PREPRINT OUT ✨ "hack" your microscope to work as a 3D printer! print micrometer sized features at cm scale. a method for easy and cheap microfabrication, with a focus on biological applications. THREAD ↓
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February 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
PREPRINT OUT ✨ "hack" your microscope to work as a 3D printer! print micrometer sized features at cm scale. a method for easy and cheap microfabrication, with a focus on biological applications. THREAD ↓
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PAPER OUT ✨ What if you could use your microscope as a 3D printer? Prototype microfluidics in-house, <5$ in material costs per chip. From idea to experiment within a day. Now published in Lab-on-a-Chip (open-access): doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
July 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
PAPER OUT ✨ What if you could use your microscope as a 3D printer? Prototype microfluidics in-house, <5$ in material costs per chip. From idea to experiment within a day. Now published in Lab-on-a-Chip (open-access): doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
Cells can sense the geometry of their environment, from tiny subcellular features to whole-tissue patterns. How can we engineer environments to systematically probe these responses?
🧵 I'm @lhinderling.bsky.social from @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab, let’s do a short tour on microfabrication!
🧵 I'm @lhinderling.bsky.social from @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab, let’s do a short tour on microfabrication!
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Cells can sense the geometry of their environment, from tiny subcellular features to whole-tissue patterns. How can we engineer environments to systematically probe these responses?
🧵 I'm @lhinderling.bsky.social from @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab, let’s do a short tour on microfabrication!
🧵 I'm @lhinderling.bsky.social from @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab, let’s do a short tour on microfabrication!
In the latest issue of Lab on a Chip:
Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology.
#OpenAccess from Olivier Pertz, Lucien Hinderling et al @olivierpertz.bsky.social @lhinderling.bsky.social.
Read now: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology.
#OpenAccess from Olivier Pertz, Lucien Hinderling et al @olivierpertz.bsky.social @lhinderling.bsky.social.
Read now: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology
The application of traditional microfabrication techniques to biological research is hindered by their reliance on clean rooms, expensive or toxic materials, and slow iteration cycles. We present an a...
pubs.rsc.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In the latest issue of Lab on a Chip:
Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology.
#OpenAccess from Olivier Pertz, Lucien Hinderling et al @olivierpertz.bsky.social @lhinderling.bsky.social.
Read now: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology.
#OpenAccess from Olivier Pertz, Lucien Hinderling et al @olivierpertz.bsky.social @lhinderling.bsky.social.
Read now: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Light gun corvette // Sla resin spec. 0.02mm definition. Structural fidelity within nominal tolerance. Photopolymerised optical microfabrication.
June 20, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Light gun corvette // Sla resin spec. 0.02mm definition. Structural fidelity within nominal tolerance. Photopolymerised optical microfabrication.
Nature research paper: Optofluidic three-dimensional microfabrication and nanofabrication
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Optofluidic three-dimensional microfabrication and nanofabrication - Nature
A strategy compatible with a broad range of materials by precisely manipulating optofluidic interactions within a confined 3D space to control the assembly of colloidal microparticles/nanoparticles is demonstrated, enabling the precise manufacture of complex microstructures/nanostructures.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Nature research paper: Optofluidic three-dimensional microfabrication and nanofabrication
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go.nature.com/4q4IY2I
ASICs exist in the popular consciousness as the pinnacle of human microfabrication, and it's not wrong, but other components like MLCCs and HDI PCBAs aren't that far behind in terms of just how complex and finicky their fabrication is. and we commoditized them!! that's so cool
July 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ASICs exist in the popular consciousness as the pinnacle of human microfabrication, and it's not wrong, but other components like MLCCs and HDI PCBAs aren't that far behind in terms of just how complex and finicky their fabrication is. and we commoditized them!! that's so cool
About microfabrication
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Cells can sense the geometry of their environment, from tiny subcellular features to whole-tissue patterns. How can we engineer environments to systematically probe these responses?
🧵 I'm @lhinderling.bsky.social from @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab, let’s do a short tour on microfabrication!
🧵 I'm @lhinderling.bsky.social from @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab, let’s do a short tour on microfabrication!
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
About microfabrication
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🔬 Example at the subcellular scale: actin forms around micro-pillars, showing how geometry shapes cytoskeletal dynamics (experiment by @bgraedel.bsky.social from our recent microfabrication paper).
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🔬 Example at the subcellular scale: actin forms around micro-pillars, showing how geometry shapes cytoskeletal dynamics (experiment by @bgraedel.bsky.social from our recent microfabrication paper).
Want even smaller features? We recently published a method to convert your microscope into a microfabrication station, printing features from μm to cm scale for less than $5 in materials per design.
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PAPER OUT ✨ What if you could use your microscope as a 3D printer? Prototype microfluidics in-house, <5$ in material costs per chip. From idea to experiment within a day. Now published in Lab-on-a-Chip (open-access): doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Want even smaller features? We recently published a method to convert your microscope into a microfabrication station, printing features from μm to cm scale for less than $5 in materials per design.
Thread:
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Paper:
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University of #Chicago chemists developed an environmentally sustainable method of microfabrication that uses water and natural materials—including paper—to create and transfer patterns 🧪
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Scientists develop eco-friendly microfabrication method using water and paper
Imagine being able to create incredibly tiny structures with the same ease and sustainability as printing on paper. This is the frontier of microfabrication—the process of making microscopic structure...
techxplore.com
September 8, 2024 at 10:16 PM
University of #Chicago chemists developed an environmentally sustainable method of microfabrication that uses water and natural materials—including paper—to create and transfer patterns 🧪
techxplore.com/news/2024-08...
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Scientists found a way to ‘tattoo’ tardigrades
2025- American Chemical Society
#tardigrade #acs #tattoo #microscopy
#waterbear #biology #lithography
2025- American Chemical Society
#tardigrade #acs #tattoo #microscopy
#waterbear #biology #lithography
Scientists have found a way to ‘tattoo’ tardigrades - American Chemical Society
Researchers in ACS’ Nano Letters gave tardigrades tiny “tattoos” to test a microfabrication technique to build microscopic, biocompatible devices.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Scientists found a way to ‘tattoo’ tardigrades
2025- American Chemical Society
#tardigrade #acs #tattoo #microscopy
#waterbear #biology #lithography
2025- American Chemical Society
#tardigrade #acs #tattoo #microscopy
#waterbear #biology #lithography
Recording of talk for the french bioimaging network RTmfm. My PhD work in @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab (closed-loop optogenetics, microfabrication, image analysis w/ Convpaint). On smart microscopes: the issue of interoperability and some preliminary results on LLM control :) youtu.be/Gvaw2kWsVIk
Smart microscopy for automation of optogenetic targeting
YouTube video by miti rtmfm
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March 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Recording of talk for the french bioimaging network RTmfm. My PhD work in @olivierpertz.bsky.social lab (closed-loop optogenetics, microfabrication, image analysis w/ Convpaint). On smart microscopes: the issue of interoperability and some preliminary results on LLM control :) youtu.be/Gvaw2kWsVIk
Gotta love open source projects repurposing optical instruments in fun ways! Very cool microfluidics fabrication using a standard microscope coupled to a DMD! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Teach your microscope how to print: Low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology
The application of traditional microfabrication techniques to biological research is hindered by their reliance on clean rooms, expensive or toxic materials, and slow iteration cycles. We present an a...
www.biorxiv.org
February 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Gotta love open source projects repurposing optical instruments in fun ways! Very cool microfluidics fabrication using a standard microscope coupled to a DMD! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Teach your #microscope how to print: Low-cost & rapid-iteration #OpenSource #microfabrication for #biology:
-µm-scale precision across cm-sized area
-no cleanroom requirement
-SU8 replacement
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#DIYbio #lab #instuments #imaging #microfluidics #fabrication #3Dprinted
-µm-scale precision across cm-sized area
-no cleanroom requirement
-SU8 replacement
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#DIYbio #lab #instuments #imaging #microfluidics #fabrication #3Dprinted
March 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Teach your #microscope how to print: Low-cost & rapid-iteration #OpenSource #microfabrication for #biology:
-µm-scale precision across cm-sized area
-no cleanroom requirement
-SU8 replacement
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#DIYbio #lab #instuments #imaging #microfluidics #fabrication #3Dprinted
-µm-scale precision across cm-sized area
-no cleanroom requirement
-SU8 replacement
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#DIYbio #lab #instuments #imaging #microfluidics #fabrication #3Dprinted
CODE: if you have a micro-manager compatible microscope with a DMD/SLM, UV light source and XY-stage, you have all the hardware required to try it yourself! code on github: github.com/hinderling/f...
don't have a DMD microscope? stay tuned for our hardware project! 🛠️
don't have a DMD microscope? stay tuned for our hardware project! 🛠️
GitHub - hinderling/fabscope: Use your microscope for microfabrication
Use your microscope for microfabrication. Contribute to hinderling/fabscope development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
CODE: if you have a micro-manager compatible microscope with a DMD/SLM, UV light source and XY-stage, you have all the hardware required to try it yourself! code on github: github.com/hinderling/f...
don't have a DMD microscope? stay tuned for our hardware project! 🛠️
don't have a DMD microscope? stay tuned for our hardware project! 🛠️
yes they have published this work pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology
The application of traditional microfabrication techniques to biological research is hindered by their reliance on clean rooms, expensive or toxic materials, and slow iteration cycles. We present an a...
pubs.rsc.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
yes they have published this work pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
🔈 PhD offers!
2 PhD positions available at the BiOf-lab 🎓
Fancy 3D biology? Microscopy? Microfabrication? Bordeaux?
🧫 🔬 🛠️ 🍷
the first one is already online, the other will be out soon!
(stay tuned)
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2 PhD positions available at the BiOf-lab 🎓
Fancy 3D biology? Microscopy? Microfabrication? Bordeaux?
🧫 🔬 🛠️ 🍷
the first one is already online, the other will be out soon!
(stay tuned)
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
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May 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
🔈 PhD offers!
2 PhD positions available at the BiOf-lab 🎓
Fancy 3D biology? Microscopy? Microfabrication? Bordeaux?
🧫 🔬 🛠️ 🍷
the first one is already online, the other will be out soon!
(stay tuned)
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
2 PhD positions available at the BiOf-lab 🎓
Fancy 3D biology? Microscopy? Microfabrication? Bordeaux?
🧫 🔬 🛠️ 🍷
the first one is already online, the other will be out soon!
(stay tuned)
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
Teach your #microscope how to print: Low-cost rapid-iteration #OpenSource #microfabrication for #biology:
-no cleanroom
-replace SU-8 #photoresist & silicon wafers by #3Dprinting #resin & microscope slides
- #fluorescence microscope-based maskless #photolithography
doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
#DIYbio
-no cleanroom
-replace SU-8 #photoresist & silicon wafers by #3Dprinting #resin & microscope slides
- #fluorescence microscope-based maskless #photolithography
doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
#DIYbio
August 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Teach your #microscope how to print: Low-cost rapid-iteration #OpenSource #microfabrication for #biology:
-no cleanroom
-replace SU-8 #photoresist & silicon wafers by #3Dprinting #resin & microscope slides
- #fluorescence microscope-based maskless #photolithography
doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
#DIYbio
-no cleanroom
-replace SU-8 #photoresist & silicon wafers by #3Dprinting #resin & microscope slides
- #fluorescence microscope-based maskless #photolithography
doi.org/10.1039/D5LC...
#DIYbio
🚀 New 150 mm × 150 mm stage for Quantum X
Ninefold larger printable area for wafer-scale 3D microfabrication.
Print on wafers up to 8 inches – now the standard on all Quantum X systems.
📍 Meet us at #BiOS & #PhotonicsWest
#Microfabrication #WaferScale #3DPrinting
Ninefold larger printable area for wafer-scale 3D microfabrication.
Print on wafers up to 8 inches – now the standard on all Quantum X systems.
📍 Meet us at #BiOS & #PhotonicsWest
#Microfabrication #WaferScale #3DPrinting
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🚀 New 150 mm × 150 mm stage for Quantum X
Ninefold larger printable area for wafer-scale 3D microfabrication.
Print on wafers up to 8 inches – now the standard on all Quantum X systems.
📍 Meet us at #BiOS & #PhotonicsWest
#Microfabrication #WaferScale #3DPrinting
Ninefold larger printable area for wafer-scale 3D microfabrication.
Print on wafers up to 8 inches – now the standard on all Quantum X systems.
📍 Meet us at #BiOS & #PhotonicsWest
#Microfabrication #WaferScale #3DPrinting
The other thesis position is also now on line, please cirulate both offers:
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May 27, 2026 at 8:32 AM
The other thesis position is also now on line, please cirulate both offers:
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emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...
Congratulations to Professor Martin Booth, elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. His research spans optics, adaptive optics, advanced microscopy and laser-based microfabrication.
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-booth-one-of-royal-academy-of-engineering-s-75-new-fellows
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-booth-one-of-royal-academy-of-engineering-s-75-new-fellows
September 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Congratulations to Professor Martin Booth, elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. His research spans optics, adaptive optics, advanced microscopy and laser-based microfabrication.
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-booth-one-of-royal-academy-of-engineering-s-75-new-fellows
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-booth-one-of-royal-academy-of-engineering-s-75-new-fellows
[Itinérances - Portrait de Doctorant.e.s]
Découvrez le parcours de Sarra Riahi, doctorante en 2ᵉ année qui étudie la microfabrication de microsystèmes en titane pour les implants médicaux.
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Découvrez le parcours de Sarra Riahi, doctorante en 2ᵉ année qui étudie la microfabrication de microsystèmes en titane pour les implants médicaux.
@cnrs.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social
Itinérances - Portraits de Doctorant.e.s
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February 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
[Itinérances - Portrait de Doctorant.e.s]
Découvrez le parcours de Sarra Riahi, doctorante en 2ᵉ année qui étudie la microfabrication de microsystèmes en titane pour les implants médicaux.
@cnrs.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social
Découvrez le parcours de Sarra Riahi, doctorante en 2ᵉ année qui étudie la microfabrication de microsystèmes en titane pour les implants médicaux.
@cnrs.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social
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Country: 🇲🇽
Dream job: Microfabrication engineer
Fave colour: 💚 (Aquamarine)
Fave season: Autumn
Birth year: 2005
Name: Bílkarí
Age: 20
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Bday: 11/19
Fave musical artists: ABBA, Simply Red, Dianna Ross, Queen, ELO, Stevie Nicks among many others!
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In this article, we present several important innovations in patterning perovksite layers, compatible with standard microfabrication methods and commonplace cleanrooms, including photolithography with water-based developers.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
March 18, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In this article, we present several important innovations in patterning perovksite layers, compatible with standard microfabrication methods and commonplace cleanrooms, including photolithography with water-based developers.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...