Thanks for pointing out the bug and providing an immediate fix!

Alrity that is it for my inaugural thread. Congrats if you made it this far.
It is a joy working with/for @spencerlaveresmith.bsky.social and our bsky-less labmates.
Hope everyone is having a good week/month/year and if not maybe treat yourselves to a Cousa objective (use code filipsentme0) (5/5)

And like that blinkifying your suite2p processed data has never been easier. Now you can finally make those ROIs pop ad libitum. Ornot. @ornotbike.bsky.social (use code Ereneta10 for 10% off)


For hardware that delivers extra crisp cells and generous FOVs, check out @pacificoptica.bsky.social (4/5)

We made a blink-enhancing app for calcium imaging and you won't believe what happened next! YouTube video by Filip Tomáška

Primarily made for my wonderful lab but why not share the joy of blinking? So here it is: github.com/ftomaska/roi...
a fresh new repo with both a matlab and a python version. If you feel like watching a clearly unscripted demo I have an option for you right here: youtu.be/my1CE9sn2FQ (3/5)

... the VIBES here at @ucsb.bsky.social are famously immaculate. Something to do with the combo of the beach (www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2kU...) and S-tier science...?

So I figured it might be a good idea to VIBEcode a GUI for our calcium blink amplifier. Make it easier (more fun?) to use (2/5)

Hey everyone! 
Do you remember this post from your fav blogger? labrigger.com/blog/2025/11...


Not super easy to use - I know. Well, spring break has sprung here at ucsb and we decided to bring that activation energy down a notch.
 I guess welcome to my first bsky thread? letsgo (1/5)

confirmed true, but I haven't seen him eat one. yet

big FOV energy

Glutamate indicators with increased sensitivity and tailored deactivation rates - Nature Methods iGluSnFR4f and iGluSnFR4s are the latest generation of genetically encoded glutamate sensors. They are advantageous for detecting rapid dynamics and large population activity, respectively, as demonst...

iGluSnFR4 is now available @natmethods.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Glutamate indicators with increased sensitivity and tailored deactivation rates 🧪

On the left, the image shows a schematic of a fly head, ring neurons and EPG neurons together with some calcium imaging frames. On the right is a photo of a fly on a ball in virtual reality and another schematic of a VR system.

📢 Join us, the Haberkern lab, @uni-wuerzburg.de for a postdoc studying neural circuit mechanisms of navigation. You’ll spearheading neurophysiology experiments on our brand new 2P!

⏳ Apply by 28th February 2026

Details: www.haberkernlab.de/docs/ENPostd...

#neuroscience #academicjobs #postdoc

Learning how to ignore hunger does not sound like a great evolutionary strategy. They might need admin privileges to control those.

The hustle to crack the genetic code between Nirenberg and Ochoa was a pretty spicy one too! Or so I hear.

how it started

how it's going

MB130C73 Intro to Horticulture @charlesuni.cuni.cz
how it started how it's going

highly processed calcium imaging >>> highly processed foods

congrats! one of the most exciting things I remember from SLB. glad to see it out!

🚨iGluSnFR4 is finally out!🚨🧪

We present iGluSnFR4f and 4s, a novel pair of genetically-encoded glutamate indicators designed for high-fidelity imaging of synaptic activity in the living brain. ⬇️

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎥 Below: iGluSnFR4s detecting minis in cultures w/ TTX

#Neuroscience

Happy new year sky fam

Can't get the pdf to load :( hope it's just a me problem

Happy Thursday. Bird up

off target

Maximal support but only self generated starter packs count go.bsky.app/3vKYJLF

Rainy day bird

and the campus is on the beach

these are very fun, thanks!

Microscopy photo showing some cell types in the brain, including neurons in blue, astrocytes in gold and microglia in purple. Piece of the frontal cortex (Brodmann area 46), rhesus macaque.

Just a piece of cortex I saw under the microscope today 🤓🔬
Cell types: neurons 🔵, astrocytes 🟡, microglia 🟣. Observe how astrocytes are covering two long blood vessels, crossing all the gray matter and almost reaching white matter. The brain is so pretty!

Still here

'can't spell behavior without u' sounds like a 10/10 pickup line

New day new bird

This place sort of feels like the science Twitter I used to like. Maybe even better? Fingers crossed.

Wish I had a fresh preprint to share, but here's the next best thing:
a fresh osprey with some blue sky background.

never gets old