Venera Weinhardt
@vweinhardt.bsky.social
physicist developing 3D and 4D bioimaging techniques particularly X-ray tomography across multiple resolution and contrast scales
We are moving - new place, new ideas...
After almost 6 years at Heidelberg University, it’s time for a new chapter. I’m happy to share that this month, I started my professorship in “Microtechnological Applications for Medical Technology”… ...
After almost 6 years at Heidelberg University, it’s time for a new chapter. I’m happy to share that this month, I started my professorship in “Microtechnological Applications for Medical Technology” a...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
We are moving - new place, new ideas...
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Pan-ASLM system for large scale expansion microscopy from the Bewersdorf lab.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Pan-ASLM system for large scale expansion microscopy from the Bewersdorf lab.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.
Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.
Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
August 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.
Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.
Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
🚀 Our latest preprint introduces a sparse global sampling approach for interior SXT.
This enables:
🔍 “Scout & zoom” imaging of organelles in 3D
🎯 Optimized radiation dose without losing resolution
📊 Quantitative absorption maps from sparse data
📄 Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This enables:
🔍 “Scout & zoom” imaging of organelles in 3D
🎯 Optimized radiation dose without losing resolution
📊 Quantitative absorption maps from sparse data
📄 Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🚀 Our latest preprint introduces a sparse global sampling approach for interior SXT.
This enables:
🔍 “Scout & zoom” imaging of organelles in 3D
🎯 Optimized radiation dose without losing resolution
📊 Quantitative absorption maps from sparse data
📄 Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This enables:
🔍 “Scout & zoom” imaging of organelles in 3D
🎯 Optimized radiation dose without losing resolution
📊 Quantitative absorption maps from sparse data
📄 Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🎙️ I am excited to announce that our latest progress on automatic segmentation of cell anatomy has been published in the IEEE!
🔬 Segmentation of cellular organelles is one of the main challenges in SXT.
#softxraytomography #cellbiology #DeepLearning #IEEE
👓 Read the full article here:
🔬 Segmentation of cellular organelles is one of the main challenges in SXT.
#softxraytomography #cellbiology #DeepLearning #IEEE
👓 Read the full article here:
Spatially-Informed Multi-Stage Active Learning for Segmentation of Nucleus in Soft X-ray Tomography
Accurate nucleus segmentation is critical, as the nucleus operates as the cell’s control center, responsible for holding instructions vital to cellular health. This makes nucleus segmentation a centra...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🎙️ I am excited to announce that our latest progress on automatic segmentation of cell anatomy has been published in the IEEE!
🔬 Segmentation of cellular organelles is one of the main challenges in SXT.
#softxraytomography #cellbiology #DeepLearning #IEEE
👓 Read the full article here:
🔬 Segmentation of cellular organelles is one of the main challenges in SXT.
#softxraytomography #cellbiology #DeepLearning #IEEE
👓 Read the full article here:
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The Weberian apparatus boosts hearing in otophysan fish via modified bones and ligaments. Using advanced imaging and histology, a study from @jakeleyhr.bsky.social and
@remorphevolab.bsky.social reveals new insights into the elusive first intercostal ligament and its role in this acoustic system
@remorphevolab.bsky.social reveals new insights into the elusive first intercostal ligament and its role in this acoustic system
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Weberian apparatus boosts hearing in otophysan fish via modified bones and ligaments. Using advanced imaging and histology, a study from @jakeleyhr.bsky.social and
@remorphevolab.bsky.social reveals new insights into the elusive first intercostal ligament and its role in this acoustic system
@remorphevolab.bsky.social reveals new insights into the elusive first intercostal ligament and its role in this acoustic system
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🥁 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 2:12 PM
🥁 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
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Please help get the word out - We are hiring at all levels (graduate students, technicians, and postdocs)! If you are interested in sponges, cell biology, evolution, immunity, and symbiosis, please don’t hesitate to contact me to learn more.
July 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please help get the word out - We are hiring at all levels (graduate students, technicians, and postdocs)! If you are interested in sponges, cell biology, evolution, immunity, and symbiosis, please don’t hesitate to contact me to learn more.
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#ExpansionMicroscopy allows multiple rounds of staining & imaging, but requires high-quality registration of images between rounds. This study develops a registration technique using dense NHS-ester labels for multiplexed cyclic imaging in expandable tissue gels @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44M4wcX
July 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#ExpansionMicroscopy allows multiple rounds of staining & imaging, but requires high-quality registration of images between rounds. This study develops a registration technique using dense NHS-ester labels for multiplexed cyclic imaging in expandable tissue gels @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44M4wcX
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We just released and uploaded a new version of *Mastodon*, the large-scale tracking and track-editing framework for large, multi-view images.
Mastodon is available via Fiji, via a dedicated update site.
mastodon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/do...
Below is a thread that survey some of the novelties ⏬️
Mastodon is available via Fiji, via a dedicated update site.
mastodon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/do...
Below is a thread that survey some of the novelties ⏬️
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We just released and uploaded a new version of *Mastodon*, the large-scale tracking and track-editing framework for large, multi-view images.
Mastodon is available via Fiji, via a dedicated update site.
mastodon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/do...
Below is a thread that survey some of the novelties ⏬️
Mastodon is available via Fiji, via a dedicated update site.
mastodon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/do...
Below is a thread that survey some of the novelties ⏬️
🚀 Thrilled to be named "Physikerin der Woche" by #DPG! A celebration of women shaping physics—proud to join this inspiring group. Dive into stories of science and resilience! #PhysikerinDerWoche #WomenInPhysics
www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
May 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚀 Thrilled to be named "Physikerin der Woche" by #DPG! A celebration of women shaping physics—proud to join this inspiring group. Dive into stories of science and resilience! #PhysikerinDerWoche #WomenInPhysics
www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
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Further attempts to stay positive and push the boundaries of X-ray imaging in plant biology, here's a maize root tip. Technical voxel resolution is 0.8um, field of view is about 1mm tall, using the 20X lens on my ZEISS Versa 520 XRM.
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Further attempts to stay positive and push the boundaries of X-ray imaging in plant biology, here's a maize root tip. Technical voxel resolution is 0.8um, field of view is about 1mm tall, using the 20X lens on my ZEISS Versa 520 XRM.
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
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🎉 Congratulations to Manisha Biswas for winning the #SocialSciences category in this year's #DanceYourPhD competition.
Watch the entire video on the power of collective synchrony—and learn more about the other category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
Watch the entire video on the power of collective synchrony—and learn more about the other category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
May 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Manisha Biswas for winning the #SocialSciences category in this year's #DanceYourPhD competition.
Watch the entire video on the power of collective synchrony—and learn more about the other category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
Watch the entire video on the power of collective synchrony—and learn more about the other category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
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🚀🔬🦠 Releasing 🤖Cellpose-SAM🤖, a cellular segmentation algorithm with superhuman generalization 🦸♀️. Try it now on 🤗 huggingface.co/spaces/mouse...
paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
w/ @computingnature.bsky.social 1/n
paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
w/ @computingnature.bsky.social 1/n
May 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🚀🔬🦠 Releasing 🤖Cellpose-SAM🤖, a cellular segmentation algorithm with superhuman generalization 🦸♀️. Try it now on 🤗 huggingface.co/spaces/mouse...
paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
w/ @computingnature.bsky.social 1/n
paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
w/ @computingnature.bsky.social 1/n
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Spatial mechano-transcriptomics👹
Image-based cell mechanics inference
Segmentation Multi-junctional molecules▶️
Circular arc polygon tiling for cell contacts▶️
Cellular pressure, junctional tension, stress tensor
+Imaging-based #SpatialTranscriptomics
#NatMethods 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Image-based cell mechanics inference
Segmentation Multi-junctional molecules▶️
Circular arc polygon tiling for cell contacts▶️
Cellular pressure, junctional tension, stress tensor
+Imaging-based #SpatialTranscriptomics
#NatMethods 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Spatial mechano-transcriptomics👹
Image-based cell mechanics inference
Segmentation Multi-junctional molecules▶️
Circular arc polygon tiling for cell contacts▶️
Cellular pressure, junctional tension, stress tensor
+Imaging-based #SpatialTranscriptomics
#NatMethods 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Image-based cell mechanics inference
Segmentation Multi-junctional molecules▶️
Circular arc polygon tiling for cell contacts▶️
Cellular pressure, junctional tension, stress tensor
+Imaging-based #SpatialTranscriptomics
#NatMethods 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨We have a fully funded open PhD position in bacterial synthetic biology available in our lab (www.yschaerli.com) in beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5
If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5
April 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨We have a fully funded open PhD position in bacterial synthetic biology available in our lab (www.yschaerli.com) in beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5
If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5
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📢 Preprint alert 📢
(1/6) Our work on 3D force inference for intestinal organoids is now on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Stunning collaboration between @omdrozdowski.bsky.social and @kimboonekamp.bsky.social from the lab of @michaelboutros.bsky.social and with Ulrike Engel. A short🧵...
(1/6) Our work on 3D force inference for intestinal organoids is now on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Stunning collaboration between @omdrozdowski.bsky.social and @kimboonekamp.bsky.social from the lab of @michaelboutros.bsky.social and with Ulrike Engel. A short🧵...
April 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
📢 Preprint alert 📢
(1/6) Our work on 3D force inference for intestinal organoids is now on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Stunning collaboration between @omdrozdowski.bsky.social and @kimboonekamp.bsky.social from the lab of @michaelboutros.bsky.social and with Ulrike Engel. A short🧵...
(1/6) Our work on 3D force inference for intestinal organoids is now on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Stunning collaboration between @omdrozdowski.bsky.social and @kimboonekamp.bsky.social from the lab of @michaelboutros.bsky.social and with Ulrike Engel. A short🧵...
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Calling all #MedakaPI researchers! Join us in Heidelberg, Germany from July 22-24, 2025 for our collaborative meeting! Register now & take advantage of early bird rates until April 15th! meetmedaka.com/registration/ 🐟 #MedakaResearch #ModelOrganisms #ScienceConference #FishModels #Heidelberg2025
April 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Calling all #MedakaPI researchers! Join us in Heidelberg, Germany from July 22-24, 2025 for our collaborative meeting! Register now & take advantage of early bird rates until April 15th! meetmedaka.com/registration/ 🐟 #MedakaResearch #ModelOrganisms #ScienceConference #FishModels #Heidelberg2025
We are excited to share that our NanoX project has been featured in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung @rnzonline.bsky.social! Thank you to Amira Sanli for visiting our laboratories and showcasing our work in the newspaper!
#NanoX #HepatitisE #softxraytomography #cellbiology
#NanoX #HepatitisE #softxraytomography #cellbiology
April 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We are excited to share that our NanoX project has been featured in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung @rnzonline.bsky.social! Thank you to Amira Sanli for visiting our laboratories and showcasing our work in the newspaper!
#NanoX #HepatitisE #softxraytomography #cellbiology
#NanoX #HepatitisE #softxraytomography #cellbiology
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We recently described the Axillary Lymphoid Organ (ALO) in the #Zebrafish. It's on the OUTSIDE of the fish, making it great for imaging! Learn more by checking out our paper in @jem.org rupress.org/jem/article-...
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We recently described the Axillary Lymphoid Organ (ALO) in the #Zebrafish. It's on the OUTSIDE of the fish, making it great for imaging! Learn more by checking out our paper in @jem.org rupress.org/jem/article-...
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Fantastic piece on the power and gravity of research that on it face may seem trivial. @labonnelab.bsky.social reminds us that basic research is the foundation of ALL research.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...
Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research
“If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes Carole LaBonne of Northwestern.
www.statnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Fantastic piece on the power and gravity of research that on it face may seem trivial. @labonnelab.bsky.social reminds us that basic research is the foundation of ALL research.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...
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A new combination of microscopy methods has revealed exquisite details of the virus assembly process used by herpes simplex virus during replication.
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March 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A new combination of microscopy methods has revealed exquisite details of the virus assembly process used by herpes simplex virus during replication.
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My presentation on "Coordination Across Scales — Or Why We Study Organisms"
at the "Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – The 3DMM2O Conference" from today.
https://jekelylab.github.io/3DMM2O_Kloster_Schoental_Mar_2025.html#/title-slide
#cilia #neuroscience #larva #biology
at the "Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – The 3DMM2O Conference" from today.
https://jekelylab.github.io/3DMM2O_Kloster_Schoental_Mar_2025.html#/title-slide
#cilia #neuroscience #larva #biology
March 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My presentation on "Coordination Across Scales — Or Why We Study Organisms"
at the "Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – The 3DMM2O Conference" from today.
https://jekelylab.github.io/3DMM2O_Kloster_Schoental_Mar_2025.html#/title-slide
#cilia #neuroscience #larva #biology
at the "Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – The 3DMM2O Conference" from today.
https://jekelylab.github.io/3DMM2O_Kloster_Schoental_Mar_2025.html#/title-slide
#cilia #neuroscience #larva #biology
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Come check out poster 185 in tonight's session at #biologists100 🐣! And for more detail, here's the full article recently published in @plosbiology.org
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
March 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Come check out poster 185 in tonight's session at #biologists100 🐣! And for more detail, here's the full article recently published in @plosbiology.org
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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New observations on white matter organisation at the micron scale. #Neuroscience
elifesciences.org/articles/949...
elifesciences.org/articles/949...
March 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New observations on white matter organisation at the micron scale. #Neuroscience
elifesciences.org/articles/949...
elifesciences.org/articles/949...