Overheard at the seminar: Genetically speaking, sheep is just a hairy cow. #Science #genetics #Biology

Proud to receive 1st place in the Science Image Competition in Microscopy from Wikimedia Ukraine! QR code leads to the competition results in all categories. #science #competition #parasitology #toxoplasma #microscopy #expansionmicroscopy

Yay! Our preprint on affordable super-resolution tool for #Toxoplasma chronic stage is out! Leveraging #ExM to explore cysts wasn't easy, and I'm excited about the possibilities this opens up for Toxo parasitologists. Joanna Young lab biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #Microscopy #Science

Our new paper is published today on Development!!!! A collaboration with Deirdre Lyons and Vanessa Barone where we use sea star embryos to analyse the 3D packing dynamics and, of course, #sctuoids. This is the Thesis work of Antonio Tagua. doi.org/10.1242/dev.20…

Okhmatdyt, one of Ukraine's largest children's hospitals, suffered significant damage in Kyiv as a result of another Russian mass missile strike on Ukraine. There are reports of injured children. Emergency services and ordinary Kyiv residents are removing the rubble. During the

Hello, fellow researchers, May I ask you to spread the word? The Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin is awarding a short-term fellowship for scholars at risk from Ukraine: oei.fu-berlin.de/en/institut/an…

Ha! Rejoice with me - our paper got published! We developed a method to expand Toxoplasma cysts using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, so now you can do affordable super-resolution protein localisation on the chronic stage too! tinyurl.com/5xzf524u

#FluorescenceFriday: Meet the choroid plexus—your brain’s cerebrospinal fluid factory! This fluid cushions, nourishes, and cleans the #brain, keeping it buoyant and protected. The net-like plexus in brain cavities is vital for your oh-so-comfy zero-concussion life! #neuroscience

Ho-ho! 🎄 I won 1st place in the Festive Science Image Comp (w/ Marc Zacher)! My Xmas card, featuring a Toxoplasma "tree," is now on sale. Big thanks to my brother for his creative touch! Learn more and order here: bit.ly/3ZDCY67 #ScienceArt #Christmas

My '37th View of Mount Fuji,' is a January cover for Scottish Microscopy Society's 2025 fundraising calendar! Got it at SMS 50th Annual Symposium, where I gave a talk on #expansionmicroscopy. A 'mountain' formed by ependymal cell nuclei in the mouse brainstem. #Microscopy #FluorescenceFriday

Artefacts: A striking #Purkinje neuron splash. In 2018, I misaligned the #brain while slicing, creating a diagonal cut. Instead of one layer, multiple rows appeared—unexpected beauty from error :) 🟦 Cell nuclei 🟥 Kv3.3 channels #Neuroscience #Microscopy #FluorescenceFriday

Just won a Huygens Image Contest award from SVI Huygens with a #Toxoplasma-filled vacuole in fibroblasts :D 🟦 #Parasites 🟨🟧🟥🟪 depth-coloured nuclei (#DNA) of all cells present (deeper-darker) Microscope: ZEISS Microscopy LSM980 Scale: 5 μm #Microscopy #FluorescenceMonday

Neuron art or tissue tears? Here's how my botched prep made a sassy comeback under the microscope. Keep your hands steady, and blades sharp while sectioning. See a full post on this on my Linkedin. 🟨 Cell nuclei 🟪 Kv3.3 channels #Neuroscience #Microscopy #FluorescenceTuesday

AN OLD MAN WITH A TERRIBLE HAIRSTYLE IS TALKING SHIT. #Trump, the President of the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, is telling fake news about #Ukraine, and it's REALLY annoying. We CANNOT pass it by and we have to respond with a WONDERFUL infographic that will convince EVERYONE.