Read the spotlight here: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/13/i...
Read the whole paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@crick.ac.uk @psich.bsky.social
Excited to see our paper describing a stereotyped receptor map for smell (led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social ) out in the world! See below for short thread with open access link to paper
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/s...
This work is the product of an outstanding multidisciplinary team operating across multiple countries.
Special congrats to Safe Khan, lead author of the study. And congrats to all authors and supporting institutions!
doi.org/10.1107/S160...
@safekhan.bsky.social @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social
Here's a spotlight article on our recent study!
Tissue ultrastructure can be resolved with X-rays, which impacts not only how we can study neuronal circuits but soft tissues more generally.
Kudos to Ana Diaz, @adrianawanner.bsky.social, @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social and all authors.
What is psychosis and how can we treat it?
Crick group leader @kathaschmack.bsky.social explains how her lab is working to uncover new ways to treat psychosis by finding its biological roots.
youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU
X-ray phase contrast tomography can efficiently image brain tissue at subcellular resolution. Critical point drying allows a gentle replacement of interstitial material by air, enhancing X-ray phase c...
🔬🔦Our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’, by @carlesbosch.bsky.social, Ana Diaz, @adrianawanner.bsky.social & @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, highlights the non-destructive X-ray tomography pipeline that the authors developed to map mouse brain ultrastructure & considers future applications & developments.
Current Biology
Our Method of the Year 2025 is...drumroll please...EM-based connectomics!!
Our Editorial introduces our choice and highlights six Comments and other related content in this special issue. Please join us in celebrating EM-based connectomics! 🎉🧠🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Francis Crick Institute
Connectomics has so far outpaced the Moore’s law predictions about technological progress. At this pace, many whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening will soon be realistic.
A large network of interconnected neurons serves as the basis of brain function and of behavior. Methodological advances have enabled the reconstruction of large-scale and even whole-brain connectomes...
Connectomics is Method of the Year 2025!!
@natmethods.nature.com
just released the news nature.com/articles/s41... In my perspective piece, I afford some predictions into the future and compare how we are doing vs. genomics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
