wow. A scientific fact I mentioned in several of my books is no longer true. Also, all biology / biochemistry textbooks need to be updated. Oh well. Exciting to see such a major change though.
@napari (a @NumFOCUS sponsored project) is a package I didn't know I needed, but which I can't live without anymore.
Super useful to visualize N-dimensional microscopy images (x, y, z, t, channel, scene).
I use it as a standalone viewer to visualize microscope images, but also during debugging, napari.imshow(image_array) spawns the viewer and this is so much more convenient than matplotlib!
There seems to be a healthy ecosystem of plugins too :)
📣 Exciting update from the Nephrolab :koeln: Cologne:
This preprint marks our debut in the BBS research area, presenting work of Emilia Kieckhöfer on cystic kidney disease in Bbs8 and potential mechanisms.
A heartfelt thank you to Helen May-Simera and her team, along with all other contributors, for their invaluable support!
As a group leader, you'll be recruiting through our competitive #PhD Program, shared with other institutes at the The Vienna BioCenter: https://training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/
Are you doing cell biology or biomedical research? Light microscopy-based imaging? If a facility for (multiplexed) imaging would pop up in your department, what would be your expectations and wishes for it? If you (would) run one, what is crucial?
I’ve applied for a (multiplexed) imaging facility manager job and would like to collect a few use scenarios (think tools, training, data analysis) to prepare for the interview. #CellBiology#Microscopy#Imaging#Biology#LightMicroscopy#Science
'By studying plant cell walls... we can reveal the composition of how leaves and stems of plants are actually constructed. This is exactly what a team of University of Copenhagen researchers has done, in a large comprehensive study. In doing so, they have created something truly novel: a large "reference catalogue" of plant cell wall compositions from 287 species, broadly representing the entire plant kingdom.'
The Visualizing Biological Data 2024 workshop (VIZBI), March 13-15 in Los Angeles, looks very interesting. Speakers will discuss visualization in areas like #genetics, #cellBiology and #ecology. Participants can present a poster and lightning talk. Mine will cover neuVid, which simplifies video production with #Blender3D. Here it is showing some #Drosophila neurons from the FlyWire data set, using #AI to parse my natural language description of the video.
"Frame on neuron 393766777 from the Janelia hemibrain. Orbit the camera 45 degrees over 6 seconds, and move in 25% while orbiting. 1 second in, fade on neuron 1196854070 over 1 second. Then fade on the output synapses of 393766777 connecting to 1196854070 taking 1 second. Synapses should be extra big."
Today, I'm sharing one of my early #SciArt pieces. I called this series "Kaleidoscopic Cells" and used my own cellular organelle illustrations to create them.
From the renowned biochemist and author of The Vital Question, an illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life.
“Nick Lane’s exploration of the building blocks that underlie life’s big fundamental questions―the origin of life itself, aging, and disease―have shaped my thinking since I first came across his work. He is one of my favorite science writers.”―Bill Gates
Researchers from university labs in the U.K. are developing models of brain cell interactions using a company's synthetic human cells derived from stem cells.