🧠💡 #ImageOfTheMonth October 2026: 3D cerebral vascular network via iDISCO⁺ & light-sheet microscopy. Capillaries/veins (blue) & arteries (red) in adult mouse. E.Casas/C.Peghaire/T.Couffinhal (VBHI) Collaboration with: N.Renier /L. Mathé/S.Debette (ICM) | J.Teillon (BIC).
#Neuro #Imaging #Science
#Neuro #Imaging #Science
October 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
🧠💡 #ImageOfTheMonth October 2026: 3D cerebral vascular network via iDISCO⁺ & light-sheet microscopy. Capillaries/veins (blue) & arteries (red) in adult mouse. E.Casas/C.Peghaire/T.Couffinhal (VBHI) Collaboration with: N.Renier /L. Mathé/S.Debette (ICM) | J.Teillon (BIC).
#Neuro #Imaging #Science
#Neuro #Imaging #Science
The #ImageoftheMonth is about #brownFat and how it could be used to treat #obesity and #diabetes. @bcmhouston.bsky.social. Thank you Dr. M-H Chen for the image. blogs.bcm.edu/2026/10/06/i...
October 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The #ImageoftheMonth is about #brownFat and how it could be used to treat #obesity and #diabetes. @bcmhouston.bsky.social. Thank you Dr. M-H Chen for the image. blogs.bcm.edu/2026/10/06/i...
#ImageOfTheMonth September 2026
🍇 15 µm Vitis vinifera wood cross-section (Safranin/Astra Blue). Xylem vessels revealed segmentation. Image by Samuele Moretti, Nathalie Ferrer, @chloedelmas.bsky.social (SAVE) & Guillaume Maucort (BIC). #PlantScience #Microscopy #BIC
🍇 15 µm Vitis vinifera wood cross-section (Safranin/Astra Blue). Xylem vessels revealed segmentation. Image by Samuele Moretti, Nathalie Ferrer, @chloedelmas.bsky.social (SAVE) & Guillaume Maucort (BIC). #PlantScience #Microscopy #BIC
September 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
#ImageOfTheMonth September 2026
🍇 15 µm Vitis vinifera wood cross-section (Safranin/Astra Blue). Xylem vessels revealed segmentation. Image by Samuele Moretti, Nathalie Ferrer, @chloedelmas.bsky.social (SAVE) & Guillaume Maucort (BIC). #PlantScience #Microscopy #BIC
🍇 15 µm Vitis vinifera wood cross-section (Safranin/Astra Blue). Xylem vessels revealed segmentation. Image by Samuele Moretti, Nathalie Ferrer, @chloedelmas.bsky.social (SAVE) & Guillaume Maucort (BIC). #PlantScience #Microscopy #BIC
➡️ Endoscopic resection of a bleeding duodenal Brunner gland hamartome presenting with acute anemia. Highlights a rare but important cause of upper GI bleeding in patients without typical risk factors.
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🏷️ #ImageoftheMonth
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🏷️ #ImageoftheMonth
August 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
➡️ Endoscopic resection of a bleeding duodenal Brunner gland hamartome presenting with acute anemia. Highlights a rare but important cause of upper GI bleeding in patients without typical risk factors.
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🏷️ #ImageoftheMonth
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🏷️ #ImageoftheMonth
30-cm Color WorldView Image of the Month – Washington D.C. See this amazing image in this month's edition of the Apollo Mapping #GeoSpatialTimes Newsletter at
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#SatelliteImagery #SatelliteMapping #GIS #ImageofTheMonth
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#SatelliteImagery #SatelliteMapping #GIS #ImageofTheMonth
April 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
30-cm Color WorldView Image of the Month – Washington D.C. See this amazing image in this month's edition of the Apollo Mapping #GeoSpatialTimes Newsletter at
apollomapping.com/blog/30-cm-c...
#SatelliteImagery #SatelliteMapping #GIS #ImageofTheMonth
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#SatelliteImagery #SatelliteMapping #GIS #ImageofTheMonth
#ImageOfTheMonth August 2026
🔬 Stunning 8x expanded human hippocampus! Microglia (pink), lysosomes (yellow), nuclei (grey). Collaboration: Ana Victoria Prádanos Senén (@cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social) & @monica-bic.bsky.social (BIC). #Neuroscience #ExpansionMicroscopy
🔬 Stunning 8x expanded human hippocampus! Microglia (pink), lysosomes (yellow), nuclei (grey). Collaboration: Ana Victoria Prádanos Senén (@cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social) & @monica-bic.bsky.social (BIC). #Neuroscience #ExpansionMicroscopy
August 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM
#ImageOfTheMonth August 2026
🔬 Stunning 8x expanded human hippocampus! Microglia (pink), lysosomes (yellow), nuclei (grey). Collaboration: Ana Victoria Prádanos Senén (@cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social) & @monica-bic.bsky.social (BIC). #Neuroscience #ExpansionMicroscopy
🔬 Stunning 8x expanded human hippocampus! Microglia (pink), lysosomes (yellow), nuclei (grey). Collaboration: Ana Victoria Prádanos Senén (@cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social) & @monica-bic.bsky.social (BIC). #Neuroscience #ExpansionMicroscopy
#ImageOfTheMonth July 2026 🌿✨
Spotlight on Alizé Chambard @inrae-bfp.bsky.social
Confocal image of an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cross-section
🟢 GFP-tagged virus from @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
🟠 Plasmodesmata
🔵 Cell walls
🟣 Plastids
A masterpiece of in resin fluorescence & immunolabeling ! 🎨🔬
Spotlight on Alizé Chambard @inrae-bfp.bsky.social
Confocal image of an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cross-section
🟢 GFP-tagged virus from @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
🟠 Plasmodesmata
🔵 Cell walls
🟣 Plastids
A masterpiece of in resin fluorescence & immunolabeling ! 🎨🔬
July 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
#ImageOfTheMonth July 2026 🌿✨
Spotlight on Alizé Chambard @inrae-bfp.bsky.social
Confocal image of an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cross-section
🟢 GFP-tagged virus from @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
🟠 Plasmodesmata
🔵 Cell walls
🟣 Plastids
A masterpiece of in resin fluorescence & immunolabeling ! 🎨🔬
Spotlight on Alizé Chambard @inrae-bfp.bsky.social
Confocal image of an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cross-section
🟢 GFP-tagged virus from @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
🟠 Plasmodesmata
🔵 Cell walls
🟣 Plastids
A masterpiece of in resin fluorescence & immunolabeling ! 🎨🔬
#ImageOfTheMonth June 2026
🔬 T-tubules in mouse muscle: anti-Dynamin-2 + 10nm gold particles (black dots) for Charcot disease study. Tokuyasu technique (cryosectioning + gold immunolabeling) + TEM imaging.
From Chadia Nahy (IGBMC) & Melina Petrel (BIC)
#EM #MuscleResearch #CharcotDisease #Tokuyasu
🔬 T-tubules in mouse muscle: anti-Dynamin-2 + 10nm gold particles (black dots) for Charcot disease study. Tokuyasu technique (cryosectioning + gold immunolabeling) + TEM imaging.
From Chadia Nahy (IGBMC) & Melina Petrel (BIC)
#EM #MuscleResearch #CharcotDisease #Tokuyasu
June 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
#ImageOfTheMonth June 2026
🔬 T-tubules in mouse muscle: anti-Dynamin-2 + 10nm gold particles (black dots) for Charcot disease study. Tokuyasu technique (cryosectioning + gold immunolabeling) + TEM imaging.
From Chadia Nahy (IGBMC) & Melina Petrel (BIC)
#EM #MuscleResearch #CharcotDisease #Tokuyasu
🔬 T-tubules in mouse muscle: anti-Dynamin-2 + 10nm gold particles (black dots) for Charcot disease study. Tokuyasu technique (cryosectioning + gold immunolabeling) + TEM imaging.
From Chadia Nahy (IGBMC) & Melina Petrel (BIC)
#EM #MuscleResearch #CharcotDisease #Tokuyasu
#ImageOfTheMonth May 2026
🌟 Astrocytes in action! Cytoskeletal proteins in rat cortical astrocytes (DIV16), captured with simple widefield microscopy. A beautiful, informative glimpse into intercellular networks.
Credit: Tatiana Charbonnier (IINS UMR 5297)
#Neuroscience #Astrocytes #Microscopy
🌟 Astrocytes in action! Cytoskeletal proteins in rat cortical astrocytes (DIV16), captured with simple widefield microscopy. A beautiful, informative glimpse into intercellular networks.
Credit: Tatiana Charbonnier (IINS UMR 5297)
#Neuroscience #Astrocytes #Microscopy
May 7, 2026 at 7:51 AM
#ImageOfTheMonth May 2026
🌟 Astrocytes in action! Cytoskeletal proteins in rat cortical astrocytes (DIV16), captured with simple widefield microscopy. A beautiful, informative glimpse into intercellular networks.
Credit: Tatiana Charbonnier (IINS UMR 5297)
#Neuroscience #Astrocytes #Microscopy
🌟 Astrocytes in action! Cytoskeletal proteins in rat cortical astrocytes (DIV16), captured with simple widefield microscopy. A beautiful, informative glimpse into intercellular networks.
Credit: Tatiana Charbonnier (IINS UMR 5297)
#Neuroscience #Astrocytes #Microscopy
#ImageOfTheMonth March 2026
Dividing Arabidopsis epidermal cells imaged by confocal microscopy after expansion. Microtubules guided cell plate formation revealed in 3D with depth-code.
Image: Magali Grison @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @gtexm.bsky.social
#Microscopy #PlantScience #CellBiology
Dividing Arabidopsis epidermal cells imaged by confocal microscopy after expansion. Microtubules guided cell plate formation revealed in 3D with depth-code.
Image: Magali Grison @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @gtexm.bsky.social
#Microscopy #PlantScience #CellBiology
March 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
#ImageOfTheMonth March 2026
Dividing Arabidopsis epidermal cells imaged by confocal microscopy after expansion. Microtubules guided cell plate formation revealed in 3D with depth-code.
Image: Magali Grison @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @gtexm.bsky.social
#Microscopy #PlantScience #CellBiology
Dividing Arabidopsis epidermal cells imaged by confocal microscopy after expansion. Microtubules guided cell plate formation revealed in 3D with depth-code.
Image: Magali Grison @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @gtexm.bsky.social
#Microscopy #PlantScience #CellBiology
#ImageOfTheMonth February 2026 ✨
Fluorescent fibers (hundreds of µm) of a Platinium complex visualized in Fiji using orientation-based pseudocolors 🎨. Image acquired during the BIC hands-on microscopy training 🔬
Credits: F. R. Lauro, A. Virepinte (ISM), J. Teillon (BIC)
Fluorescent fibers (hundreds of µm) of a Platinium complex visualized in Fiji using orientation-based pseudocolors 🎨. Image acquired during the BIC hands-on microscopy training 🔬
Credits: F. R. Lauro, A. Virepinte (ISM), J. Teillon (BIC)
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
#ImageOfTheMonth February 2026 ✨
Fluorescent fibers (hundreds of µm) of a Platinium complex visualized in Fiji using orientation-based pseudocolors 🎨. Image acquired during the BIC hands-on microscopy training 🔬
Credits: F. R. Lauro, A. Virepinte (ISM), J. Teillon (BIC)
Fluorescent fibers (hundreds of µm) of a Platinium complex visualized in Fiji using orientation-based pseudocolors 🎨. Image acquired during the BIC hands-on microscopy training 🔬
Credits: F. R. Lauro, A. Virepinte (ISM), J. Teillon (BIC)
A colorful start to 2026! 🌿 #ImageOfTheMonth
M. Batsale (Plant Virology team, @inrae-bfp.bsky.social ) captured a Nicotiana benthamiana cell infected with turnip mosaic virus — peroxisomes (yellow), viral vesicles (magenta) & chloroplasts (blue).
M. Batsale (Plant Virology team, @inrae-bfp.bsky.social ) captured a Nicotiana benthamiana cell infected with turnip mosaic virus — peroxisomes (yellow), viral vesicles (magenta) & chloroplasts (blue).
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
A colorful start to 2026! 🌿 #ImageOfTheMonth
M. Batsale (Plant Virology team, @inrae-bfp.bsky.social ) captured a Nicotiana benthamiana cell infected with turnip mosaic virus — peroxisomes (yellow), viral vesicles (magenta) & chloroplasts (blue).
M. Batsale (Plant Virology team, @inrae-bfp.bsky.social ) captured a Nicotiana benthamiana cell infected with turnip mosaic virus — peroxisomes (yellow), viral vesicles (magenta) & chloroplasts (blue).
✨ December 2025 #ImageOfTheMonth ✨
Whole rat hearts cleared with iDISCO reveal sympathetic innervation (orange) and vascularization (green). 💛💚
Work by S. Bertrand & A. Bonilla (INCIA) with S. Martin & I. Brunet (CIRB), imaged by J. Teillon (BIC).
#Microscopy #iDISCO #BICBordeaux
Whole rat hearts cleared with iDISCO reveal sympathetic innervation (orange) and vascularization (green). 💛💚
Work by S. Bertrand & A. Bonilla (INCIA) with S. Martin & I. Brunet (CIRB), imaged by J. Teillon (BIC).
#Microscopy #iDISCO #BICBordeaux
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
✨ December 2025 #ImageOfTheMonth ✨
Whole rat hearts cleared with iDISCO reveal sympathetic innervation (orange) and vascularization (green). 💛💚
Work by S. Bertrand & A. Bonilla (INCIA) with S. Martin & I. Brunet (CIRB), imaged by J. Teillon (BIC).
#Microscopy #iDISCO #BICBordeaux
Whole rat hearts cleared with iDISCO reveal sympathetic innervation (orange) and vascularization (green). 💛💚
Work by S. Bertrand & A. Bonilla (INCIA) with S. Martin & I. Brunet (CIRB), imaged by J. Teillon (BIC).
#Microscopy #iDISCO #BICBordeaux
November #ImageOfTheMonth goes to M.Pujol from LPCO lab (UMR 5629). Acquired with Transmission Electron Microscopy, it shows a polystyrene (PS) latex obtained by post-dispersion of a yogurt cup made of PS in water using a surfactant. The resulting particles are highly heterogeneous and large.
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
November #ImageOfTheMonth goes to M.Pujol from LPCO lab (UMR 5629). Acquired with Transmission Electron Microscopy, it shows a polystyrene (PS) latex obtained by post-dispersion of a yogurt cup made of PS in water using a surfactant. The resulting particles are highly heterogeneous and large.
October #ImageOfTheMonth is from O. Barba-Vila from @iins-bordeaux.bsky.social Slice of the gustatory cortex showing axons from the gustatory thalamus (G), basolateral amygdala (R) and a thick-tufted layer 5 neuron (W), recorded through patch clamp and imaged via biocytin-streptavidin labelling
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
October #ImageOfTheMonth is from O. Barba-Vila from @iins-bordeaux.bsky.social Slice of the gustatory cortex showing axons from the gustatory thalamus (G), basolateral amygdala (R) and a thick-tufted layer 5 neuron (W), recorded through patch clamp and imaged via biocytin-streptavidin labelling
September #ImageOfTheMonth is from @rkinet.bsky.social from @imn-bordeaux.bsky.social
This is a maximum projection of a confocal image of a microglia cell (blue) and its nucleus (red), internalising multiple nanoparticles (yellow), one day after supranigral injection in C57B6-J mouse
This is a maximum projection of a confocal image of a microglia cell (blue) and its nucleus (red), internalising multiple nanoparticles (yellow), one day after supranigral injection in C57B6-J mouse
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
September #ImageOfTheMonth is from @rkinet.bsky.social from @imn-bordeaux.bsky.social
This is a maximum projection of a confocal image of a microglia cell (blue) and its nucleus (red), internalising multiple nanoparticles (yellow), one day after supranigral injection in C57B6-J mouse
This is a maximum projection of a confocal image of a microglia cell (blue) and its nucleus (red), internalising multiple nanoparticles (yellow), one day after supranigral injection in C57B6-J mouse
August #ImageOfTheMonth is from L.Congiu from
@imn-bordeaux.bsky.social. This is a 3D reconstruction of a CD68-positive particles (white) within the cell body of microglia cells (Red) in the mouse cortex. The confocal Z-stack was processed with Imaris software.
@imn-bordeaux.bsky.social. This is a 3D reconstruction of a CD68-positive particles (white) within the cell body of microglia cells (Red) in the mouse cortex. The confocal Z-stack was processed with Imaris software.
August 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
August #ImageOfTheMonth is from L.Congiu from
@imn-bordeaux.bsky.social. This is a 3D reconstruction of a CD68-positive particles (white) within the cell body of microglia cells (Red) in the mouse cortex. The confocal Z-stack was processed with Imaris software.
@imn-bordeaux.bsky.social. This is a 3D reconstruction of a CD68-positive particles (white) within the cell body of microglia cells (Red) in the mouse cortex. The confocal Z-stack was processed with Imaris software.
July #ImageOfTheMonth is from A.Drouet from
@iins-bordeaux.bsky.social. This image represents a neurosphere (150x150 µm) formed from dissociated hippocampal neurons cultured for 14 days under non-adhesive conditions. Yellow shows GFP expressing neurons and nuclei are showed in cyan.
@iins-bordeaux.bsky.social. This image represents a neurosphere (150x150 µm) formed from dissociated hippocampal neurons cultured for 14 days under non-adhesive conditions. Yellow shows GFP expressing neurons and nuclei are showed in cyan.
July 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
July #ImageOfTheMonth is from A.Drouet from
@iins-bordeaux.bsky.social. This image represents a neurosphere (150x150 µm) formed from dissociated hippocampal neurons cultured for 14 days under non-adhesive conditions. Yellow shows GFP expressing neurons and nuclei are showed in cyan.
@iins-bordeaux.bsky.social. This image represents a neurosphere (150x150 µm) formed from dissociated hippocampal neurons cultured for 14 days under non-adhesive conditions. Yellow shows GFP expressing neurons and nuclei are showed in cyan.
June #ImageOfTheMonth is from L.Boutaleb from @inrae-bfp.bsky.social. They study the impact of heat stress on cell division and DNA replication on the tomato meristem. On this confocal image, EdU staining (magenta) detects replicating DNA and Hoechst labeling (cyan) shows all cell nuclei.
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
June #ImageOfTheMonth is from L.Boutaleb from @inrae-bfp.bsky.social. They study the impact of heat stress on cell division and DNA replication on the tomato meristem. On this confocal image, EdU staining (magenta) detects replicating DNA and Hoechst labeling (cyan) shows all cell nuclei.
May #ImageOfTheMonth was from C.Mazocco & M.Darricau from @imn-bordeaux.bsky.social. Staining on spinal cord slices reveal TDP43 protein in the nucleus of neurons (Red). Motoneurons and synaptic terminations were stained targetting ChAT (Cyan).
June 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
May #ImageOfTheMonth was from C.Mazocco & M.Darricau from @imn-bordeaux.bsky.social. Staining on spinal cord slices reveal TDP43 protein in the nucleus of neurons (Red). Motoneurons and synaptic terminations were stained targetting ChAT (Cyan).
April #ImageOfTheMonth is from H. Vaïtinadapoulé (BiiO EA 2521). Here is a guttae, a “drop-like deposits” of extracellular matrix components on the surface of the cornea. This image was acquired using scanning electron microscopy with the help of F.Decoeur from the EM unit of the BIC.
April 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
April #ImageOfTheMonth is from H. Vaïtinadapoulé (BiiO EA 2521). Here is a guttae, a “drop-like deposits” of extracellular matrix components on the surface of the cornea. This image was acquired using scanning electron microscopy with the help of F.Decoeur from the EM unit of the BIC.
March #ImageOfTheMonth goes to M.Bonhivers from MFP lab (UMR 5234).
Trypanosoma brucei cell was extracted in detergent, expanded 4.2 fold using U-ExM, labelled for the microtubule cytoskeleton (magenta) and for the Hook Complex (yellow), and images usinf scanning confocal microscopy.
Trypanosoma brucei cell was extracted in detergent, expanded 4.2 fold using U-ExM, labelled for the microtubule cytoskeleton (magenta) and for the Hook Complex (yellow), and images usinf scanning confocal microscopy.
March 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
March #ImageOfTheMonth goes to M.Bonhivers from MFP lab (UMR 5234).
Trypanosoma brucei cell was extracted in detergent, expanded 4.2 fold using U-ExM, labelled for the microtubule cytoskeleton (magenta) and for the Hook Complex (yellow), and images usinf scanning confocal microscopy.
Trypanosoma brucei cell was extracted in detergent, expanded 4.2 fold using U-ExM, labelled for the microtubule cytoskeleton (magenta) and for the Hook Complex (yellow), and images usinf scanning confocal microscopy.
February #ImageOfTheMonth is from
@tdhellemmes.bsky.social
. GFP expressing Relaxin3 neurons from the nucleus incertus and their projections are followed through the whole mouse brain using Adipoclear+ method and Light Sheet microscopy. Scale:1mm
@tdhellemmes.bsky.social
. GFP expressing Relaxin3 neurons from the nucleus incertus and their projections are followed through the whole mouse brain using Adipoclear+ method and Light Sheet microscopy. Scale:1mm
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
February #ImageOfTheMonth is from
@tdhellemmes.bsky.social
. GFP expressing Relaxin3 neurons from the nucleus incertus and their projections are followed through the whole mouse brain using Adipoclear+ method and Light Sheet microscopy. Scale:1mm
@tdhellemmes.bsky.social
. GFP expressing Relaxin3 neurons from the nucleus incertus and their projections are followed through the whole mouse brain using Adipoclear+ method and Light Sheet microscopy. Scale:1mm
Happy new year! Let's start 2025 with an #ImageOfTheMonth from N. Bollier @inrae-bfp.bsky.social. Scanning confocal 3D reconstruction of a tomato shoot apical meristem. The fixed meristem was cleared using clearsee and the cell walls are stained by calcofluor white.
January 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy new year! Let's start 2025 with an #ImageOfTheMonth from N. Bollier @inrae-bfp.bsky.social. Scanning confocal 3D reconstruction of a tomato shoot apical meristem. The fixed meristem was cleared using clearsee and the cell walls are stained by calcofluor white.
Hello, the BIC is starting its Bluesky experience with its December #ImageOfTheMonth. Beautiful rat neurons imaged in STED 😍 by T.Cloâtre from @iins-bordeaux.bsky.social !
December 12, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Hello, the BIC is starting its Bluesky experience with its December #ImageOfTheMonth. Beautiful rat neurons imaged in STED 😍 by T.Cloâtre from @iins-bordeaux.bsky.social !