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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 7h

Archived page (no paywall)
archive.ph/DsJib

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 13h

Here is a baby turtle on its birthday trying to make it to the ocean on instinct. He made it and you can make it through this week too.

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The BioImage Archive @bioimagearchive.bsky.social · 23h

We recently had the pleasure of chatting about the newly published MIFA guidelines, which aim to improve how we share AI-ready datasets for bioimage analysis.
Huge thanks to Joshua Talks and @rodrigofg.bsky.social for sharing the user perspective — check out the interview below!

EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 1d

AI has so much potential for interpreting biological images, and yet, annotated biological datasets needed to train AI tools remain scarce.

If you generate microscopy data or develop AI tools to interpret it, check it these new guidelines:
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

#bioimaging #microscopy
🧬🔬

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Wout Oosterheert @woutoosterheert.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited that my final postdoctoral work is now online in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Using 16 (!) cryo-EM structures, we uncovered how the three proteins coronin, cofilin and AIP1 work together to rapidly disassemble actin filaments.

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 19h

I am 0% surprised at this

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 20h

Okay but can this please be my office?!

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 22h

Sound on

D*o.t_s>k°y @dottsky.bsky.social · 1d

This is wonderful. Ramaswamy getting HUMBLED at a Turning Point rally in Ohio

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 4d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 2d

And brings joy.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d

The zoo is multiplying in Portland!

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 2d

I dont belive in apocalyptic fictions, but the literal Pope in a showdown against a powerful criminal politician posing as a religious figurehead would be pretty damn on the nose.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 4d

#FluorescenceFriday
Watch to the end! Immune cells in the retina remain flat until damage is detected. Cells change their shape and dive deep in response to damage (pink cell)
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
@flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/98662

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Corey Holt @coreyholt.bsky.social · 4d

I'm looking for a PhD student to dive into some protist genomes and maybe find some cool parasites like this (very flexible) apicomplexan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 4d

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 4d

This is wonderful to play with, highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand the BWT

Robert Aboukhalil @robert.bio · 4d

Just published an interactive article about a magical algorithm known as the Burrows-Wheeler Transform, which powers sequence alignment tools like bowtie and bwa: sandbox.bio/concepts/bwt

It's also notoriously unintuitive so I'm hoping this article helps you build that intuition.

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ilastik-team.bsky.social @ilastik-team.bsky.social · 5d

Segment large images without tiling artifacts: sharing our work that should have been presented at ICCV in 2 weeks - the brilliant first author Elena can’t go because of visa issues.
The paper: arxiv.org/abs/2503.19545 1/🧵

Large images have to be broken into tiles both for training and inference with neural networks. The tile predictions then need to be merged to produce the final volume prediction.

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 4d

One might argue that a violent insurrection began on Jan 6 2021.

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

PhD studentship in beautiful Bath, open to all humans from across the globe!
Tom is lovely and Bath has a deep bench of evolutionary biology talent.

Tom Williams @tweethinking.bsky.social · 5d

There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)

The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 5d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 5d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

There's no way they have permission to use this tune.

Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

Wait, I'm sorry, "The Base"? Like, Al Qaeda? ayfkm

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

Barreleye fish with a transparent head that resembles this postal van.

Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

Omg nature is so weird and amazing

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 5d

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

Hi Torsten! In your set-up, would it be possible to stretch or compress cells while imaging them?

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 5d

When you have more than 99 browser tabs open on my Samsung Galaxy, Chrome just gives you a smiley face instead of a number.

Closeup of the top of the phone browser window, where there is a little box that goes from 1 to 99 to :D

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