TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data.
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog
🔬How do you study thousands of neurons at once? You build better tools.
ECE Prof. Spencer Smith's SLAB Lab designed a scan angle multiplier that achieves the laser scanning trifecta: high speed, high resolution, and a larger area.🧠⚡
📜https://tinyurl.com/36j7pa3d
We present:
Index-agnostic oblique plane light sheet microscopy of centimetre-scale cleared tissues at subcellular resolution
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Delighted that a new online talk is up for viewz on Youtube: "Evolution of the Vertebrate Eye". Thanks to Marion Silies and Luisa Ramirez for hosting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrYJ....
A red-emitting, genetically encoded indicator for two-photon voltage recording in vivo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
PinkyCaMP is finally published!!
My first paper co-first authored with @sikmys.bsky.social where we make a great optogenetic and multiplex compatible red calcium indicator.
Thank you to @massecklab.bsky.social and @campbell-lab.bsky.social for guiding this journey
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Beehive's #preprint is out! A simple electronics platform platform for building research tools and to teach programming.. preprints.scielo.org/index.php/sc... #openhardware #neuroskyence
Excited to share that the main project from my PhD is now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social!
📄 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
@istaresearch.bsky.social
How is the ON and OFF pathway split in the visual system? 🤔
The textbook standard, that bipolar cells are separated simply by the glutamate receptors they express, might be due for an update....a short 🧵
PinkyCaMP is a red genetically encoded calcium indicator with improved brightness and photostability. Derived from mScarlet, it does not exhibit photoswitching upon blue light illumination and is ther...
#FluorescenceFriday ✨
A glimpse into the beautifully layered architecture of the zebra finch retina highlighting the remarkable stratification of retinal cells and circuits from two different perspectives:
🔬 First image: a side view
Frog metamorphosis reveals how spinal circuits adapt to new motor demands. Vijatovic
et al. demonstrate that the shift from tail- to limb-based locomotion coincides with
expansion and diversification ...
In this manuscript we present BeeHive, a standardized, open-source hardware electronics ecosystem designed to address challenges faced by researchers when developing custom scientific equipment. Beehive is flexible and interoperable, since it is organised around minimal design rules. It consists of a microcontroller-based mainboard and function-specific Daughter Boards (DBs) for controlling actuators or reading sensors, allowing researchers to rapidly combine and repurpose components to build complex, specialized systems. This modular approach significantly reduces the time and cost associated with instrumentation development, promoting effective collaboration through shared, standardized solutions. The platform's versatility is demonstrated across several neuroscience applications, including a reward delivery system for head-fixed mice, a modular mouse maze, and an odour stimulator, alongside a dedicated Training DB and curriculum designed to teach electronics and MicroPython programming in an integrated, project-based manner. By embracing open-source principles for hardware and software, BeeHive lowers the barrier to entry for researchers in developing their own setups, fostering greater accessibility, reproducibility, and innovation. The system is also discipline agnostic, and could be used to create tools in different fields.
