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@arvoinfo.bsky.social‬

@arvoinfo.bsky.social

Celebrate excellence in #VisionResearch! Nominate an outstanding colleague for an @arvoinfo.bsky.social Achievement Award and recognize their impactful contributions to #ophthalmology and #VisualScience. Learn more: https://bit.ly/438zpHr

November 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM

The Physiological Society of Japan 日本生理学会

@physiologyjapan.bsky.social

👀 Just published online in JPS❣️ (📖 Open Access!! 23 October 2026)
“An open-source platform for measuring optomotor responses in mice”
— Naofumi Suematsu et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#VisualScience #OptomotorResponse #MouseModel #OpenSource #NowOnline #JPhysiolSci

Redirecting

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October 26, 2026 at 1:26 AM

mindeyes.bsky.social

@mindeyes.bsky.social

Your eyes will see this disc float away—here’s why. #OuchiIllusion #Perception #MotionIllusion #VisualScience #BrainHacks

#OuchiIllusion #Perception #MotionIllusion #VisualScience #BrainHacks #psychology #perception #brain #mindblown #learnontiktok

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October 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM

mindeyes.bsky.social

@mindeyes.bsky.social

Your brain can’t help but see climbing stripes on a rotating cylinder. This is the barber pole illusion — and it’s a peek into how your motion perception builds the world.

#barberpoleillusion #motionperception #visualscience #apertureproblem #perception #psychology #brain #mindblown #learnontikt...

September 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM

Maëlan Menétrey

@maelanmenetrey.bsky.social

🚨 New preprint!
“Not a single clock: multiple behavioral rhythms in perceptual averaging” with @davidpascucci.bsky.social
Many thanks to @fbm-unil.bsky.social, @unil.bsky.social, @thesensech.bsky.social and @snsf.ch

#Neuroskyence #VisualScience

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August 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM

Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

The Purple Elephant Illusion Explained. Via @drbenmiles #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

The Purple Elephant Illusion Explained

The Purple is a Lie 🎂 Source Article: https://arxiv.org/html/2509.11582v3 #neuroscience #opticalillusion #colorperception #visualscience #shorts Join us on Patreon 👨‍🔬 🚀 …

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October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Yura Stefanov

@stefych.bsky.social

We created this short animation over four years ago, and I would really love to revisit the project using all the new tools, data, and capabilities we have now. Hopefully, we’ll have the opportunity to return to modeling viruses in the future.
vimeo.com/417208044?sh...

3D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at atomic resolution

More about the model: https://visual-science.com/projects/sars-cov-2/3d-model Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/visualscience/ Biomedical visualization…

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November 15, 2024 at 11:18 AM

Yura Stefanov

@stefych.bsky.social

Just a nice peptide-drug conjugate we rendered couple of years ago #molviz #visualscience

November 12, 2024 at 11:18 PM

Soma Ghosh | Scientific Illustrator

@ghoshsoma.bsky.social

Something new—introduced and ideated sketchnote for the SciRio newsletter. Till now going well!
Would love to know what you think!"👇🏾 #science #scientist #sciencecommunication #visualscience

Samatha Mathew @samatha-mathew.bsky.social · Jan 20

My first attempt at putting together a newsletter with team SciRio 👇🏾
Viral Science Communication newsletter.scirio.in/p/viral-scie...

Viral Science Communication

SciRio Newsletter #37 talks about how the world embraced simplified scientific information around COVID-19 and how science communication played a pivotal role.

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April 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM

The MES Times

@themestimes.bsky.social

Scientists from UC Berkeley and the University of Washington may have discovered a new colour, named "olo", by using lasers to stimulate specific cells (M-cones) in the retina.

#NewColorDiscovery #OloColor #ScienceNews #HumanVision #ColorBlindnessResearch #VisualScience #LaserTech

April 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM

UR Center for Visual Science

@cvsuor.bsky.social

Listen to UR Ventures Tech Hustle and Buzzle Podcast Ep7 featuring Susana Marcos, UR Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of CVS, and a trailblazer in visual optics and ocular imaging.
https://buff.ly/3Cy4evj
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@marcoslabur.bsky.social