With the new US administration demonizing diversity, equity and inclusion ( #DEI ) as a major enemy of their barbaric agenda and several institutions spinelessly removing information on female, black, queer and other scientists already, it is up to us science communicators to give those crucial >

Fluorescence Friday, androgen receptor/c-fos from Valentina Cea Salazar #neuroskyence

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Happy Halloween 🎃

Here are the pumpkins I carved this year: An active red dwarf star and its gas giant planet. I call it an exo-pumkin. 🧪🔭

Ursula Vernon's Hugo acceptance speech included this delightful anecdote-slash-metaphor-slash-encouragement. https://www.patreon.com/posts/91410900

My first fluorescence Friday! 🤩

Es ist unerträglich, dass Jüdinnen & Juden in Deutschland Angst haben müssen, dass Davidsterne an Häuser gemalt werden & Feuer auf Synagogen geworfen wird. Wir stellen uns dem mit aller Kraft des Staates und unserer Gesellschaft entgegen. Nie wieder ist jetzt.

The winners of this year's NIkon Small World microscopy image competition were announced today and I wrote about it for the Forbes website. 🧪 #scicomm

Gerade durch alte Kisten gewühlt. Na, wer kennt's noch?

How to read a paper

You need to be aware of the rules of science.

Here someone without knowledge, who does not understand science. You have to learn to read introductions and discussions of articles. This is just trying to polarise, without basic understanding.
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An oldie but goodie for #Fluorescence Friday. Adult zebrafish retina: inner nuclear layer cell bodies are royal blue, rod nuclei are light blue, red/green cone nuclei are pink, rod outer segments are dark green, and cone terminals and outer segments are red.

🧪I know its not Fluorescence Friday, but sometimes we just need some color to brighten up a Tuesday! Here is an example of ectopic expression of CDON (cyan) driving increased cytoneme formation in mouse cells.

Bin jetzt seit einem Tag hier. So merkwürdig, dass mein Feed nicht 80% aus Werbung besteht und ich seit 24 Stunden niemanden mehr geblockt habe. Voll ungewohnt 🤔

Someone told me Rossini wrote an aria for two cats and, what can I say, this knowledge changed my life
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Happy Fluorescent Friday! Here's a favorite of mine, STED image of cytonemes carrying SHH between 2 cells.