Scientist / Writer / Creative. Molecular Brain Mapping at the MRC-LMB. He/They. All views my own.
Sven Truckenbrodt
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Great talking to Patrick Jack at Times Higher Education about my starting a group at the LMB in Cambridge, UK — people and institutions over here are getting things done.
I've been amazed how quickly my capital equipment purchases are being processed — that's how you make the science go faster!
Connectomics is in an incredible exciting phase — it really feels like we are seeing breakthroughs every few months, now.
This is built on decades of hard work and creative thinking, of course. Still, it is difficult not to feel as if even greater things are in the air.
E11's self-correcting neuron barcoding technology PRISM is getting us closer to scalable connectomics — this will enable connectomics research we've been dreaming of for decades 🌈🧠🔬
The cat is officially out of the bag!
The LMB is home to a unique community of outstanding connectomics scientists — I'm so excited about adding my own molecular and expansion microscopy expertise to the mix!
This is going to be the most exciting journey of my scientific career — more soon! 🌈🧠
Come join us online on July 16 to learn about PlantEx — using expansion microscopy to image plants at 20–60 nm resolution, and in multi-colour no less! ☘️🌈🔬
This is why I really appreciate Katalin Karikó's "Breaking Through" — her account is full of hardship.
Most fascinating: her love for science and unquenchable curiosity never fade from her account — the hardship is the point, not something she ever let hold her back.
It is concerning how much fundamental scientific infrastructure is at the whim of, ultimately, disinterested third-party funders.
I don't know how to solve this, but scientific independence should become a movement. We need long-term stability.
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The Molecular Brain Mapping group at the MRC-LMB is hiring! 🌈🧠
I'm looking for people who are excited about revealing the many molecular layers of the "hidden connectome" with expansion microscopy, in a highly intersectional environment exploring ideas in meta-science.
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Sven Truckenbrodt
The Molecular Brain Mapping group at the MRC-LMB is hiring! 🌈🧠
I'm looking for people who are excited about developing multimodal analysis and visualization tools to capture the "hidden connectome," in a highly intersectional environment exploring ideas in meta-science.
mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
Sven Truckenbrodt
Sven Truckenbrodt
Many of you in #AcademicBsky in the northern hemisphere might not know the dire state of Australian academia. This essay by Andrew Dean is a fair snapshot of the state of the sector.
Thinking today especially of academics in some Aus unis facing mass job cuts ~ 3,000 jobs on the chopping block now.
Register now for the 2nd webinar in our new series on quantitative plant imaging, hosted by @ajcellbio.bsky.social & @joemckenna.bsky.social. In this webinar we’ll hear from @laurabacete.bsky.social on Brillouin microscopy & @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social on expansion microscopy.
🗓️16 July, 15:00 BST
Nobody’s happy about the state of Australian universities, but a seasoned academic has some remedies
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
LMB welcomes @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social as a new Group Leader in our Neurobiology Division!
Sven will develop molecular brain mapping, harnessing expansion microscopy & molecular biology methods to better understand the neural basis of behaviour.
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Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
Oded Rechavi
A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...
In an interview with @timeshighered.bsky.social, @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social, Group Leader of the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, shares his motivations for moving to the LMB & how Global Talent Funding has helped.
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Greg Jefferis
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Two of the first beneficiaries of £54 million Global Talent Fund discuss how US funding uncertainties – as well as desire for home comforts – influenced their decision to move
