Lan Mapa
@lanitorres-mapa.bsky.social
biophotonics and optics enthusiast. tweets scientific publication and everything else that I think are worth sharing. views are my own. 🚴🏻♀️🏓🧘🏻♀️🍚 🌱
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Lan Mapa
@lanitorres-mapa.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Let me introduce myself! I'm Lani and have been actively working on biophotonics with special focus on microscopy snd optical systems for optogenetics, optical tweezers and soft sensors. Looking forward to engaging again with the community
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Job alert!
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA
Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...
forum.image.sc
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Job alert!
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
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Fibronectin, a key component of the vessel wall, triggers smooth muscle cells to release collagen-rich extracellular vesicles that guide their movement during vessel repair and atherosclerosis.
buff.ly/YOkDI4a
buff.ly/YOkDI4a
October 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Fibronectin, a key component of the vessel wall, triggers smooth muscle cells to release collagen-rich extracellular vesicles that guide their movement during vessel repair and atherosclerosis.
buff.ly/YOkDI4a
buff.ly/YOkDI4a
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#GEF25 the expansion microscopy community would benefit from high NA, long working distance water objectives. Who's working on these? What's out there?
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#GEF25 the expansion microscopy community would benefit from high NA, long working distance water objectives. Who's working on these? What's out there?
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2 decades after the first GLP-1 drug, we're still in the early stages for where this is headed. Nice, succinct summary and graphic by a pioneer of the field: @danieljdrucker.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
New Molecules and Indications for GLP-1 Medicines
This Perspective explores recent progress and future directions in glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines.
jamanetwork.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
2 decades after the first GLP-1 drug, we're still in the early stages for where this is headed. Nice, succinct summary and graphic by a pioneer of the field: @danieljdrucker.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Computational image analyst (m/f/d)
The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a
jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
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Today I learned that one possible endpoint of the carcinization process is a high-tech optical component
anything -> crab -> crab powder -> diffraction grating -> laser
stands to reason
anything -> crab -> crab powder -> diffraction grating -> laser
stands to reason
September 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today I learned that one possible endpoint of the carcinization process is a high-tech optical component
anything -> crab -> crab powder -> diffraction grating -> laser
stands to reason
anything -> crab -> crab powder -> diffraction grating -> laser
stands to reason
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Discovery happens less when you're trying to be the expert and more when you're trying to be the learner.
August 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Discovery happens less when you're trying to be the expert and more when you're trying to be the learner.
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A disaster for ocean and climate research is unfolding before our eyes. #NOAA 🌊
"The White House Office of Management and Budget is pulling back $239 million in funds Congress already provided. The biggest hits fall on climate and ocean research."
oceanpolicy.substack.com/p/roundup-un...
"The White House Office of Management and Budget is pulling back $239 million in funds Congress already provided. The biggest hits fall on climate and ocean research."
oceanpolicy.substack.com/p/roundup-un...
Roundup: Unobligated but Not Unnoticed: OMB Pulls Back NOAA Funds
August 12-26, 2025
oceanpolicy.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A disaster for ocean and climate research is unfolding before our eyes. #NOAA 🌊
"The White House Office of Management and Budget is pulling back $239 million in funds Congress already provided. The biggest hits fall on climate and ocean research."
oceanpolicy.substack.com/p/roundup-un...
"The White House Office of Management and Budget is pulling back $239 million in funds Congress already provided. The biggest hits fall on climate and ocean research."
oceanpolicy.substack.com/p/roundup-un...
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Refractive index mapping below the diffraction limit via single molecule localization microscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.20.670782v1
August 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Refractive index mapping below the diffraction limit via single molecule localization microscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.20.670782v1
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Single-molecule flow cytometry https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672174v1
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Single-molecule flow cytometry https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672174v1
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The terminal B Tattered Cover at Denver Airport has six signed copies of You Look Like a Thing and I Love You!
August 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The terminal B Tattered Cover at Denver Airport has six signed copies of You Look Like a Thing and I Love You!
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Looking for a calcium sensor to fill the gap between red and green spectra? Orange you glad we asked! Check out our latest blog post on OCaMP, by @abhiaggarwal.bsky.social!
blog.addgene.org
OCaMP: A New Calcium Indicator for Neural Imaging
twp.ai
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking for a calcium sensor to fill the gap between red and green spectra? Orange you glad we asked! Check out our latest blog post on OCaMP, by @abhiaggarwal.bsky.social!
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Why hearing in noisy places gets harder with age, even with “normal” hearing
This study links hidden damage in the ear's neural wiring to speech-in-noise difficulties and increased listening effort in middle-aged adults.
buff.ly/m9fS8Nv
This study links hidden damage in the ear's neural wiring to speech-in-noise difficulties and increased listening effort in middle-aged adults.
buff.ly/m9fS8Nv
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Why hearing in noisy places gets harder with age, even with “normal” hearing
This study links hidden damage in the ear's neural wiring to speech-in-noise difficulties and increased listening effort in middle-aged adults.
buff.ly/m9fS8Nv
This study links hidden damage in the ear's neural wiring to speech-in-noise difficulties and increased listening effort in middle-aged adults.
buff.ly/m9fS8Nv
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Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science
go.nature.com/459cPQz
go.nature.com/459cPQz
Can creativity in science be learnt? These researchers think so
Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science.
go.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science
go.nature.com/459cPQz
go.nature.com/459cPQz
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A 125-million-year-old fossil feather may have shimmered with iridescent colour, possibly for courtship.
The study presents ‘fundamental’ findings, but reviewers note the evidence isn’t yet conclusive. Read the reviews and author responses: buff.ly/hwQ2P1D
#EvoBio
The study presents ‘fundamental’ findings, but reviewers note the evidence isn’t yet conclusive. Read the reviews and author responses: buff.ly/hwQ2P1D
#EvoBio
August 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A 125-million-year-old fossil feather may have shimmered with iridescent colour, possibly for courtship.
The study presents ‘fundamental’ findings, but reviewers note the evidence isn’t yet conclusive. Read the reviews and author responses: buff.ly/hwQ2P1D
#EvoBio
The study presents ‘fundamental’ findings, but reviewers note the evidence isn’t yet conclusive. Read the reviews and author responses: buff.ly/hwQ2P1D
#EvoBio
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1/N What are the organizational principles underlying crossmodal cortical connections?
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1/N What are the organizational principles underlying crossmodal cortical connections?
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Voltage Imaging with Periodic Structured Illumination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.24.666645v1
July 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Voltage Imaging with Periodic Structured Illumination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.24.666645v1
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The “what if we inject it full of fluorescent laser dye and energize it with another laser” approach to the “will it lase” challenge.
The answer for peacock feather appears to be “yes, and noticeably better than other animals we’ve tried”
The answer for peacock feather appears to be “yes, and noticeably better than other animals we’ve tried”
Peacocks have a secret hidden in their brightly colored tail feathers: tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam. scim.ag/3UEM2oQ
Peacock feathers can be lasers
Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom
scim.ag
July 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The “what if we inject it full of fluorescent laser dye and energize it with another laser” approach to the “will it lase” challenge.
The answer for peacock feather appears to be “yes, and noticeably better than other animals we’ve tried”
The answer for peacock feather appears to be “yes, and noticeably better than other animals we’ve tried”
Sharing our recent work on using old-school FTIR spectroscopy for species classification of oral bacteria!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Differentiation and identification of commensal and pathogenic oral bacteria at strain level using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
The correct identification of different bacteria is a critical task in clinical applications and basic research especially in the oral cavity which has a complex bacterial community. Complementary to ...
pubs.rsc.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Sharing our recent work on using old-school FTIR spectroscopy for species classification of oral bacteria!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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🌊 The oceans are overheating - and scientists say a climate tipping point may be here
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
The oceans are overheating—and scientists say a climate tipping point may be here
In 2023, the world’s oceans experienced the most intense and widespread marine heatwaves ever recorded, with some events persisting for over 500 days and covering nearly the entire globe. These searin...
www.sciencedaily.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
🌊 The oceans are overheating - and scientists say a climate tipping point may be here
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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We're all too used to seeing news of a "reproducibility crisis" in science.
So it is interesting to find that a huge project that reviewed a whole field - Drosophila fruit fly immunity - over 50 years has found that at least 61% of claims in it are verifiable. 🧪🧵1/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
So it is interesting to find that a huge project that reviewed a whole field - Drosophila fruit fly immunity - over 50 years has found that at least 61% of claims in it are verifiable. 🧪🧵1/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible
Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We're all too used to seeing news of a "reproducibility crisis" in science.
So it is interesting to find that a huge project that reviewed a whole field - Drosophila fruit fly immunity - over 50 years has found that at least 61% of claims in it are verifiable. 🧪🧵1/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
So it is interesting to find that a huge project that reviewed a whole field - Drosophila fruit fly immunity - over 50 years has found that at least 61% of claims in it are verifiable. 🧪🧵1/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Could we one day detect Alzheimer's before symptoms emerge?
Anthea Rowan for BBC Science Focus dives into a new study that finds the Alzheimer's disease has two distinct phases - an early 'stealth' phase and a devastating later phase.
🧠📈 www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...
Anthea Rowan for BBC Science Focus dives into a new study that finds the Alzheimer's disease has two distinct phases - an early 'stealth' phase and a devastating later phase.
🧠📈 www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...
How to spot dementia early and reduce your risk by half | BBC Science Focus Magazine
New science is uncovering how Alzheimer’s could be detected decades before symptoms strike.
www.sciencefocus.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Could we one day detect Alzheimer's before symptoms emerge?
Anthea Rowan for BBC Science Focus dives into a new study that finds the Alzheimer's disease has two distinct phases - an early 'stealth' phase and a devastating later phase.
🧠📈 www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...
Anthea Rowan for BBC Science Focus dives into a new study that finds the Alzheimer's disease has two distinct phases - an early 'stealth' phase and a devastating later phase.
🧠📈 www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...
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Using new adaptive-optics techniques, researchers have created ultra-high resolution images of the Sun's corona--and the results are astonishing.
This video shows "coronal rain": loops of magnetic plasma arching out from the Sun, cooling, and flowing back down. 🧪🔭
nso.edu/press-releas...
This video shows "coronal rain": loops of magnetic plasma arching out from the Sun, cooling, and flowing back down. 🧪🔭
nso.edu/press-releas...
May 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Using new adaptive-optics techniques, researchers have created ultra-high resolution images of the Sun's corona--and the results are astonishing.
This video shows "coronal rain": loops of magnetic plasma arching out from the Sun, cooling, and flowing back down. 🧪🔭
nso.edu/press-releas...
This video shows "coronal rain": loops of magnetic plasma arching out from the Sun, cooling, and flowing back down. 🧪🔭
nso.edu/press-releas...
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📢 WE ARE HIRING!
We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study how to apply optical techniques💡 to recover the information of historical wall paintings for the preservation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site La Pedrera-Casa Milà. 🖼️
Apply now 👉 jobs.icfo.eu/?detail=972
@icfo.eu
We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study how to apply optical techniques💡 to recover the information of historical wall paintings for the preservation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site La Pedrera-Casa Milà. 🖼️
Apply now 👉 jobs.icfo.eu/?detail=972
@icfo.eu
April 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
📢 WE ARE HIRING!
We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study how to apply optical techniques💡 to recover the information of historical wall paintings for the preservation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site La Pedrera-Casa Milà. 🖼️
Apply now 👉 jobs.icfo.eu/?detail=972
@icfo.eu
We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study how to apply optical techniques💡 to recover the information of historical wall paintings for the preservation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site La Pedrera-Casa Milà. 🖼️
Apply now 👉 jobs.icfo.eu/?detail=972
@icfo.eu
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Only a few days left to apply. 2yr fully funded postdoctoral position at the interface between microscopy, nanoscience, Raman spectroscopy, microfluidics, single-cell analysis, and microbiology.
#Job alert for a pdoc for the further development of an optics- and microfluidics-based single-cell platform for microbiome research! UNLOCK consortium. Please share. Thanks. www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Postdoc Development of an optics- and microfluidics-based single-cell platform for microbiome research
www.wur.nl
February 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Only a few days left to apply. 2yr fully funded postdoctoral position at the interface between microscopy, nanoscience, Raman spectroscopy, microfluidics, single-cell analysis, and microbiology.