fitsmap/?ra=...
COSMOS-Web
cosmos2025.iap.fr
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
255h of James Webb space telescope deep field images stitched together.
It starts out with a field about 1.5x the size of the full moon. Click the '+' button to zoom in.
Most of the dots are galaxies.
cosmos2025.iap.fr/fitsmap/?ra=...
It starts out with a field about 1.5x the size of the full moon. Click the '+' button to zoom in.
Most of the dots are galaxies.
cosmos2025.iap.fr/fitsmap/?ra=...
Born on this day, 1906, Grace Brewster Hopper.
-Created one of the first compiler.
-Created COBOL, still in use in databases today!
-Coined the term debugging.
-Served in the U.S. Navy, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral.
🫡
-Created one of the first compiler.
-Created COBOL, still in use in databases today!
-Coined the term debugging.
-Served in the U.S. Navy, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral.
🫡
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Born on this day, 1906, Grace Brewster Hopper.
-Created one of the first compiler.
-Created COBOL, still in use in databases today!
-Coined the term debugging.
-Served in the U.S. Navy, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral.
🫡
-Created one of the first compiler.
-Created COBOL, still in use in databases today!
-Coined the term debugging.
-Served in the U.S. Navy, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral.
🫡
Structured illumination dress!
The angles are slightly off, and the phase angles are missing, but I’m digging it .
The angles are slightly off, and the phase angles are missing, but I’m digging it .
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Structured illumination dress!
The angles are slightly off, and the phase angles are missing, but I’m digging it .
The angles are slightly off, and the phase angles are missing, but I’m digging it .
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Did not find what I was looking for, so tried my luck once more at the harmonic stair case.
(empty Thorlabs boxes)
(empty Thorlabs boxes)
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Did not find what I was looking for, so tried my luck once more at the harmonic stair case.
(empty Thorlabs boxes)
(empty Thorlabs boxes)
Rayleigh scattering goes Brrrr!
Sunset in DFW seen from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Sunset in DFW seen from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Rayleigh scattering goes Brrrr!
Sunset in DFW seen from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Sunset in DFW seen from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Can report the students are wicked smart😎.
Also learned a lot of new things that I have missed on my first Analysis rodeo ~20 years ago.
You indeed understand something when you can teach it!
Also learned a lot of new things that I have missed on my first Analysis rodeo ~20 years ago.
You indeed understand something when you can teach it!
This semester I am teaching in a course called Mathematical Foundations of Quantitative Biology.
It involves combinatorics, distributions, calculus (ODEs and PDEs), linear algebra and Fourier Series and Transforms.
Taught on blackboard with chalk.
Actually quite excited to do some #math .
It involves combinatorics, distributions, calculus (ODEs and PDEs), linear algebra and Fourier Series and Transforms.
Taught on blackboard with chalk.
Actually quite excited to do some #math .
a man is standing in front of a white board with math equations on it .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a white board with math equations on it .
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November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Can report the students are wicked smart😎.
Also learned a lot of new things that I have missed on my first Analysis rodeo ~20 years ago.
You indeed understand something when you can teach it!
Also learned a lot of new things that I have missed on my first Analysis rodeo ~20 years ago.
You indeed understand something when you can teach it!
Study section that was cancelled due to shutdown is rescheduled for early January next year.
Two days will be compressed to one day. That will be superintense.
I have 7 applications to present, will try my best to stay sharp🫡
Two days will be compressed to one day. That will be superintense.
I have 7 applications to present, will try my best to stay sharp🫡
a dog is sitting on a couch with its eyes closed and a person is standing behind it .
ALT: a dog is sitting on a couch with its eyes closed and a person is standing behind it .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Study section that was cancelled due to shutdown is rescheduled for early January next year.
Two days will be compressed to one day. That will be superintense.
I have 7 applications to present, will try my best to stay sharp🫡
Two days will be compressed to one day. That will be superintense.
I have 7 applications to present, will try my best to stay sharp🫡
Potentially big news.
I am dreading a post-antibiotic world, so this sounds awesome!
I am dreading a post-antibiotic world, so this sounds awesome!
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Potentially big news.
I am dreading a post-antibiotic world, so this sounds awesome!
I am dreading a post-antibiotic world, so this sounds awesome!
Felix Zhou's u-Segment3D is out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It leverages 2D cell segmentations from orthoviews to generate a ‘consensus’ 3D segmentation.
It does a great job on segmenting densely packed samples, and we have used the algorithm in many applications.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It leverages 2D cell segmentations from orthoviews to generate a ‘consensus’ 3D segmentation.
It does a great job on segmenting densely packed samples, and we have used the algorithm in many applications.
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Felix Zhou's u-Segment3D is out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It leverages 2D cell segmentations from orthoviews to generate a ‘consensus’ 3D segmentation.
It does a great job on segmenting densely packed samples, and we have used the algorithm in many applications.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It leverages 2D cell segmentations from orthoviews to generate a ‘consensus’ 3D segmentation.
It does a great job on segmenting densely packed samples, and we have used the algorithm in many applications.
“Lights all askew in the heavens”
Theory of general relativity confirmed by measuring gravitational lensing during the 1919 solar eclipse.
Nov. 9 1919 NYT full article timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
Theory of general relativity confirmed by measuring gravitational lensing during the 1919 solar eclipse.
Nov. 9 1919 NYT full article timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Lights all askew in the heavens”
Theory of general relativity confirmed by measuring gravitational lensing during the 1919 solar eclipse.
Nov. 9 1919 NYT full article timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
Theory of general relativity confirmed by measuring gravitational lensing during the 1919 solar eclipse.
Nov. 9 1919 NYT full article timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
Enviable discipline in the @kevin-dean.bsky.social lab:
While Kevin is far away discussing the future of microscopy, his lab meeting is carried out independently.
I snapped the first slide for illustration of the seriousness of the business discussed (suppl. Figure 2: zoom-in).
While Kevin is far away discussing the future of microscopy, his lab meeting is carried out independently.
I snapped the first slide for illustration of the seriousness of the business discussed (suppl. Figure 2: zoom-in).
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Enviable discipline in the @kevin-dean.bsky.social lab:
While Kevin is far away discussing the future of microscopy, his lab meeting is carried out independently.
I snapped the first slide for illustration of the seriousness of the business discussed (suppl. Figure 2: zoom-in).
While Kevin is far away discussing the future of microscopy, his lab meeting is carried out independently.
I snapped the first slide for illustration of the seriousness of the business discussed (suppl. Figure 2: zoom-in).
