Christian Hacker
@christianhacker.bsky.social
Director of the Bioimaging Centre at Exeter University. Electron microscopist with an interest in cell biology and host-pathogen interactions.
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Day two of our first electron microscopy practical course at Exeter University! Learning about various contrasting methods and making useful tools like glass knives.
#electronmicroscopy @exeter.ac.uk
#electronmicroscopy @exeter.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Day two of our first electron microscopy practical course at Exeter University! Learning about various contrasting methods and making useful tools like glass knives.
#electronmicroscopy @exeter.ac.uk
#electronmicroscopy @exeter.ac.uk
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very happy to have added a small contribution to this important
Science paper just released yesterday! The study demonstrates a direct interaction of peroxisomes and mitochondria to deal with reactive oxygen species that could cause oxidative damage.
Very happy to have added a small contribution to this important
Science paper just released yesterday! The study demonstrates a direct interaction of peroxisomes and mitochondria to deal with reactive oxygen species that could cause oxidative damage.
ROS transfer at peroxisome-mitochondria contact regulates mitochondrial redox
Maintenance of mitochondrial redox homeostasis is of fundamental importance to cellular health. Mitochondria harbor a host of intrinsic antioxidant defenses, but the contribution of extrinsic, nonmito...
www.science.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very happy to have added a small contribution to this important
Science paper just released yesterday! The study demonstrates a direct interaction of peroxisomes and mitochondria to deal with reactive oxygen species that could cause oxidative damage.
Very happy to have added a small contribution to this important
Science paper just released yesterday! The study demonstrates a direct interaction of peroxisomes and mitochondria to deal with reactive oxygen species that could cause oxidative damage.
Stumbled across what looks like a scheming nauplius in the SEM while looking for tintinnids for Hannah from Kirsty's lab! @micromotility.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Stumbled across what looks like a scheming nauplius in the SEM while looking for tintinnids for Hannah from Kirsty's lab! @micromotility.bsky.social
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The @exeter.ac.uk team had a fabulous time at the Microscience Microscopy Congress in Manchester! Three days of cutting edge microscopy technologies, diverse science talks and workshops as well as excellent networking and knowledge exchange!
#mmc2025 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
#mmc2025 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The @exeter.ac.uk team had a fabulous time at the Microscience Microscopy Congress in Manchester! Three days of cutting edge microscopy technologies, diverse science talks and workshops as well as excellent networking and knowledge exchange!
#mmc2025 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
#mmc2025 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
Very happy with the positive feedback about the first GW4 Imaging Network meeting we organised in Exeter! Microscopy in all varieties going strong in the Southwest!
June 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Very happy with the positive feedback about the first GW4 Imaging Network meeting we organised in Exeter! Microscopy in all varieties going strong in the Southwest!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Makes for truly horrifying reading! Coincidentally, I read 'The Insect Crisis ' by Oliver Milman at the moment as well. :-(
Makes for truly horrifying reading! Coincidentally, I read 'The Insect Crisis ' by Oliver Milman at the moment as well. :-(
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Makes for truly horrifying reading! Coincidentally, I read 'The Insect Crisis ' by Oliver Milman at the moment as well. :-(
Makes for truly horrifying reading! Coincidentally, I read 'The Insect Crisis ' by Oliver Milman at the moment as well. :-(
May 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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@exetertechs.bsky.social
The Bioimaging team at today's Technical Showcase event, representing one of Exeter's excellent research facilities.
#bioimaging #exeter
The Bioimaging team at today's Technical Showcase event, representing one of Exeter's excellent research facilities.
#bioimaging #exeter
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@exetertechs.bsky.social
The Bioimaging team at today's Technical Showcase event, representing one of Exeter's excellent research facilities.
#bioimaging #exeter
The Bioimaging team at today's Technical Showcase event, representing one of Exeter's excellent research facilities.
#bioimaging #exeter
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The GW4 Imaging Network Day is coming to Exeter University on 9th June! 🎉
Join us as we showcase cutting-edge light microscopy, electron microscopy, and physical imaging with experts from across the GW4 Alliance.
Register here : shorturl.at/i5vQR
#Microscopy #GW4IN #GW4Alliance
Join us as we showcase cutting-edge light microscopy, electron microscopy, and physical imaging with experts from across the GW4 Alliance.
Register here : shorturl.at/i5vQR
#Microscopy #GW4IN #GW4Alliance
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The GW4 Imaging Network Day is coming to Exeter University on 9th June! 🎉
Join us as we showcase cutting-edge light microscopy, electron microscopy, and physical imaging with experts from across the GW4 Alliance.
Register here : shorturl.at/i5vQR
#Microscopy #GW4IN #GW4Alliance
Join us as we showcase cutting-edge light microscopy, electron microscopy, and physical imaging with experts from across the GW4 Alliance.
Register here : shorturl.at/i5vQR
#Microscopy #GW4IN #GW4Alliance
Thank you @EMCF Heidelberg and @cosheidelberg.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to teach stereology for microscopists the last two days! It was a pleasure to be back in Heidelberg!!
#stereology #uniheidelberg
#stereology #uniheidelberg
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you @EMCF Heidelberg and @cosheidelberg.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to teach stereology for microscopists the last two days! It was a pleasure to be back in Heidelberg!!
#stereology #uniheidelberg
#stereology #uniheidelberg
A fantasy landscape watercolour painting from this afternoon.
#watercolours
#watercolours
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A fantasy landscape watercolour painting from this afternoon.
#watercolours
#watercolours
Not sure if our Master students were impressed by my comparison between the first commercial SEM and IG88.... The resemblance is uncanny though!
#electronmicroscopy #starwars
#electronmicroscopy #starwars
January 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Not sure if our Master students were impressed by my comparison between the first commercial SEM and IG88.... The resemblance is uncanny though!
#electronmicroscopy #starwars
#electronmicroscopy #starwars
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New signs put up, finally nobody will have trouble finding us any more :-)
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
New signs put up, finally nobody will have trouble finding us any more :-)
A friendly face in the TEM sending me off into the weekend!
#electronmicroscopy #TEM @uoebioimaging.bsky.social
#electronmicroscopy #TEM @uoebioimaging.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A friendly face in the TEM sending me off into the weekend!
#electronmicroscopy #TEM @uoebioimaging.bsky.social
#electronmicroscopy #TEM @uoebioimaging.bsky.social
It was another fun year for photography and sharing my output with like-minded peeps on Flickr. For anyone interested in photography, happy to connect via Flickr!
#myflickryear24
#myflickryear24
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 AM
It was another fun year for photography and sharing my output with like-minded peeps on Flickr. For anyone interested in photography, happy to connect via Flickr!
#myflickryear24
#myflickryear24
Storm Darragh prevented my trip to Heidelberg tomorrow. No stereology workshop on Monday then but we will reschedule for next year!
Due to storm Darragh and flight cancellations, the two-day stereology workshop scheduled to begin on Monday at Heidelberg University unfortunately had to be cancelled. We will plan for new dates early next year.
#darragh #stereology
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#darragh #stereology
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December 7, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Storm Darragh prevented my trip to Heidelberg tomorrow. No stereology workshop on Monday then but we will reschedule for next year!