Gary Laevsky
@glaevsky.bsky.social
Science, dogs, and outside. Not necessarily in that order. All opinions, my own.
https://molbio.princeton.edu/core-facilities/imaging/confocal-microscopy
https://molbio.princeton.edu/core-facilities/imaging/confocal-microscopy
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Gary Laevsky
@glaevsky.bsky.social
· Apr 3
Have you been thinking of enrolling the MDI Bio Lab's #LightSheet Fluorescence Microscopy course?
Registration has been lowered to $1,000 — down from $3,500!
This is a great opportunity for researchers/students to enhance their knowledge & skills in cutting-edge #microscopy techniques. 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬
Registration has been lowered to $1,000 — down from $3,500!
This is a great opportunity for researchers/students to enhance their knowledge & skills in cutting-edge #microscopy techniques. 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2025
mdibl.org
12 systems will be there, Bruker x3!, 3i, Leica, ASI, MBF, LiT, LifeCanvas x2!, and Miltenyi! Amazing cutting-edge technology, accessible instructors, and Bar Harbor! Please re-bluesky (what do you call it here:))!
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Hi All,
The QFLIM conference at NIH Nov. 3-4, 2025 is happening!
Confirmed speakers;
Melissa Skala
Leonel Malacrida
David Jameson
Paul Wiseman
Suzanne Frances Scarlata
Thompson, Richard
Steven Vogel, Ph.D
Joanne Li
With more coming!
Website is still being updated.
namsmicroscopy.com
The QFLIM conference at NIH Nov. 3-4, 2025 is happening!
Confirmed speakers;
Melissa Skala
Leonel Malacrida
David Jameson
Paul Wiseman
Suzanne Frances Scarlata
Thompson, Richard
Steven Vogel, Ph.D
Joanne Li
With more coming!
Website is still being updated.
namsmicroscopy.com
North Atlantic Microscopy Society in Princeton, NJ
North Atlantic Microscopy Society in Princeton, NJ aims to promote microscopy education, inspire networking among microscopists, and share microscopy knowledge.
namsmicroscopy.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hi All,
The QFLIM conference at NIH Nov. 3-4, 2025 is happening!
Confirmed speakers;
Melissa Skala
Leonel Malacrida
David Jameson
Paul Wiseman
Suzanne Frances Scarlata
Thompson, Richard
Steven Vogel, Ph.D
Joanne Li
With more coming!
Website is still being updated.
namsmicroscopy.com
The QFLIM conference at NIH Nov. 3-4, 2025 is happening!
Confirmed speakers;
Melissa Skala
Leonel Malacrida
David Jameson
Paul Wiseman
Suzanne Frances Scarlata
Thompson, Richard
Steven Vogel, Ph.D
Joanne Li
With more coming!
Website is still being updated.
namsmicroscopy.com
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We are so excited to start day four with a wonderful talk from Kara Cerveny!
#lsfm25 #science #microscopy #education
@mdibiolab.bsky.social
@kara-cerveny.bsky.social
#lsfm25 #science #microscopy #education
@mdibiolab.bsky.social
@kara-cerveny.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We are so excited to start day four with a wonderful talk from Kara Cerveny!
#lsfm25 #science #microscopy #education
@mdibiolab.bsky.social
@kara-cerveny.bsky.social
#lsfm25 #science #microscopy #education
@mdibiolab.bsky.social
@kara-cerveny.bsky.social
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Step @lsfm-na.bsky.social 2025 at @mdibiolab.bsky.social organized by @glaevsky.bsky.social. Went to collect some samples... Here is a pink tunic ate!
June 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Step @lsfm-na.bsky.social 2025 at @mdibiolab.bsky.social organized by @glaevsky.bsky.social. Went to collect some samples... Here is a pink tunic ate!
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Calm before the storm…
June 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Calm before the storm…
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
The AQLM Queens of Super-res lead evening discussion. Dr. Gustavsson and Dr. Lidke help us figure out how to look REALLY close. #AQLM2025
@gustavssonlab.bsky.social
@aqlm.bsky.social
@gustavssonlab.bsky.social
@aqlm.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The AQLM Queens of Super-res lead evening discussion. Dr. Gustavsson and Dr. Lidke help us figure out how to look REALLY close. #AQLM2025
@gustavssonlab.bsky.social
@aqlm.bsky.social
@gustavssonlab.bsky.social
@aqlm.bsky.social
12 systems will be there, Bruker x3!, 3i, Leica, ASI, MBF, LiT, LifeCanvas x2!, and Miltenyi! Amazing cutting-edge technology, accessible instructors, and Bar Harbor! Please re-bluesky (what do you call it here:))!
Have you been thinking of enrolling the MDI Bio Lab's #LightSheet Fluorescence Microscopy course?
Registration has been lowered to $1,000 — down from $3,500!
This is a great opportunity for researchers/students to enhance their knowledge & skills in cutting-edge #microscopy techniques. 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬
Registration has been lowered to $1,000 — down from $3,500!
This is a great opportunity for researchers/students to enhance their knowledge & skills in cutting-edge #microscopy techniques. 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2025
mdibl.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
12 systems will be there, Bruker x3!, 3i, Leica, ASI, MBF, LiT, LifeCanvas x2!, and Miltenyi! Amazing cutting-edge technology, accessible instructors, and Bar Harbor! Please re-bluesky (what do you call it here:))!
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
MDI Bio Lab’s Light #Microscopy Facility (LMF) went from unknown to Top 5 in the US, in just five years. In this article, LMF Director Frederic Bonnet discusses how if #Maine loses @microscopy_in_maine due to federal funding cuts, it loses a key hub for #biomedical research.
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 🦞
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 🦞
A Powerful Light on Biology May Go Dark
mdibl.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
MDI Bio Lab’s Light #Microscopy Facility (LMF) went from unknown to Top 5 in the US, in just five years. In this article, LMF Director Frederic Bonnet discusses how if #Maine loses @microscopy_in_maine due to federal funding cuts, it loses a key hub for #biomedical research.
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 🦞
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 🦞
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I took my 8-year old niece to the office with me on “Workplace Visit Day."
As we walked around the office, she got very upset and started crying, so l asked her what was wrong.
As my coworkers gathered round, she sobbed loudly, "Uncle Greg, where are all the clowns you said you worked with?!"
As we walked around the office, she got very upset and started crying, so l asked her what was wrong.
As my coworkers gathered round, she sobbed loudly, "Uncle Greg, where are all the clowns you said you worked with?!"
March 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I took my 8-year old niece to the office with me on “Workplace Visit Day."
As we walked around the office, she got very upset and started crying, so l asked her what was wrong.
As my coworkers gathered round, she sobbed loudly, "Uncle Greg, where are all the clowns you said you worked with?!"
As we walked around the office, she got very upset and started crying, so l asked her what was wrong.
As my coworkers gathered round, she sobbed loudly, "Uncle Greg, where are all the clowns you said you worked with?!"
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
OH SHIT HE'S DOING THE THING
March 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
OH SHIT HE'S DOING THE THING
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:
March 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
In case you missed it, the proposed NIH research grant caps would mean a 27% reduction in expected funding for the MDI Bio Lab. These funds are essential for supporting ongoing grants that drive our research, training, and outreach programs. Today we #StandUpForScience2025!
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 👩🔬
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 👩🔬
MDI Bio Lab Responds to Announced Cuts in NIH Research Grants
ow.ly
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In case you missed it, the proposed NIH research grant caps would mean a 27% reduction in expected funding for the MDI Bio Lab. These funds are essential for supporting ongoing grants that drive our research, training, and outreach programs. Today we #StandUpForScience2025!
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 👩🔬
#standwithscience 🧪 🤝 👩🔬
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Everyone is invited to a spring picnic 🍉
🎥wildrootsfarm
🎥wildrootsfarm
March 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Everyone is invited to a spring picnic 🍉
🎥wildrootsfarm
🎥wildrootsfarm
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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Love seeing some amazing Lattice LightSheet movies resurface a decade later to remind us what can be done with this crazy gentle microscopy technique! Thanks Pablo for bumping this amazing one @pjsaez.bsky.social!
www.intelligent-imaging.com/lattice
www.intelligent-imaging.com/lattice
February 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Love seeing some amazing Lattice LightSheet movies resurface a decade later to remind us what can be done with this crazy gentle microscopy technique! Thanks Pablo for bumping this amazing one @pjsaez.bsky.social!
www.intelligent-imaging.com/lattice
www.intelligent-imaging.com/lattice
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okay🧪🔬 nerds, I'm pissed. Emailed a CZI fellow, asking her if CZI will bend the knee. Her reply:
chanzuckerberg.com/blog/refinin...
I've copied the important part below (note the signatory) Please retweet or whatever to amplify. You are naive if you're not taking action. I hate this.
chanzuckerberg.com/blog/refinin...
I've copied the important part below (note the signatory) Please retweet or whatever to amplify. You are naive if you're not taking action. I hate this.
February 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
okay🧪🔬 nerds, I'm pissed. Emailed a CZI fellow, asking her if CZI will bend the knee. Her reply:
chanzuckerberg.com/blog/refinin...
I've copied the important part below (note the signatory) Please retweet or whatever to amplify. You are naive if you're not taking action. I hate this.
chanzuckerberg.com/blog/refinin...
I've copied the important part below (note the signatory) Please retweet or whatever to amplify. You are naive if you're not taking action. I hate this.
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
Basic research is a foundation of the scientific world. But what is it, exactly?
#standwithscience #standupforscience2025
🧪 🤝 🧬 🐟🎸 🍎
#standwithscience #standupforscience2025
🧪 🤝 🧬 🐟🎸 🍎
February 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Basic research is a foundation of the scientific world. But what is it, exactly?
#standwithscience #standupforscience2025
🧪 🤝 🧬 🐟🎸 🍎
#standwithscience #standupforscience2025
🧪 🤝 🧬 🐟🎸 🍎
Bring your own samples! Learn from some of the experts! Go shopping for a system (ALL major vendors will be there!). Go hiking in Acadia!
Registration for LSFM at @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social 6/1-6/7 is now open! This is an amazing academic environment, and is unique that all the major vendors will be there and students are ENCOURAGED to bring their own samples! mdibl.org/course/lsfm-...
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2025
mdibl.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bring your own samples! Learn from some of the experts! Go shopping for a system (ALL major vendors will be there!). Go hiking in Acadia!
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
Hey nerds, Day 2 of the Tissue Clearing Workshop at #MiCrON. Tomorrow we'll see if we can resolve these growth cones imaged here with @the.3i.social lightsheet #microscope at 2x2x2 voxel resolution 🧪🔬.
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hey nerds, Day 2 of the Tissue Clearing Workshop at #MiCrON. Tomorrow we'll see if we can resolve these growth cones imaged here with @the.3i.social lightsheet #microscope at 2x2x2 voxel resolution 🧪🔬.
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
Judge orders restoration of federal health websites
The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
Reposted by Gary Laevsky
What keeps science running? It’s not just brilliant minds—it's also things like electricity and lab space! MDI Bio Lab's @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social talks to @mainepublic.org about how at-risk #NIH funding supports the infrastructure behind biomedical breakthroughs. #standwithscience 🧪🤝 🍎🧬
Uncertainty around federal funding leaves Maine nonprofits in limbo
Many nonprofits say the uncertainty surrounding future funding has left them in limbo and has put some programs in jeopardy.
www.mainepublic.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What keeps science running? It’s not just brilliant minds—it's also things like electricity and lab space! MDI Bio Lab's @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social talks to @mainepublic.org about how at-risk #NIH funding supports the infrastructure behind biomedical breakthroughs. #standwithscience 🧪🤝 🍎🧬