Tamas Nagy
@tamasnagy.com
Cellular biophysicist. Microscopist. Urbanist.
Working on cell fate decisions in collectives.
Postdoc @UCLA with Tom Rando. Prev: PhD @UCSF with Orion Weiner.
Working on cell fate decisions in collectives.
Postdoc @UCLA with Tom Rando. Prev: PhD @UCSF with Orion Weiner.
I had a great time presenting at the LLHF Annual Meeting. Lots of good feedback and lots to do!
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I had a great time presenting at the LLHF Annual Meeting. Lots of good feedback and lots to do!
Move over mScarlets, Crimson 🌶️ is the winner!
It's the first red FP that I've found that properly trafficks to the membrane in primary myoblasts.
It's the first red FP that I've found that properly trafficks to the membrane in primary myoblasts.
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Move over mScarlets, Crimson 🌶️ is the winner!
It's the first red FP that I've found that properly trafficks to the membrane in primary myoblasts.
It's the first red FP that I've found that properly trafficks to the membrane in primary myoblasts.
With some new sorbothane feet from @thorlabs.bsky.social, the Rando lab’s @cephlainc.bsky.social Squid+ is rapidly approaching its final form.
We wrapped a cheap 3D printer enclosure off of Amazon with some matte black vinyl and it’s working great as a darkbox.
We wrapped a cheap 3D printer enclosure off of Amazon with some matte black vinyl and it’s working great as a darkbox.
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
With some new sorbothane feet from @thorlabs.bsky.social, the Rando lab’s @cephlainc.bsky.social Squid+ is rapidly approaching its final form.
We wrapped a cheap 3D printer enclosure off of Amazon with some matte black vinyl and it’s working great as a darkbox.
We wrapped a cheap 3D printer enclosure off of Amazon with some matte black vinyl and it’s working great as a darkbox.
This is a CMOS camera cooled to -20C. I tried summing 60x1s exposures but that’s significantly worse than one long exposure
August 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is a CMOS camera cooled to -20C. I tried summing 60x1s exposures but that’s significantly worse than one long exposure
Hey #microscopy 🧪 folks. Have you all noticed similar dark current patterns with cameras where you have a nonlinear response to exposure time?
100ms and 1s exposures are extremely quiet but once I do a 60s exposure, certain pixels just get super bright.
100ms and 1s exposures are extremely quiet but once I do a 60s exposure, certain pixels just get super bright.
August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hey #microscopy 🧪 folks. Have you all noticed similar dark current patterns with cameras where you have a nonlinear response to exposure time?
100ms and 1s exposures are extremely quiet but once I do a 60s exposure, certain pixels just get super bright.
100ms and 1s exposures are extremely quiet but once I do a 60s exposure, certain pixels just get super bright.
Dug up an old movie of neutrophils solving a maze…it’s still so satisfying!
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Dug up an old movie of neutrophils solving a maze…it’s still so satisfying!
These are myoblasts expressing H2B-Nanoluc with 30s exposures imaged every 1 minute.
Some of my first bioluminescence movies!
Some of my first bioluminescence movies!
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
These are myoblasts expressing H2B-Nanoluc with 30s exposures imaged every 1 minute.
Some of my first bioluminescence movies!
Some of my first bioluminescence movies!
The hype is real. The Quest series are crazy sensitive🔬✨
July 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The hype is real. The Quest series are crazy sensitive🔬✨
Testing this awesome tiny light meter from them. Seems to work well with Python!
April 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Testing this awesome tiny light meter from them. Seems to work well with Python!
Might be able to officially call ourselves a microscopy lab now according to the @tanner-fadero.bsky.social definition 😆
April 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Might be able to officially call ourselves a microscopy lab now according to the @tanner-fadero.bsky.social definition 😆
I begrudgingly admit that actin is pretty cool 🤩
🎥 Primary mouse myotubes labeled with Lifeact-mScarlet-I3 (cyan) and H2B-mStayGreen (red). #FluorescenceFriday
🎥 Primary mouse myotubes labeled with Lifeact-mScarlet-I3 (cyan) and H2B-mStayGreen (red). #FluorescenceFriday
March 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I begrudgingly admit that actin is pretty cool 🤩
🎥 Primary mouse myotubes labeled with Lifeact-mScarlet-I3 (cyan) and H2B-mStayGreen (red). #FluorescenceFriday
🎥 Primary mouse myotubes labeled with Lifeact-mScarlet-I3 (cyan) and H2B-mStayGreen (red). #FluorescenceFriday
A cut like this is devastating to the future of American science and competitiveness. NSF funds so many projects that turn into companies and jobs for Americans.
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A cut like this is devastating to the future of American science and competitiveness. NSF funds so many projects that turn into companies and jobs for Americans.
Had an amazing time at the Directed Cell Migration GRS/GRC. Sally Horne-Badovinac, @robinsall.bsky.social and Rebecca Jones were awesome as co-chairs and made the whole organizing process so much easier.
I met so many old friends and made so many more new ones! 😊
I met so many old friends and made so many more new ones! 😊
January 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Had an amazing time at the Directed Cell Migration GRS/GRC. Sally Horne-Badovinac, @robinsall.bsky.social and Rebecca Jones were awesome as co-chairs and made the whole organizing process so much easier.
I met so many old friends and made so many more new ones! 😊
I met so many old friends and made so many more new ones! 😊
We’re in for a wild night here in Los Angeles. These Santa Ana winds are no joke.
January 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We’re in for a wild night here in Los Angeles. These Santa Ana winds are no joke.
Pretty cool to see @elife.bsky.social highlighting my PhD work at ASCB this year 🤗
(Spotted by Annisa Dea!)
(Spotted by Annisa Dea!)
December 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Pretty cool to see @elife.bsky.social highlighting my PhD work at ASCB this year 🤗
(Spotted by Annisa Dea!)
(Spotted by Annisa Dea!)
Fun story from the Fletcher lab showing that surface crowding is a major impediment to cell-cell fusion and myoblasts reduce their surface crowding to improve fusion!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 17, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Fun story from the Fletcher lab showing that surface crowding is a major impediment to cell-cell fusion and myoblasts reduce their surface crowding to improve fusion!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to be standing in for the great @ivyxiong.bsky.social for December’s Dynamics Club! We’ll be hosting Laurent Jutras-Dubé who’ll be discussing a physics-inspired approach to studying embryogenesis.
It’ll be in-person at UCLA’s Boyer Hall and also on Zoom so please tune in!
It’ll be in-person at UCLA’s Boyer Hall and also on Zoom so please tune in!
December 4, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Excited to be standing in for the great @ivyxiong.bsky.social for December’s Dynamics Club! We’ll be hosting Laurent Jutras-Dubé who’ll be discussing a physics-inspired approach to studying embryogenesis.
It’ll be in-person at UCLA’s Boyer Hall and also on Zoom so please tune in!
It’ll be in-person at UCLA’s Boyer Hall and also on Zoom so please tune in!
I agree with @wallaceucsf.bsky.social's great synthesis here, it's a super exciting time for physical biology! We are in the process of transitioning from simply cataloguing the parts to actually understanding how they interact to produce the high-level behaviors we see.
November 19, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I agree with @wallaceucsf.bsky.social's great synthesis here, it's a super exciting time for physical biology! We are in the process of transitioning from simply cataloguing the parts to actually understanding how they interact to produce the high-level behaviors we see.
To fuse or not to fuse? 🤔
Myoblasts (muscle cells) have to choose! Fusion leads functional muscle but some need to stick around for future regeneration needs. #FluorescenceFriday
Myoblasts (muscle cells) have to choose! Fusion leads functional muscle but some need to stick around for future regeneration needs. #FluorescenceFriday
November 15, 2024 at 5:23 PM
To fuse or not to fuse? 🤔
Myoblasts (muscle cells) have to choose! Fusion leads functional muscle but some need to stick around for future regeneration needs. #FluorescenceFriday
Myoblasts (muscle cells) have to choose! Fusion leads functional muscle but some need to stick around for future regeneration needs. #FluorescenceFriday
Hi new followers! For #MicroscopyMonday here's a fun movie I took recently of mitochrondria in a migrating mouse myoblast.
(Check the alt text for imaging details)
(Check the alt text for imaging details)
November 12, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Hi new followers! For #MicroscopyMonday here's a fun movie I took recently of mitochrondria in a migrating mouse myoblast.
(Check the alt text for imaging details)
(Check the alt text for imaging details)
For this #FluorescenceFriday, here's one of my favorite recent acquisitions. Biology is always more spectacular when it's alive!
This is a mouse myotube expressing mStayGold-CAAX imaged at 20x on a Cephla Squid widefield.
This is a mouse myotube expressing mStayGold-CAAX imaged at 20x on a Cephla Squid widefield.
November 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM
For this #FluorescenceFriday, here's one of my favorite recent acquisitions. Biology is always more spectacular when it's alive!
This is a mouse myotube expressing mStayGold-CAAX imaged at 20x on a Cephla Squid widefield.
This is a mouse myotube expressing mStayGold-CAAX imaged at 20x on a Cephla Squid widefield.
Phallodin (an actin stain, in green) is always a crowd pleaser!
November 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Phallodin (an actin stain, in green) is always a crowd pleaser!
Fighting climate change is a long term challenge and it's important to support key orgs for the coming fight.
November 6, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Fighting climate change is a long term challenge and it's important to support key orgs for the coming fight.
Great talk today by @rosalielawrence.bsky.social on her background and her future lab plans 🎉
October 19, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Great talk today by @rosalielawrence.bsky.social on her background and her future lab plans 🎉