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Victoria, British Columbia
Joined August 2018
Stunning! 🤔What does this mean functionally?
Neurons come in many different morphologies or shapes. Check out just some of the diversity of just inhibitory neurons in this beautiful video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team.
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Neurons come in many different morphologies or shapes. Check out just some of the diversity of just inhibitory neurons in this beautiful video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team.
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Congratulations to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel & Karl Deisseroth on this remarkable recognition for their pioneering work in #Optogenetics! At #Femtonics, we’re proud to support this field with advanced 2P and 3D microscopy & photostimulation technologies. #NobelPrize #Neuroscience
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Being a parent during my 🧪 PhD and postdoc meant putting my passion for music on the back of the ol' Bunsen burner. 10+ years later, it feels good to be back. Aptly named, RESURGENCE is now HERE🤘 Thanks for your support 🙏 #midlife #musictherapy #smallwins #altmusic #gatetheory
Debut EP, RESURGENCE, available NOW for purchase on CD/tape on Bandcamp and on all major streaming platforms🤘 gatetheory.bandcamp.com/albu… open.spotify.com/artist/2q89… music.apple.com/us/album/res… #newmusic #drop #womenofmetal #altmetal #gatetheory
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✈️ Looking forward to 🤝 connecting, 💡learning, and 🔬 discussing in vivo 3D voltage imaging and beyond at @BioimagingNA I2KxBINA2026. 🙏 @Femtonics , thanks for the opportunity!
Meet us at I2K x BINA 2026! 🔬 Our North American Sales Representative, @PStemkowski, is in Madison, Wisconsin this week for BioImaging North America – I2K x BINA 2026. Interested in what FEMTONICS’ Acousto-Optic technology can bring to your research? Connect with Pat and don’t miss our poster on Wednesday, Sept 30, from 4:15–6:15 pm. See you in Madison! 👋 #I2KxBINA #BioImaging #Microscopy #TwoPhoton #AcoustoOptics #FEMTONICS
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🤔Looking to unravel your biology @BioimagingNA I2KxBINA 2026? 💡Let's connect and explore possibilities with @Femtonics 🔬breakthrough Acousto-Optic Technology! 👉DM for ☕️ & visit our poster on Wed, Sept 30, 4:15 - 6:15 pm #TwoPhoton #microscopy #3D #VoltageImaging #biology
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Homemade guitar tabs for y'all 🤘 #guitar #playthrough #diy #altmusic #gatetheory
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#HappyMicroscopyMonday #microscopycommunity - Can’t join us in Madison? You can still be part of I2KxBINA 2026 via Zoom Events! 🎟️ Virtual registration is FREE! 📅 Virtual registration closes September 27, 2026 Link: buff.ly/qoZqTbm
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Reduced astroglial-synapse coverage on cortical non-engram cells shapes remote memory strength sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🚨🧠📄 @biorxivpreprint: L5 ACC engages dlPAG to facilitate affective pain First, map opioid+ pain ACC neurons: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Next, ID endogenous opioid control across the PAG: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article… Now, we link the ACC→dlPAG circuit: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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So nice to see our mClover3, the freeware equivalent to mNeonGreen, being useful mGreenLantern and mStayGold(Miyawaki) may be even better now though
This 'important' Tools and Resources paper establishes a robust live-imaging toolkit to characterize excitatory and inhibitory synaptic dynamics during neuronal development. The methodology and quantitative data are 'convincing' and well validated. elifesciences.org/articles/1…
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🧠 We’re heading to #FENS2026 in Barcelona! Visit Femtonics at Booth #15, July 6–10, for a live, hands-on demo of our multiphoton imaging technology. Meet the team and explore advanced imaging solutions for neuroscience research. 🔬
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It was a blast visiting @Femtonics and @BVC2021 🚀 I look forward to spreading the word about Acousto-Optical Technology and how it is revolutionizing the exploration of the living brain in 3D 🧠 🔬 #TwoPhoton #Microscopy #OpticalImaging #Neuroscience
A new chapter in BrainVisionCenter’s collaboration with Prof. @attila_losonczy , leading neuroscientist at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Following a recent joint Neuron publication with Dr. Balázs Rózsa, his visit to BVC opened new directions for future joint research.
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From sparse signals to world-class science 🔬✨ 🎥 In this interview, researcher Tristan Geiller explains how FEMTO3D ATLAS was instrumental in studying elusive hippocampal interneurons—unlocking data that helped lead to publications in Nature and Science.
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🤔 Is dendritic processing of information compartmentalized in the intact, living brain? 👇 #neurotwitter #brainresearch #microscopy #voltage #imaging – at Budapest, Hungary
There have been several impressive recent studies on dendritic voltage and calcium imaging in hippocampus. In this blog post, I review some of them: gcamp6f.com/2026/05/19/dendr… Great work by @BHL1117, @XiangWu96, Adam Cohen, @attila_losonczy, Balazs Rosza, Kevin Gonzalez, and others!
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Do not miss the opportunity to learn the newest imaging techniques from fantastic neuroscientists in the sun ☀️ of Florida. Apply today!
Registration for the 2025 @MPFNeuro Neurotechniques Course closes this Wednesday! Co-directed by @Ryohei_Neuro & @denisejcai and led by an amazing team of experts, this hands-on course is a great opportunity to learn cutting-edge methods in neuroscience 🔬🧠
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🔬 Imaging in biological samples can be challenging...all is not lost, see the💡light HERE 👇 #OpticalImaging #microscopy – at Sooke, British Columbia
Scattering & absorption are key challenges in 🔬 fluorescence imaging of thick samples. Click the 🔗 link to get a helpful and balanced perspective 👉 bliqphotonics.com/friends-an… 🙏 Huge thanks to Pina Colarusso and Craig Brideau at the Live Cell Imaging (LCI) Laboratory @UCalgary for sharing some important insights, including how changes in refractive index affect light travel through samples! 🎥 Watch the demo video with original music by @PStemkowski. #MicroscopyTips #ScienceCommunication #ScienceTwitter #FluorescenceMicroscopy #MultiphotonMicroscopy #TissueClearing
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From locomotion to somatosensation, the #SpinalCord is a BIG deal ...explore more in your #Neuroscience #research 👇 – at Sooke, British Columbia
Just in time for National 🇨🇦 Pain Awareness week, can you spot the superficial region of the spinal dorsal horn where processing of incoming nociceptive signals occurs? 🔬 Explore efficient 3D imaging in large intact samples like the spinal cord with 2P Bessel beam light sheet technology 👉bliqphotonics.com/solutions/… Here, light sheet fluorescent microscopy was performed in a DAPI-stained adult mouse spinal cord cleared with iDISCO at 720 nm excitation from an infra-red @light_con laser. The 3D projection from a 2.5 mm z-stack was performed using @MBFBioscience Neurolucida® 360 software. Thanks 🙏 to @SteveLacroix7 and team @LavalUniversity for the sample and @pain_canada for giving pain the attention it truly deserves. Original music courtesy @PStemkowski. #fluorescence #microscopy #lightsheet #lsfm #imaging #iDISCO #spinalcord #pain #research
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This week is National Pain Awareness Week in Canada!🇨🇦 To reach more people - our colouring book has been translated into French! and it is now available!🧠✨📚🎉⚜️🇫🇷 Our project is supported by @rqrd_qprn & @aecrpain Thank you! thebraincolouringbook.com/or…
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Have you been there 😟? Be prepared, life happens when 🔬 imaging... #microscopy #data #LifeSciences – at Sooke, British Columbia
Avoid the heartache 💔 of lost data and streamline your 🔬 imaging workflow! Learn more in this latest blog 👉 bliqphotonics.com/where-did-… A Data Management Plan (DMP) helps you organize, protect and efficiently manage your data throughout the lifecycle of your research project. 🙏 Thank you to our colleagues Pina Colarusso and Craig Brideau at the Live Cell Imaging (LCI) Laboratory @UCalgary for this important reminder that a solid DMP should be in place, even before the first sample is prepared! #Microscopy #Imaging #DataManagement #Research #ScienceTwitter
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