#microCT scan of the left palpal bulb (male copulatory organ) of a grass spider I found wandering Beckman's hallways last week! 😍(He was on his last legs when he was preserved for the scan). Taken in the Microscopy Suite of @beckmanillinois.bsky.social and rendered in the Visualization Lab.
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#microCT scan of the left palpal bulb (male copulatory organ) of a grass spider I found wandering Beckman's hallways last week! 😍(He was on his last legs when he was preserved for the scan). Taken in the Microscopy Suite of @beckmanillinois.bsky.social and rendered in the Visualization Lab.
🦐 Parhyale hawaiensis for #3DSunday!
A rising crustacean model for evo-devo, regeneration & limb development. microCT imaging reveals its intricate 3D body plan segment by segment, limb by limb.
A powerful system beyond insects! 🔬🏛️ (by Brandy Freitas)
#3DImaging #EvoDevo #MarineBiology
A rising crustacean model for evo-devo, regeneration & limb development. microCT imaging reveals its intricate 3D body plan segment by segment, limb by limb.
A powerful system beyond insects! 🔬🏛️ (by Brandy Freitas)
#3DImaging #EvoDevo #MarineBiology
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🦐 Parhyale hawaiensis for #3DSunday!
A rising crustacean model for evo-devo, regeneration & limb development. microCT imaging reveals its intricate 3D body plan segment by segment, limb by limb.
A powerful system beyond insects! 🔬🏛️ (by Brandy Freitas)
#3DImaging #EvoDevo #MarineBiology
A rising crustacean model for evo-devo, regeneration & limb development. microCT imaging reveals its intricate 3D body plan segment by segment, limb by limb.
A powerful system beyond insects! 🔬🏛️ (by Brandy Freitas)
#3DImaging #EvoDevo #MarineBiology
Putting the finishing touches on my talk for PaleoConnected 2025! Excited to present a new Cenomanian turtle fossil jaw, including detailed microCT segmentation of its extensive neurovascular canals.
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Putting the finishing touches on my talk for PaleoConnected 2025! Excited to present a new Cenomanian turtle fossil jaw, including detailed microCT segmentation of its extensive neurovascular canals.
Using synchrotron & microCT scans at the FAVE lab @tsengzj.bsky.social, @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social, and @CanadianLightSource, we saw something extraordinary: a set of tiny bones called the Weberian ossicles, part of the modified vertebral column to enhance hearing capbility.
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Using synchrotron & microCT scans at the FAVE lab @tsengzj.bsky.social, @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social, and @CanadianLightSource, we saw something extraordinary: a set of tiny bones called the Weberian ossicles, part of the modified vertebral column to enhance hearing capbility.
🍺 It’s Oktoberfest, so let's look inside beer foam! Non-destructive imaging like this is key for food science and helps us understand how structure and stability affect things like aroma and taste.
🔬: TESCAN DynaTOM #microCT
🥼: Wesley De Boever
🎬: syGlass.io
#Oktoberfest #3DThursday #Microscopy
🔬: TESCAN DynaTOM #microCT
🥼: Wesley De Boever
🎬: syGlass.io
#Oktoberfest #3DThursday #Microscopy
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🍺 It’s Oktoberfest, so let's look inside beer foam! Non-destructive imaging like this is key for food science and helps us understand how structure and stability affect things like aroma and taste.
🔬: TESCAN DynaTOM #microCT
🥼: Wesley De Boever
🎬: syGlass.io
#Oktoberfest #3DThursday #Microscopy
🔬: TESCAN DynaTOM #microCT
🥼: Wesley De Boever
🎬: syGlass.io
#Oktoberfest #3DThursday #Microscopy
🚨Preprint🚨
What started as an attempt to compare CT scans of diverse fly brains, ended up a new concept for analysis & segmentation of difficult tomographic data. No ground truths, no training, just maths. This is TopoTome, topological data analysis of 3D images
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
What started as an attempt to compare CT scans of diverse fly brains, ended up a new concept for analysis & segmentation of difficult tomographic data. No ground truths, no training, just maths. This is TopoTome, topological data analysis of 3D images
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚨Preprint🚨
What started as an attempt to compare CT scans of diverse fly brains, ended up a new concept for analysis & segmentation of difficult tomographic data. No ground truths, no training, just maths. This is TopoTome, topological data analysis of 3D images
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
What started as an attempt to compare CT scans of diverse fly brains, ended up a new concept for analysis & segmentation of difficult tomographic data. No ground truths, no training, just maths. This is TopoTome, topological data analysis of 3D images
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cariocecus resulted to be indeed a new species. Crazy features are: jugal and maxilla are co-ossified, and the supraorbital articulates solely with the lacrimal! We were able tor econstruct via microCt the replacement teeth, brain and inner ear. I digitize the models, assembling them in Blender 6/x
September 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cariocecus resulted to be indeed a new species. Crazy features are: jugal and maxilla are co-ossified, and the supraorbital articulates solely with the lacrimal! We were able tor econstruct via microCt the replacement teeth, brain and inner ear. I digitize the models, assembling them in Blender 6/x
🦐 High-res microCT of #Parhyale hawaiensis for #3DThursday! A powerful crustacean model for studying limb development, regeneration, and evo-devo.
🥼: Nipam Patel & Andrew Gillis, 2017
🏛️: University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk
🎬: syGlass.io
#Parhyale #MicroCT #DevBio #EvoDevo #ModelOrganisms #syGlass
🥼: Nipam Patel & Andrew Gillis, 2017
🏛️: University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk
🎬: syGlass.io
#Parhyale #MicroCT #DevBio #EvoDevo #ModelOrganisms #syGlass
September 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🦐 High-res microCT of #Parhyale hawaiensis for #3DThursday! A powerful crustacean model for studying limb development, regeneration, and evo-devo.
🥼: Nipam Patel & Andrew Gillis, 2017
🏛️: University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk
🎬: syGlass.io
#Parhyale #MicroCT #DevBio #EvoDevo #ModelOrganisms #syGlass
🥼: Nipam Patel & Andrew Gillis, 2017
🏛️: University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk
🎬: syGlass.io
#Parhyale #MicroCT #DevBio #EvoDevo #ModelOrganisms #syGlass
Lego minifigures in a microCT will never not be funny.
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Lego minifigures in a microCT will never not be funny.
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: MicroCT Scan visualization of femur IV apophyses: a promising tool for phylogenetic reconstruction in K 92, exemplified by a new species of Cajango (Arachnida: Opiliones… https://www.gbif.org/dataset/506a20c9-0611-474d-9877-b837d22fdd9e
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: MicroCT Scan visualization of femur IV apophyses: a promising tool for phylogenetic reconstruction in K 92, exemplified by a new species of Cajango (Arachnida: Opiliones… https://www.gbif.org/dataset/506a20c9-0611-474d-9877-b837d22fdd9e
After this, Jon decided to get all Star Trek* on me by enlisting the help of other Monash U. scientists to use technological wonders they had there, like the Australian Synchrotron. With this, they CT-imaged both the termite & mite coprolites. 11/n
*But not 'Enterprise,' because never 'Enterprise.'
*But not 'Enterprise,' because never 'Enterprise.'
June 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
After this, Jon decided to get all Star Trek* on me by enlisting the help of other Monash U. scientists to use technological wonders they had there, like the Australian Synchrotron. With this, they CT-imaged both the termite & mite coprolites. 11/n
*But not 'Enterprise,' because never 'Enterprise.'
*But not 'Enterprise,' because never 'Enterprise.'
In another broadening of the vertebrate theme, Nagata talks about chewing mouthparts in insects. There is heavy metal (zinc) in the cricket mandible, it shows on microCT.
#ICVM2023
#ICVM2023
July 29, 2023 at 4:14 AM
In another broadening of the vertebrate theme, Nagata talks about chewing mouthparts in insects. There is heavy metal (zinc) in the cricket mandible, it shows on microCT.
#ICVM2023
#ICVM2023
All types got microCT scanned AND confocally imaged, which is what we mean by “next-generation morphology”
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
All types got microCT scanned AND confocally imaged, which is what we mean by “next-generation morphology”
MicroCT scan of a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus).
December 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
MicroCT scan of a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus).
Notre dernier article montre que le mode de développement des dents a influencé des millions d’années d’évolution des campagnols, menant à des molaires très complexes.
Qu’est-ce que ça nous apprend sur l’évolution ? 🧵👇 1/21 #evodevo #vulgarisation
📷 Hanna Knutsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)/Lafuma et al.
Qu’est-ce que ça nous apprend sur l’évolution ? 🧵👇 1/21 #evodevo #vulgarisation
📷 Hanna Knutsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)/Lafuma et al.
September 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Notre dernier article montre que le mode de développement des dents a influencé des millions d’années d’évolution des campagnols, menant à des molaires très complexes.
Qu’est-ce que ça nous apprend sur l’évolution ? 🧵👇 1/21 #evodevo #vulgarisation
📷 Hanna Knutsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)/Lafuma et al.
Qu’est-ce que ça nous apprend sur l’évolution ? 🧵👇 1/21 #evodevo #vulgarisation
📷 Hanna Knutsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)/Lafuma et al.
me with microCT honestly
on the outside: "we can SEE INTO ROCKS and pick out exceptionally preserved features in THREE DIMENSIONS"
on the inside: "where did this imaging artifact come from and what filter do I need to use to be able to see a damn thing in this mess?"
on the outside: "we can SEE INTO ROCKS and pick out exceptionally preserved features in THREE DIMENSIONS"
on the inside: "where did this imaging artifact come from and what filter do I need to use to be able to see a damn thing in this mess?"
October 3, 2023 at 6:35 PM
me with microCT honestly
on the outside: "we can SEE INTO ROCKS and pick out exceptionally preserved features in THREE DIMENSIONS"
on the inside: "where did this imaging artifact come from and what filter do I need to use to be able to see a damn thing in this mess?"
on the outside: "we can SEE INTO ROCKS and pick out exceptionally preserved features in THREE DIMENSIONS"
on the inside: "where did this imaging artifact come from and what filter do I need to use to be able to see a damn thing in this mess?"
Rule #1 of microCT scanning a (dead) bird specimen: no movement during a scan.
Awesome high-tech results need a selection of low-tech supplies: cut-up jugs and plastic tubes of all sizes, foam blocks, flower foam, ethefoam sheets, packing peanuts, tape, etc.
And yes, it looks ridiculous. 😂
🧪🪶⚒️
Awesome high-tech results need a selection of low-tech supplies: cut-up jugs and plastic tubes of all sizes, foam blocks, flower foam, ethefoam sheets, packing peanuts, tape, etc.
And yes, it looks ridiculous. 😂
🧪🪶⚒️
November 9, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Rule #1 of microCT scanning a (dead) bird specimen: no movement during a scan.
Awesome high-tech results need a selection of low-tech supplies: cut-up jugs and plastic tubes of all sizes, foam blocks, flower foam, ethefoam sheets, packing peanuts, tape, etc.
And yes, it looks ridiculous. 😂
🧪🪶⚒️
Awesome high-tech results need a selection of low-tech supplies: cut-up jugs and plastic tubes of all sizes, foam blocks, flower foam, ethefoam sheets, packing peanuts, tape, etc.
And yes, it looks ridiculous. 😂
🧪🪶⚒️
In our recent paper we used a combination of high-speed filming, microCT and 3D printing with flexible filaments to understand how the accessory plates of the bee stinger deform during pumping!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422301180X#appsec2
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422301180X#appsec2
August 10, 2023 at 11:16 PM
In our recent paper we used a combination of high-speed filming, microCT and 3D printing with flexible filaments to understand how the accessory plates of the bee stinger deform during pumping!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422301180X#appsec2
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422301180X#appsec2
Finally plants for #3DThursday!🌽 A maize root tip, imaged using #microCT, from the Topp Roots Lab.
🔬: @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Versa 520 XRM
🥼: Keith Duncan @cygnusplantxray.bsky.social
🏛️: Danforth Center @danforthcenter.bsky.social
📝: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
🎬: syGlass.io #syGlass
🔬: @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Versa 520 XRM
🥼: Keith Duncan @cygnusplantxray.bsky.social
🏛️: Danforth Center @danforthcenter.bsky.social
📝: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
🎬: syGlass.io #syGlass
June 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Finally plants for #3DThursday!🌽 A maize root tip, imaged using #microCT, from the Topp Roots Lab.
🔬: @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Versa 520 XRM
🥼: Keith Duncan @cygnusplantxray.bsky.social
🏛️: Danforth Center @danforthcenter.bsky.social
📝: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
🎬: syGlass.io #syGlass
🔬: @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Versa 520 XRM
🥼: Keith Duncan @cygnusplantxray.bsky.social
🏛️: Danforth Center @danforthcenter.bsky.social
📝: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
🎬: syGlass.io #syGlass
In our latest paper we found that tooth development shaped the evolution of voles for millions of years, leading to highly complex molars.
How can we tell? What does it teach us about evolution? A thread 🧵👇 (1/20) #evodevo #ToothyTuesday
📷 (L) Hanna Knutsson CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
📷 (R) Lafuma et al.
How can we tell? What does it teach us about evolution? A thread 🧵👇 (1/20) #evodevo #ToothyTuesday
📷 (L) Hanna Knutsson CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
📷 (R) Lafuma et al.
September 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In our latest paper we found that tooth development shaped the evolution of voles for millions of years, leading to highly complex molars.
How can we tell? What does it teach us about evolution? A thread 🧵👇 (1/20) #evodevo #ToothyTuesday
📷 (L) Hanna Knutsson CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
📷 (R) Lafuma et al.
How can we tell? What does it teach us about evolution? A thread 🧵👇 (1/20) #evodevo #ToothyTuesday
📷 (L) Hanna Knutsson CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
📷 (R) Lafuma et al.
Unlock the hidden lung: microCT bridges radiology and microscopy, uncovering unseen cancer and disease, transforming lung cancer staging for better patient outcomes.
🧵 Thread below
Full analysis: https://helixbrief.com/article/a4d8bd4c-b4ef-4142-a261-d62ab65b483a
🧵 Thread below
Full analysis: https://helixbrief.com/article/a4d8bd4c-b4ef-4142-a261-d62ab65b483a
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Unlock the hidden lung: microCT bridges radiology and microscopy, uncovering unseen cancer and disease, transforming lung cancer staging for better patient outcomes.
🧵 Thread below
Full analysis: https://helixbrief.com/article/a4d8bd4c-b4ef-4142-a261-d62ab65b483a
🧵 Thread below
Full analysis: https://helixbrief.com/article/a4d8bd4c-b4ef-4142-a261-d62ab65b483a
RRID:SCR_017596 was used by the authors of the Journal of Comparative Neurology paper "Comparing microCT Staining and Scanning Methodology for Brain Studies in Various Sizes of Spiders". We appreciate the author's support of reproducibility. #OpenScience #STMpublishing
doi.org
February 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
RRID:SCR_017596 was used by the authors of the Journal of Comparative Neurology paper "Comparing microCT Staining and Scanning Methodology for Brain Studies in Various Sizes of Spiders". We appreciate the author's support of reproducibility. #OpenScience #STMpublishing