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samjlord.bsky.social
Cell biology and microscopy researcher in the @MullinsLab at UCSF. I publish as Samuel J. Lord. https://blog.everydayscientist.com/
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New actin probe from @veselin-nasufovic.bsky.social et al! SiR-XActin and its variants are more photostable and less perturbative than SiR-actin or FastAct. And it's already available from @spirochrome.com! With some beautiful data from @chillinwithpfn1.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Calling all Bay Area researchers for a paid opportunity: the @asterainstitute.bsky.social Open Science Program’s User Testing Day in Emeryville on Feb 11! 📍 Try cutting-edge research tools 💡 Share feedback 🍷 Network Apply by Feb 5: forms.gle/1qk4PHjbee35... #UXTesting #Biotech #OpenScience

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

@jjalston.bsky.social congrats on the Hanna Gray!

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

That time of year…

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

How can the dose be an order of magnitude lower than they first estimated, but then have zero change in their conclusion? Shouldn’t their concern about black plastic cookware be 10x lower now?? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

I still miss the tan M&Ms.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

“NIH reiterates that compliance with the Policy does not require the payment of an open access fee to a journal…free pathway to compliance can be achieved by depositing the Author Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central for public availability upon the Official Date of Publication without embargo.“

submitted 72 days ago • 8 comments

Advances in microscopy mean we can now do more than just observe biology—we can control it. But how far can we really push this in mammalian cells with all their (beautiful but annoying) heterogeneity? 🧪🔬(🧵)

submitted 73 days ago • 4 comments

Speakers, try adjusting gamma on your images (e.g. 0.45) on your slides. Especially for images that are still hard to see after optimizing contrast. #CellBio2024

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

The #CellBio2024 lanyards:

submitted 76 days ago • 4 comments

Sharing my latest preprint as a re-introduction to bsky! biorxiv.org/content/10.1... ---- Everyday, cells like this crawl through your body to protect you. While we know that their front 🔴 and back 🔵 polarity programs work together, how exactly do these two processes communicate?

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

Q: What's wrong with these plots? A: Pooling cell-level measurements across multiple runs conceals experimental reproducibility. Read more in JCB (with @fritzlaylin.bsky.social @katrinavelle.bsky.social & Dyche Mullins): rupress.org/jcb/article/...

submitted 102 days ago • 10 comments

A starter pack of starter packs...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

I'm trying to find all the cool people sharing microscopy here. Help me 🤓🔬 go.bsky.app/Aaf8sKT

submitted 108 days ago • 63 comments