Benjamin Bammes
@bbammes.bsky.social
Director of Research and Development at Direct Electron, designing and manufacturing high-performance cameras, instrumentation, and software for electron microscopy and other scientific imaging applications.
Today, at the Rice University Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences Conference, Prof. Steve Ludtke (BCM) presented impressive results of continuous-rotation cryo-ET, enabled by the ultra-fast counting of the DE Apollo camera. #teamtomo
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Today, at the Rice University Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences Conference, Prof. Steve Ludtke (BCM) presented impressive results of continuous-rotation cryo-ET, enabled by the ultra-fast counting of the DE Apollo camera. #teamtomo
Just finished my poster for the 3DEM GRC next week. (It's got both pretty pictures and math equations.) Can't wait to see everyone there!
June 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just finished my poster for the 3DEM GRC next week. (It's got both pretty pictures and math equations.) Can't wait to see everyone there!
It's been a blast getting to play with some volume EM at SLAC this week. Some areas of images look absolutely brilliant, and some are streaky and have extremely poor contrast. I'm working to better understand the nature of contrast generation and specimen charging in cryo-SEM. 🤔
January 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's been a blast getting to play with some volume EM at SLAC this week. Some areas of images look absolutely brilliant, and some are streaky and have extremely poor contrast. I'm working to better understand the nature of contrast generation and specimen charging in cryo-SEM. 🤔
As I prepared a lecture on the science of electron detection for a class at Stanford, I came across this powerful quote, which I added to a slide. In electron microscopy, observation = detection. Detection matters for scientific discovery. This is why I'm passionate about what I work on!
January 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
As I prepared a lecture on the science of electron detection for a class at Stanford, I came across this powerful quote, which I added to a slide. In electron microscopy, observation = detection. Detection matters for scientific discovery. This is why I'm passionate about what I work on!
This is going to be a great day!
January 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is going to be a great day!
Working on optimizing some of our CUDA code for image processing... Simply reorganizing the kernel to use a binary tree structure, coalescing memory access, and unrolling loops increased the speed of one GPU function by >600x!
December 7, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Working on optimizing some of our CUDA code for image processing... Simply reorganizing the kernel to use a binary tree structure, coalescing memory access, and unrolling loops increased the speed of one GPU function by >600x!
Nina Miolane, Asst Prof at UCSB, presented this fascinating segmentation of the last 500 years of scientific discovery into broad eras based on the overall method used to make progress. Is AI really ushering in a new era of science, or is AI just an improved tool in the era of data-driven science?
November 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Nina Miolane, Asst Prof at UCSB, presented this fascinating segmentation of the last 500 years of scientific discovery into broad eras based on the overall method used to make progress. Is AI really ushering in a new era of science, or is AI just an improved tool in the era of data-driven science?
Always great to see Wah and fellow Chiu-lab alumni! I am profoundly grateful for the impact Wah has had on my scientific career and for our continued collaborations!
November 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Always great to see Wah and fellow Chiu-lab alumni! I am profoundly grateful for the impact Wah has had on my scientific career and for our continued collaborations!
This week, I'm presenting our latest technology developments and their potential future applications at the CZI Imaging the Future 2024: Life Illuminated meeting in Austin, TX.
November 13, 2024 at 5:12 PM
This week, I'm presenting our latest technology developments and their potential future applications at the CZI Imaging the Future 2024: Life Illuminated meeting in Austin, TX.