Dr. Anton Windfelder
@windfelder.bsky.social
I am a comparative immunologist interested in the functional and multimodal imaging of insects as alternative animal models for biomedical research.
https://www.windfelder-lab.com 🐛🦋
https://www.windfelder-lab.com 🐛🦋
Pinned
High-throughput screening of caterpillars 🐛🐛🐛 as a platform to study host–microbe interactions and enteric immunity @natureportfolio.bsky.social with
@fraunhofer.bsky.social and @grimmrad.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414... #ReplaceReduceRefine #3Rs #KeepAntibioticsWorking #inflammation #Imaging
@fraunhofer.bsky.social and @grimmrad.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414... #ReplaceReduceRefine #3Rs #KeepAntibioticsWorking #inflammation #Imaging
✨ Science Day 2025 (last week) at JLU Giessen!
Great to see our insect-imaging work featured:
Anouk – behavioral fever + imaging
Anna – ultrasound gut-wall
Jan – CT + deep learning
Proud of this team! 🚀
#ScienceDay #Imaging #Manduca
Great to see our insect-imaging work featured:
Anouk – behavioral fever + imaging
Anna – ultrasound gut-wall
Jan – CT + deep learning
Proud of this team! 🚀
#ScienceDay #Imaging #Manduca
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
✨ Science Day 2025 (last week) at JLU Giessen!
Great to see our insect-imaging work featured:
Anouk – behavioral fever + imaging
Anna – ultrasound gut-wall
Jan – CT + deep learning
Proud of this team! 🚀
#ScienceDay #Imaging #Manduca
Great to see our insect-imaging work featured:
Anouk – behavioral fever + imaging
Anna – ultrasound gut-wall
Jan – CT + deep learning
Proud of this team! 🚀
#ScienceDay #Imaging #Manduca
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Mammalian apex predators like tigers with solitary lifestyle are more prone to cancer death. Sharks, non-mammalian apex predators, are thought to have low rate of cancer (they have remarkable genome stability and slow rate of evolution). Why are they so different? 🐅🦈🤔
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Mammalian apex predators like tigers with solitary lifestyle are more prone to cancer death. Sharks, non-mammalian apex predators, are thought to have low rate of cancer (they have remarkable genome stability and slow rate of evolution). Why are they so different? 🐅🦈🤔
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Allow the lies equal weight to the truth and we're truly fucked.
#DeathOfScience
#GlobalWarming
@scientistmel.bsky.social
@drstevenhobbs.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
@drivingforbush.bsky.social
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#DeathOfScience
#GlobalWarming
@scientistmel.bsky.social
@drstevenhobbs.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
@drivingforbush.bsky.social
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Allow the lies equal weight to the truth and we're truly fucked.
#DeathOfScience
#GlobalWarming
@scientistmel.bsky.social
@drstevenhobbs.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
@drivingforbush.bsky.social
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#DeathOfScience
#GlobalWarming
@scientistmel.bsky.social
@drstevenhobbs.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
@drivingforbush.bsky.social
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Somehow I couldn’t reach the #Dipteran #Evolution community with my question… so maybe I need something controversial 😄
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐳𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜!
#Phylogeny #TreeOfLife #Drosophila #Diptera
(… 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐳𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜!
#Phylogeny #TreeOfLife #Drosophila #Diptera
(… 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
Hey #Drosophila evolution people, quick phylogeny question! Is this simplified tree reasonable? I integrated multiple papers & added some polytomies, so that there is nothing too speculative in there. Does it look right to you? 🪰 It's just for a presentation 😉
#Evolution #Phylogeny
#Evolution #Phylogeny
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Somehow I couldn’t reach the #Dipteran #Evolution community with my question… so maybe I need something controversial 😄
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐳𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜!
#Phylogeny #TreeOfLife #Drosophila #Diptera
(… 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐳𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜!
#Phylogeny #TreeOfLife #Drosophila #Diptera
(… 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
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1/12 A very special moment for me! 🎉
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
September 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
1/12 A very special moment for me! 🎉
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
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So, so true.
I had in Germany a PCP who let me lay down for 10 minutes and listening to some music before taking the pressure.
I had in Germany a PCP who let me lay down for 10 minutes and listening to some music before taking the pressure.
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So, so true.
I had in Germany a PCP who let me lay down for 10 minutes and listening to some music before taking the pressure.
I had in Germany a PCP who let me lay down for 10 minutes and listening to some music before taking the pressure.
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New Publication Alert!
Excited to share our new paper just published in PLOS One! “Measurement accuracy of CT systems: The importance of calibration phantoms”
Read the full article here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@plosone.org
@windfelder.bsky.social
Excited to share our new paper just published in PLOS One! “Measurement accuracy of CT systems: The importance of calibration phantoms”
Read the full article here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@plosone.org
@windfelder.bsky.social
Measurement accuracy of CT systems: The importance of calibration phantoms
This study aims to evaluate the measurement accuracy of computed tomography (CT) systems, focusing on the necessity of using calibration phantoms for enhanced precision. Both clinical CT and micro-CT ...
journals.plos.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New Publication Alert!
Excited to share our new paper just published in PLOS One! “Measurement accuracy of CT systems: The importance of calibration phantoms”
Read the full article here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@plosone.org
@windfelder.bsky.social
Excited to share our new paper just published in PLOS One! “Measurement accuracy of CT systems: The importance of calibration phantoms”
Read the full article here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@plosone.org
@windfelder.bsky.social
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Make measles great again
Kennedy’s Advisory Panel Votes to Limit M.M.R.V. Vaccine for Children Under 4
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Make measles great again
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Excited to share my first PhD paper, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social
What if fish gills —often overlook —hold secrets about development, patterning, and function?
We uncovered how early patterning shapes adult gill architecture.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
#DevBio #Zebrafish
Excited to share my first PhD paper, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social
What if fish gills —often overlook —hold secrets about development, patterning, and function?
We uncovered how early patterning shapes adult gill architecture.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
#DevBio #Zebrafish
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Excited to share my first PhD paper, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social
What if fish gills —often overlook —hold secrets about development, patterning, and function?
We uncovered how early patterning shapes adult gill architecture.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
#DevBio #Zebrafish
Excited to share my first PhD paper, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social
What if fish gills —often overlook —hold secrets about development, patterning, and function?
We uncovered how early patterning shapes adult gill architecture.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
#DevBio #Zebrafish
This week, I had the privilege of visiting Sandfeldschule, where I introduced classes 2a and 2b to the captivating world of insects. Moments like these remind us how important it is to inspire the next generation in the realms of science and nature. Read the full story: wix.to/Mr2JHQJ #Education
September 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This week, I had the privilege of visiting Sandfeldschule, where I introduced classes 2a and 2b to the captivating world of insects. Moments like these remind us how important it is to inspire the next generation in the realms of science and nature. Read the full story: wix.to/Mr2JHQJ #Education
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A brand new & beautiful microscopic atlas of #danio gill #developmemt!
Congratulations @mathpreu.bsky.social - on your first PhD paper. This is some truly exceptional #microscopy!
Congratulations @mathpreu.bsky.social - on your first PhD paper. This is some truly exceptional #microscopy!
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Excited to share my first PhD paper, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social
What if fish gills —often overlook —hold secrets about development, patterning, and function?
We uncovered how early patterning shapes adult gill architecture.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
#DevBio #Zebrafish
Excited to share my first PhD paper, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social
What if fish gills —often overlook —hold secrets about development, patterning, and function?
We uncovered how early patterning shapes adult gill architecture.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
#DevBio #Zebrafish
September 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
A brand new & beautiful microscopic atlas of #danio gill #developmemt!
Congratulations @mathpreu.bsky.social - on your first PhD paper. This is some truly exceptional #microscopy!
Congratulations @mathpreu.bsky.social - on your first PhD paper. This is some truly exceptional #microscopy!
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He wint get a Nobel Prize for shutting down the war on cancer. Or Alzheimer’s. Or diabetes.
As that’s what they are doing.
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
As that’s what they are doing.
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
He wint get a Nobel Prize for shutting down the war on cancer. Or Alzheimer’s. Or diabetes.
As that’s what they are doing.
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
As that’s what they are doing.
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Dr. Anton Windfelder
Whoever sees this ranking based on Nature Index data and is not deeply worried about the destruction of the US research environment should think again. It's not that we handing it to China on a golden platter - they already have it. Harvard is the only US one in top 10 - and falling.
September 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Whoever sees this ranking based on Nature Index data and is not deeply worried about the destruction of the US research environment should think again. It's not that we handing it to China on a golden platter - they already have it. Harvard is the only US one in top 10 - and falling.
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Exciting news — I am super honored to receive the 2025 MBoC Early Career Paper Award 🎉 My very first award 😊
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Couldn’t imagine a better send-off as I just wrapped up my postdoc at UNC and get ready to start a lab in Münster this fall 😃
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Couldn’t imagine a better send-off as I just wrapped up my postdoc at UNC and get ready to start a lab in Münster this fall 😃
September 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Exciting news — I am super honored to receive the 2025 MBoC Early Career Paper Award 🎉 My very first award 😊
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Couldn’t imagine a better send-off as I just wrapped up my postdoc at UNC and get ready to start a lab in Münster this fall 😃
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Couldn’t imagine a better send-off as I just wrapped up my postdoc at UNC and get ready to start a lab in Münster this fall 😃
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Branching morphogenesis is fundamental to animal development, shaping complex organs like lungs, kidneys, and vascular networks. Gills are another highly branched organ. Yet, the developmental processes behind gill formation in zebrafish remain poorly understood.
#zebrafish #gills #microscopy
Branching morphogenesis is fundamental to animal development, shaping complex organs like lungs, kidneys, and vascular networks. Gills are another highly branched organ. Yet, the developmental processes behind gill formation in zebrafish remain poorly understood.
#zebrafish #gills #microscopy
June 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1)
Branching morphogenesis is fundamental to animal development, shaping complex organs like lungs, kidneys, and vascular networks. Gills are another highly branched organ. Yet, the developmental processes behind gill formation in zebrafish remain poorly understood.
#zebrafish #gills #microscopy
Branching morphogenesis is fundamental to animal development, shaping complex organs like lungs, kidneys, and vascular networks. Gills are another highly branched organ. Yet, the developmental processes behind gill formation in zebrafish remain poorly understood.
#zebrafish #gills #microscopy
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I'm a breast cancer survivor. I'm likely to be a cancer patient again. I pray for cutting edge research to extend the time I have with my kids.
This breaks my heart.
It's going to lead to so much death.
This breaks my heart.
It's going to lead to so much death.
June 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm a breast cancer survivor. I'm likely to be a cancer patient again. I pray for cutting edge research to extend the time I have with my kids.
This breaks my heart.
It's going to lead to so much death.
This breaks my heart.
It's going to lead to so much death.
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Almost all Nobel Prizes are awarded for work that is exploratory, or absolutely basic science with no obvious commercial or medical benefit.
You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists.
Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.
You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists.
Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.
Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific
A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.
www.richmondscientific.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Almost all Nobel Prizes are awarded for work that is exploratory, or absolutely basic science with no obvious commercial or medical benefit.
You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists.
Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.
You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists.
Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.
Reposted by Dr. Anton Windfelder
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
Reposted by Dr. Anton Windfelder
Amazing news - the support letter to the #BethesdaDeclaration has over 10,000 signatures from scientists, Nobel Laureates, clinical trial participants, and ordinary people who care about supporting science and curing diseases.
It's not too late for you to add your name!
It's not too late for you to add your name!
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Amazing news - the support letter to the #BethesdaDeclaration has over 10,000 signatures from scientists, Nobel Laureates, clinical trial participants, and ordinary people who care about supporting science and curing diseases.
It's not too late for you to add your name!
It's not too late for you to add your name!
Reposted by Dr. Anton Windfelder
We are so screwed.
In other news this is the new pandemic preparedness kit.
In other news this is the new pandemic preparedness kit.
June 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We are so screwed.
In other news this is the new pandemic preparedness kit.
In other news this is the new pandemic preparedness kit.
Reposted by Dr. Anton Windfelder
The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Reposted by Dr. Anton Windfelder
There is still beauty in the world. (photographer unknown.)
June 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
There is still beauty in the world. (photographer unknown.)
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Very happy and thankful to be introduced as a Fwllow of the @snm-mi.bsky.social today. also thanks to the great people in my lab!
June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Very happy and thankful to be introduced as a Fwllow of the @snm-mi.bsky.social today. also thanks to the great people in my lab!