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#ThrowbackThursday with #AQLM! Registration for #AQLM2027 will open in the coming months. Stay tuned for application details and upcoming announcements.

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September 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Happy #MicroscopyMonday - #AQLM students doing single particle tracking using QD655 with THE Louise on a Leica DMi8 Inverted Widefield Microscope!

Thank you for all your years at #AQLM, Louise!

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July 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Real-time imaging at #AQLM, where “woooo got a signal” is a totally valid reaction! 🔬

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May 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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It's important to find happiness in the *little* things in life. That's why we built a microscope from first principles today at the #AQLM course at the #MBL.
Up next tomorrow are wave optics and image analysis 🔬

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April 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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From Eel Pond, a community of #microscopic life comes into view. Captured in darkfield at 4X, 0.16 NA on an #Evident DP75 microscope, each branching form is defined by the light it scatters, revealing delicate edges and structure against a dark field.

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June 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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These bright “comets” mark growth, where EB3 tracking shows the advancing ends of microtubules in real time. ☄️

📸 EB3 dynamics captured on the 3i Marianas #imaging system with a 63× objective and Prime BSI 95B camera.

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May 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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#ScopeTheScope at AQLM Day 1 : Ray optics with Prof. Alexa Mattheyses, PhD.

Up next: Building a microscope in the very first lab 👀

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April 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Two #photons are approaching a refraction grating. One photon says to the other: "Which slit should I go through?" The other says: "Don't be so particular."

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May 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Happy #MothersDay from this shrimp and her eggs, captured on an #Evident DP75 4X/0.16 NA darkfield microscope.

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May 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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All planes in focus, all fields in view.
4×4 EDF mosaic from 16 z-stacks, captured with DIC at 20× on a #Nikon Eclipse NiE with a #Hamamatsu ORCA-Fusion camera.

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May 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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Moments from last night's #AQLM Lightning Talks ⚡️

This year’s cohort spans #PhD students, postdocs, #microscopy core directors, and professors, each bringing a mix of technical depth and perspective to every talk.

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May 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Back by popular demand: Pets of AQLM, round two!
Already looking ahead to the 2027 Pet Cohort. 🐾

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July 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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#ScopeTheScope at #AQLM Day 2 -- we worked through data extracted from images using FIJI, with the lecture given by none other than fellow current AQLM student, Noelle Cataldo.

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April 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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How your microscope spreads light: a guide to point spread functions. 💥
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📸 #AQLM Day 4 Lab GIF!

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May 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Good morning AQLMers, #ScopeTheScope at Day 2 of AQLM 🌊

Today, we observe wave optics in theory and wave behavior in practice, visible everywhere in Woods Hole.

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April 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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#Cells showing #mitochondria in red, actin in green, and nuclei in blue: a hustling, bustling city of powerhouses, scaffolds, and headquarters 🏭🛣🏢.

Captured at 40× on an #Evident BX53 epifluorescence #microscope with a #Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash 4.0 LT3.

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May 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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AQLM starts tomorrow! Are you ready for it? 🔬

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April 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Pets of #AQLM 🐾

A look at the animals waiting for our students & faculty back home.

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May 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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This sleek beam was created through a fluorescence cube on a Cairn OpenFrame, using a Toptica laser. ✨

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May 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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The PSF can be measured using small #fluorescent beads, and measured PSFs can help troubleshoot your #imaging.
Reslicing the same dataset from GIF1 reveals the full 3D PSF along the optical axis.
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📸 #AQLM Day 4 Lab GIF Resliced

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May 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Nickelback said to "look at this graph": A rail-mounted light sheet #microscope creating a sharp intensity peak. So cool!

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May 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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Mistake #1: #Imaging too slowly.
If frame rates are too low, rapidly moving particles appear to “jump” between positions, distorting trajectory reconstruction and diffusion analysis.

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September 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM