As the 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications' course continues, today we had a peek inside one of the microscopy labs 🔬 Tzu-Lun Wang from EMBL Heidelberg is showing our group around – time for a practical session! #EMBLBrillouin
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It's day 2 of the EMBL Course 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications' at our campus 🔬
Great energy in the lecture hall at the Imaging Centre – diving into the theory before moving on to the hands-on lab sessions. Excited for what’s next! #EMBLBrillouin
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Excited to share that we’ve received an ERC Proof of Concept grant 🎉. This support will help translate our ERC funded research on developing advanced Brillouin imaging tools into real-world applications. Grateful to @erc.europa.eu and @embl.org and to my amazing lab that's behind the work!
Last chance to apply to our new Course on Brillouin microscopy! Come learn from the experts and get hands-on exposure to this powerful technique for mechanobiology and biophysics!
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If you would like to attend this course, but don't have funding, check our Microscopy Training Grants with @jcellsci.bsky.social to see if you are eligible.
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📢 Apply now for the EMBL Course 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications'!
🔬 Learn this cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging method that reveals the mechanical properties of living cells in real time.
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 9–13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
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Are you interested in mechanics in biology? Ever wondered how to measure them in 3D & high-resolution? Come and learn all about the emerging field of Brillouin microscopy! Our Course will teach the necessary background & expose you through hands-on practicals. Deadline Nov. 3rd. Apply now!
Happy to share our new preprint, a fantastic collaboration with @prevedel-lab.bsky.social ! We developped a probe that can switch between fluorescence and photoacoustic contrast upon illumination. Congrats to @kaydanych.bsky.social and Magda who led this project.
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6/6 This was a huge team effort, and I'm deeply grateful to everyone involved: Carlo Bevilacqua & Robert Prevedel @prevedel-lab.bsky.social, Connie Rumpf-Kienzl, Alexandra Zampetaki & Sebastian Fürthauer, Manuel Rufin, Orestis G. Andriotis & Philipp J. Thurner!
If you're an experienced engineer with prior exposure to science and want to shape how world-class science can be done, this job is for you! Application deadline Oct. 4, DM for details.
@embl.org Heidelberg is looking for a new Head of Scientific Instrumentation! This is an exciting opportunity at the interface between scientific research and technology development, overseeing our mechanical and electronic workshops!
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Come join us in Berlin! Exciting conference on Brillouin Microscopy with world-renowned speakers in the heart of Europe!
Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung has committed €7 million to the EMBL Imaging Centre.
That means more opportunities to create groundbreaking, next-gen imaging technologies and provide the necessary support so European life scientists can benefit.
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Thank you @ewanbirney.bsky.social !!
This is so cool - you are not looking reflection or emission of light here on the right - you are looking at a mechanical property of cells, in this case stiffness, using a custom created microscope. Excellent work @embl.org's @prevedel-lab.bsky.social and collaborators
Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Fantastic work by @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social! See below the updated & published version of our paper on the mechanical dynamics of cells during Drosophila gastrulation - out in @natcomms.nature.com! Congrats to the whole team - wonderful collaboration with @marialep.bsky.social & Julio Belmonte 🥳🙌
Fantastic talk by @hhmijanelia.bsky.social alumna and @embl.org group leader Dr. Claire Deo (@clairedeo.bsky.social). Stay tuned for her HHMI YouTube recording youtube.com/playlist?lis... #openscience @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @markkitti.bsky.social @kaydanych.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest Review on three-photon microscopy in the neurosciences - out today in @natrevneuro.nature.com! Hopefully this will help spread this powerful deep-imaging technique even further.
Access here: rdcu.be/er5SZ
Thanks to all co-authors!
Great opportunity for technology savvy students to gain experience in a stimulating & interdisciplinary research environment. Come join us @embl.org - our group also offers internship projects in advanced microscopy!
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Applications open for the EMBL #TechDev Internship!
Engineers, physicists, coders & more — join EMBL labs across Europe to build cutting-edge tools for life sciences.
Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/s...
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Wonderful news - congrats Florian, I am sure you'll do great there!
Interested in research infrastructures career?
The #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme might be right for you.
MSCA funded, the programme supports STEM researchers in becoming leaders in research infrastructures, driving innovation in life sciences 🧪
🗓️ Call opening: 30 June
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We are pleased to present our position paper outlining EMBL’s recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences'.
Our recommendations span several interconnected areas, e.g. research infrastructures, data resources, AI & training.
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Contractor: What window style do you want?
@embl.org : Fabry-Pérot.
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Thrilled and proud about our latest advancement in Brillouin microscopy - enabling true light-sheet like mechanical imaging at high throughput. Out today in @naturephotonics.bsky.social
Congratulations Carlo! @carlobevilacqua.bsky.social
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📣 Wanna hear our story about the complex mechanical dynamics that cell populations undergo during the most important morphogenetic event? -Of course I am talking about gastrulation 🙂🤘. Join us this Wed at 10:00 CET, details -> @vgzt2021.bsky.social @embl.org @prevedel-lab.bsky.social
Are you excited by advanced imaging technologies and biological applications? Do terms like ‘wavefront shaping’ or ‘photoacoustics’ mean something to you? Then come join our interdisciplinary research team @embl.org for a 3 year postdoc, funded by @cziscience.bsky.social - Please get in touch!