Prevedel Lab
@prevedel-lab.bsky.social
The Prevedel lab @EMBL Heidelberg. We develop high-speed, deep tissue as well as Brillouin microscopy techniques. More details @ www.prevedel.embl.de
Last chance to apply to our new Course on Brillouin microscopy! Come learn from the experts and get hands-on exposure to this powerful technique for mechanobiology and biophysics!
Deadline extension for the #EMBLBrillouin course! 🔬
👉 Apply by 11 Nov: s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
• Introduction to Brillouin microscopy
• Hands-on training
• Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
• Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
#BrillouinMicroscopy
👉 Apply by 11 Nov: s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
• Introduction to Brillouin microscopy
• Hands-on training
• Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
• Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
#BrillouinMicroscopy
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Last chance to apply to our new Course on Brillouin microscopy! Come learn from the experts and get hands-on exposure to this powerful technique for mechanobiology and biophysics!
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October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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If you would like to attend this course, but don't have funding, check our Microscopy Training Grants with @jcellsci.bsky.social to see if you are eligible.
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If you would like to attend this course, but don't have funding, check our Microscopy Training Grants with @jcellsci.bsky.social to see if you are eligible.
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
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📢 Apply now for the EMBL Course 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications'!
🔬 Learn this cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging method that reveals the mechanical properties of living cells in real time.
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 9–13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
#EMBLBrillouin
🔬 Learn this cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging method that reveals the mechanical properties of living cells in real time.
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 9–13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
#EMBLBrillouin
October 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 Apply now for the EMBL Course 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications'!
🔬 Learn this cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging method that reveals the mechanical properties of living cells in real time.
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 9–13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
#EMBLBrillouin
🔬 Learn this cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging method that reveals the mechanical properties of living cells in real time.
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 9–13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
#EMBLBrillouin
Are you interested in mechanics in biology? Ever wondered how to measure them in 3D & high-resolution? Come and learn all about the emerging field of Brillouin microscopy! Our Course will teach the necessary background & expose you through hands-on practicals. Deadline Nov. 3rd. Apply now!
Have you applied for #EMBLBrillouin yet? 🔬
📅 9 – 13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
✅ Introduction to BM and state-of-the-art applications
✅ Hands-on training with real setups
✅ Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
✅ Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
📅 9 – 13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
✅ Introduction to BM and state-of-the-art applications
✅ Hands-on training with real setups
✅ Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
✅ Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
Brillouin microscopy for life science applications
s.embl.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Are you interested in mechanics in biology? Ever wondered how to measure them in 3D & high-resolution? Come and learn all about the emerging field of Brillouin microscopy! Our Course will teach the necessary background & expose you through hands-on practicals. Deadline Nov. 3rd. Apply now!
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Happy to share our new preprint, a fantastic collaboration with @prevedel-lab.bsky.social ! We developped a probe that can switch between fluorescence and photoacoustic contrast upon illumination. Congrats to @kaydanych.bsky.social and Magda who led this project.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Bridging Light and Sound: a Spironaphtopyran-Rhodamine Dyad with High-Contrast Photoswitching Between Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Signal
Fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging are complementary modalities that provide distinct advantages for biological imaging: fluorescence microscopy offers high sensitivity and resolution, while photo...
www.biorxiv.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy to share our new preprint, a fantastic collaboration with @prevedel-lab.bsky.social ! We developped a probe that can switch between fluorescence and photoacoustic contrast upon illumination. Congrats to @kaydanych.bsky.social and Magda who led this project.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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6/6 This was a huge team effort, and I'm deeply grateful to everyone involved: Carlo Bevilacqua & Robert Prevedel @prevedel-lab.bsky.social, Connie Rumpf-Kienzl, Alexandra Zampetaki & Sebastian Fürthauer, Manuel Rufin, Orestis G. Andriotis & Philipp J. Thurner!
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
6/6 This was a huge team effort, and I'm deeply grateful to everyone involved: Carlo Bevilacqua & Robert Prevedel @prevedel-lab.bsky.social, Connie Rumpf-Kienzl, Alexandra Zampetaki & Sebastian Fürthauer, Manuel Rufin, Orestis G. Andriotis & Philipp J. Thurner!
@embl.org Heidelberg is looking for a new Head of Scientific Instrumentation! This is an exciting opportunity at the interface between scientific research and technology development, overseeing our mechanical and electronic workshops!
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Head of Scientific Instrumentation Workshops
EMBL is a world leader in scientific research and at the forefront in the development of cutting-edge technologies. It operates across six sites in Heidelberg (headquarters), Barcelona, Cambridge, Gre...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@embl.org Heidelberg is looking for a new Head of Scientific Instrumentation! This is an exciting opportunity at the interface between scientific research and technology development, overseeing our mechanical and electronic workshops!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
Come join us in Berlin! Exciting conference on Brillouin Microscopy with world-renowned speakers in the heart of Europe!
‼️Abstract submissions is open for the 9th International BioBrillouin Meeting (biobrillouin25.com) that will take place at the Max Planck Society Conference House in Berlin, Germany on the November 25-27, 2025.
Deadline for abstract submission: October 1, 2025
#BioBrillouin
Deadline for abstract submission: October 1, 2025
#BioBrillouin
9th International BioBrillouin Conference
biobrillouin25.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Come join us in Berlin! Exciting conference on Brillouin Microscopy with world-renowned speakers in the heart of Europe!
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Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung has committed €7 million to the EMBL Imaging Centre.
That means more opportunities to create groundbreaking, next-gen imaging technologies and provide the necessary support so European life scientists can benefit.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
That means more opportunities to create groundbreaking, next-gen imaging technologies and provide the necessary support so European life scientists can benefit.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
July 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung has committed €7 million to the EMBL Imaging Centre.
That means more opportunities to create groundbreaking, next-gen imaging technologies and provide the necessary support so European life scientists can benefit.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
That means more opportunities to create groundbreaking, next-gen imaging technologies and provide the necessary support so European life scientists can benefit.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
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This is so cool - you are not looking reflection or emission of light here on the right - you are looking at a mechanical property of cells, in this case stiffness, using a custom created microscope. Excellent work @embl.org's @prevedel-lab.bsky.social and collaborators
Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is so cool - you are not looking reflection or emission of light here on the right - you are looking at a mechanical property of cells, in this case stiffness, using a custom created microscope. Excellent work @embl.org's @prevedel-lab.bsky.social and collaborators
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Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Fantastic work by @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social! See below the updated & published version of our paper on the mechanical dynamics of cells during Drosophila gastrulation - out in @natcomms.nature.com! Congrats to the whole team - wonderful collaboration with @marialep.bsky.social & Julio Belmonte 🥳🙌
🥁 New article 📢: #Mechanobiology of #development during #Drosophila #gastrulation using #Brillouin microscopy, now in @natcomms.nature.com : rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Collab. w/ @Prevedel_Lab @embl.org , Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social, @abhisha-thayambath.bsky.social, Julio Belmonte @ncstate.bsky.social
Collab. w/ @Prevedel_Lab @embl.org , Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social, @abhisha-thayambath.bsky.social, Julio Belmonte @ncstate.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Fantastic work by @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social! See below the updated & published version of our paper on the mechanical dynamics of cells during Drosophila gastrulation - out in @natcomms.nature.com! Congrats to the whole team - wonderful collaboration with @marialep.bsky.social & Julio Belmonte 🥳🙌
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Fantastic talk by @hhmijanelia.bsky.social alumna and @embl.org group leader Dr. Claire Deo (@clairedeo.bsky.social). Stay tuned for her HHMI YouTube recording youtube.com/playlist?lis... #openscience @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @markkitti.bsky.social @kaydanych.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fantastic talk by @hhmijanelia.bsky.social alumna and @embl.org group leader Dr. Claire Deo (@clairedeo.bsky.social). Stay tuned for her HHMI YouTube recording youtube.com/playlist?lis... #openscience @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @markkitti.bsky.social @kaydanych.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest Review on three-photon microscopy in the neurosciences - out today in @natrevneuro.nature.com! Hopefully this will help spread this powerful deep-imaging technique even further.
Access here: rdcu.be/er5SZ
Thanks to all co-authors!
Access here: rdcu.be/er5SZ
Thanks to all co-authors!
Three-photon microscopy: an emerging technique for deep intravital brain imaging
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Optical microscopy allows neural cells to be studied in the intact brain, but imaging deep neural tissue presents substantial challenges. Prevedel and colleagues...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Excited to share our latest Review on three-photon microscopy in the neurosciences - out today in @natrevneuro.nature.com! Hopefully this will help spread this powerful deep-imaging technique even further.
Access here: rdcu.be/er5SZ
Thanks to all co-authors!
Access here: rdcu.be/er5SZ
Thanks to all co-authors!
Great opportunity for technology savvy students to gain experience in a stimulating & interdisciplinary research environment. Come join us @embl.org - our group also offers internship projects in advanced microscopy!
Applications open for the EMBL #TechDev Internship!
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
#STEM #LifeSciences #Internship #Research
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
#STEM #LifeSciences #Internship #Research
June 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Great opportunity for technology savvy students to gain experience in a stimulating & interdisciplinary research environment. Come join us @embl.org - our group also offers internship projects in advanced microscopy!
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Applications open for the EMBL #TechDev Internship!
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
#STEM #LifeSciences #Internship #Research
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
#STEM #LifeSciences #Internship #Research
June 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Applications open for the EMBL #TechDev Internship!
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
#STEM #LifeSciences #Internship #Research
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
#STEM #LifeSciences #Internship #Research
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Interested in research infrastructures career?
The #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme might be right for you.
MSCA funded, the programme supports STEM researchers in becoming leaders in research infrastructures, driving innovation in life sciences 🧪
🗓️ Call opening: 30 June
www.embl.org/training/ari...
The #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme might be right for you.
MSCA funded, the programme supports STEM researchers in becoming leaders in research infrastructures, driving innovation in life sciences 🧪
🗓️ Call opening: 30 June
www.embl.org/training/ari...
May 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Interested in research infrastructures career?
The #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme might be right for you.
MSCA funded, the programme supports STEM researchers in becoming leaders in research infrastructures, driving innovation in life sciences 🧪
🗓️ Call opening: 30 June
www.embl.org/training/ari...
The #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme might be right for you.
MSCA funded, the programme supports STEM researchers in becoming leaders in research infrastructures, driving innovation in life sciences 🧪
🗓️ Call opening: 30 June
www.embl.org/training/ari...
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We are pleased to present our position paper outlining EMBL’s recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences'.
Our recommendations span several interconnected areas, e.g. research infrastructures, data resources, AI & training.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
Our recommendations span several interconnected areas, e.g. research infrastructures, data resources, AI & training.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
The future of European life sciences | EMBL
EMBL’s position paper outlines its key recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences’.
www.embl.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We are pleased to present our position paper outlining EMBL’s recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences'.
Our recommendations span several interconnected areas, e.g. research infrastructures, data resources, AI & training.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
Our recommendations span several interconnected areas, e.g. research infrastructures, data resources, AI & training.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Thrilled and proud about our latest advancement in Brillouin microscopy - enabling true light-sheet like mechanical imaging at high throughput. Out today in @naturephotonics.bsky.social
Congratulations Carlo! @carlobevilacqua.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eaDiX
Congratulations Carlo! @carlobevilacqua.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eaDiX
Full-field Brillouin microscopy based on an imaging Fourier-transform spectrometer
Nature Photonics - A Fourier-transform imaging spectrometer enables two-dimensional spectral Brillouin imaging at a throughput of up to 40,000 spectra per second over a...
rdcu.be
February 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thrilled and proud about our latest advancement in Brillouin microscopy - enabling true light-sheet like mechanical imaging at high throughput. Out today in @naturephotonics.bsky.social
Congratulations Carlo! @carlobevilacqua.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eaDiX
Congratulations Carlo! @carlobevilacqua.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eaDiX
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📣 Wanna hear our story about the complex mechanical dynamics that cell populations undergo during the most important morphogenetic event? -Of course I am talking about gastrulation 🙂🤘. Join us this Wed at 10:00 CET, details -> @vgzt2021.bsky.social @embl.org @prevedel-lab.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📣 Wanna hear our story about the complex mechanical dynamics that cell populations undergo during the most important morphogenetic event? -Of course I am talking about gastrulation 🙂🤘. Join us this Wed at 10:00 CET, details -> @vgzt2021.bsky.social @embl.org @prevedel-lab.bsky.social
Are you excited by advanced imaging technologies and biological applications? Do terms like ‘wavefront shaping’ or ‘photoacoustics’ mean something to you? Then come join our interdisciplinary research team @embl.org for a 3 year postdoc, funded by @cziscience.bsky.social - Please get in touch!
December 22, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Are you excited by advanced imaging technologies and biological applications? Do terms like ‘wavefront shaping’ or ‘photoacoustics’ mean something to you? Then come join our interdisciplinary research team @embl.org for a 3 year postdoc, funded by @cziscience.bsky.social - Please get in touch!
Check out this great write-up about our mobile Optical Coherence Microscope (OCM) and how it contributed to @embl.org's TREC expedition across Europe! 🔬🚚🐠
EMBL’s Prevedel Group scaled down a microscope to miniature size while scaling up imaging resolution. 🔬
OCM is a portable microscope to image label-free samples, with different magnifications and within fractions of a second.
Read more: www.embl.org/news/science...
🧪 @prevedel-lab.bsky.social
OCM is a portable microscope to image label-free samples, with different magnifications and within fractions of a second.
Read more: www.embl.org/news/science...
🧪 @prevedel-lab.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Check out this great write-up about our mobile Optical Coherence Microscope (OCM) and how it contributed to @embl.org's TREC expedition across Europe! 🔬🚚🐠