The actin cytoskeleton of megakaryocytes revealed in warm purple tones. These structures shape how cells spread, migrate and prepare for platelet production 🧪
Contours of Cytoskeleton
Lauren Murphy
2025 WIMM Image Competition
#SciComm #AcademicSky @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk
The actin cytoskeleton of megakaryocytes revealed in warm purple tones. These structures shape how cells spread, migrate and prepare for platelet production 🧪
Contours of Cytoskeleton
Lauren Murphy
2025 WIMM Image Competition
#SciComm #AcademicSky @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk
Great science rarely happens in isolation. 🧪
Our latest #ResearchCulture video explores how collaboration and scientific exchange drive discovery.
https://youtu.be/Pa7KfqCpCSc
#AcademicSky #Collaboration @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Great science rarely happens in isolation. 🧪
Our latest #ResearchCulture video explores how collaboration and scientific exchange drive discovery.
https://youtu.be/Pa7KfqCpCSc
#AcademicSky #Collaboration @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Can AI help us understand how T cells recognise their targets?
Hashem Koohy and David Gfeller explore interpretable AI, T cell recognition, and the future of computational immunology.
👉 bit.ly/4uxKkFj
#Immunology #AI #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @hkoohy.bsky.social
Can AI help us understand how T cells recognise their targets?
Hashem Koohy and David Gfeller explore interpretable AI, T cell recognition, and the future of computational immunology.
👉 bit.ly/4uxKkFj
#Immunology #AI #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @hkoohy.bsky.social
Not all flowers grow in a garden. 🧪
This bouquet is made from fluorescent Salmonella strains used to study infection.
Salmonella in Bloom by Anna Aulicino
Laboratory Photography runner up, 2026 WIMM Image Competition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Not all flowers grow in a garden. 🧪
This bouquet is made from fluorescent Salmonella strains used to study infection.
Salmonella in Bloom by Anna Aulicino
Laboratory Photography runner up, 2026 WIMM Image Competition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
A sea glass at sunset?
Nope, it's an epoxy model of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor based on the resting state structure (PDB: 9GU0), photographed on Mordialloc Beach 🧪
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor on the Beach by Anna Li
@ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
A sea glass at sunset?
Nope, it's an epoxy model of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor based on the resting state structure (PDB: 9GU0), photographed on Mordialloc Beach 🧪
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor on the Beach by Anna Li
@ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
What looks like a distant star or galaxy is actually a human bone and bone marrow organoid (comBO), where cells self organise into a functional 3D niche. #AcademicSky
@abattacks.bsky.social @yuqi-shen.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
What looks like a distant star or galaxy is actually a human bone and bone marrow organoid (comBO), where cells self organise into a functional 3D niche. #AcademicSky
@abattacks.bsky.social @yuqi-shen.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Have you ever thought the human #gut could look this beautiful?
This is adult human colon tissue stained with multiple markers, revealing its intricate structure 🧪
Beauty of Our Gut by Marta Jagielowicz
2025 WIMM Image Competition
#SciComm @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Have you ever thought the human #gut could look this beautiful?
This is adult human colon tissue stained with multiple markers, revealing its intricate structure 🧪
Beauty of Our Gut by Marta Jagielowicz
2025 WIMM Image Competition
#SciComm @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
These clustered macrophages show a shift from immune tolerance to inflammation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
'Grapes of Wrath' by Chaitanya Vuppusetty and Ling-Pei Ho
🖼️ 2025 WIMM Image Competition 🧪
#SciComm @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
These clustered macrophages show a shift from immune tolerance to inflammation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
'Grapes of Wrath' by Chaitanya Vuppusetty and Ling-Pei Ho
🖼️ 2025 WIMM Image Competition 🧪
#SciComm @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Immunity by Design is here 🧪
A new podcast from Professor Hashem Koohy explores how AI and new technologies are reshaping immune research.
Episode one features Dr Stephanie Gaglione on mapping T cell recognition at scale.
👉 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/decoding-t-c...
#SciComm #AcademicSky
Immunity by Design is here 🧪
A new podcast from Professor Hashem Koohy explores how AI and new technologies are reshaping immune research.
Episode one features Dr Stephanie Gaglione on mapping T cell recognition at scale.
👉 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/decoding-t-c...
#SciComm #AcademicSky
Looks like a colourful volcano, but it is actually different cell types inside gut tissue. Each colour marks a cell group and where it sits 🧪
Inside Necrotising Enterocolitis
by @vywien-lai.bsky.social
2025 WIMM Image Competition
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Looks like a colourful volcano, but it is actually different cell types inside gut tissue. Each colour marks a cell group and where it sits 🧪
Inside Necrotising Enterocolitis
by @vywien-lai.bsky.social
2025 WIMM Image Competition
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Not a T.rex but a pretentious gut tissue!
Spatial transcriptomics mapped 5,100 genes at subcellular resolution.
Captured by @vywien-lai.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 WIMM Image Competition ( #SciArt).
Proof that science doesn’t just uncover life’s mysteries — it gives you dinosaurs 🦕
Not a T.rex but a pretentious gut tissue!
Spatial transcriptomics mapped 5,100 genes at subcellular resolution.
Captured by @vywien-lai.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 WIMM Image Competition ( #SciArt).
Proof that science doesn’t just uncover life’s mysteries — it gives you dinosaurs 🦕
Not every scientific image comes from a microscope. 🧪
Painted in #MRCWIMM ’s signature pink and blue, this artwork was inspired by the fluorescent droplets produced during cell sorting.
A Drop of Fluorescence by Natalie Ng
2026 WIMM Image Competition
#ScienceArt #AcademicSky
Not every scientific image comes from a microscope. 🧪
Painted in #MRCWIMM ’s signature pink and blue, this artwork was inspired by the fluorescent droplets produced during cell sorting.
A Drop of Fluorescence by Natalie Ng
2026 WIMM Image Competition
#ScienceArt #AcademicSky
New episode of Immunity by Design 🧪
Hashem Koohy Dr Lloyd Steele discuss how AI and spatial biology are uncovering hidden immune memory in human skin and reshaping immunology.
#AI #Immunology @hkoohy.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
New episode of Immunity by Design 🧪
Hashem Koohy Dr Lloyd Steele discuss how AI and spatial biology are uncovering hidden immune memory in human skin and reshaping immunology.
#AI #Immunology @hkoohy.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
Immune cells lighting up in spinal cord tissue affected by #MultipleSclerosis. Red and green highlight activated microglia, blue marking nuclei 🧪
Microglia Activation in Multiple Sclerosis
By Maria Afonso Pereira
#AcademicSky #SciComm @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Immune cells lighting up in spinal cord tissue affected by #MultipleSclerosis. Red and green highlight activated microglia, blue marking nuclei 🧪
Microglia Activation in Multiple Sclerosis
By Maria Afonso Pereira
#AcademicSky #SciComm @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
This is not abstract art. It is the closest view ever captured of human #DNA 🧪
Aurora Alpha by Hangpeng Li, winner of the Data Visualisation category in the 2026 #WIMMImageCompetition.
#Genomics #SciComm #AcademicSky
This is not abstract art. It is the closest view ever captured of human #DNA 🧪
Aurora Alpha by Hangpeng Li, winner of the Data Visualisation category in the 2026 #WIMMImageCompetition.
#Genomics #SciComm #AcademicSky
A butterfly-shaped map traces the complex journey of gut development🧪
Metamorphosis by @vywien-lai.bsky.social was runner-up in the Data Visualisation category of the 2026 WIMM Image Competition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
A butterfly-shaped map traces the complex journey of gut development🧪
Metamorphosis by @vywien-lai.bsky.social was runner-up in the Data Visualisation category of the 2026 WIMM Image Competition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Not science fiction. A 3D printed flow cell designed to recreate fluid flow around bone marrow organoids 🧪
The Matrix by Avery Buchanan
Artwork and Illustration runner up, 2026 WIMM Image Competition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Not science fiction. A 3D printed flow cell designed to recreate fluid flow around bone marrow organoids 🧪
The Matrix by Avery Buchanan
Artwork and Illustration runner up, 2026 WIMM Image Competition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
New episode of Immunity by Design 🧪
Professor Hashem Koohy and Dr Agne Antanaviciute discuss how spatial biology and AI are uncovering the cellular architecture of Crohn’s fistula.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50iIvM6nmE4
#SpatialBiology #AI #Immunology #AcademicSky
New episode of Immunity by Design 🧪
Professor Hashem Koohy and Dr Agne Antanaviciute discuss how spatial biology and AI are uncovering the cellular architecture of Crohn’s fistula.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50iIvM6nmE4
#SpatialBiology #AI #Immunology #AcademicSky
Science is not only about experiments, it's also about people.
Michalina Mazurczyk shares how mentoring shaped her career, with insights from her mentor Paul Sopp 🧪
Read more 👇
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #Mentoring #CareersInScience #ResearchCulture
Science is not only about experiments, it's also about people.
Michalina Mazurczyk shares how mentoring shaped her career, with insights from her mentor Paul Sopp 🧪
Read more 👇
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #Mentoring #CareersInScience #ResearchCulture
We have featured this beautiful image before, and now it is wonderful to see it recognised as Cancer Research UK’s April #ResearchIsBeautiful winner. Congrats to Natalie Jooss from the Psaila Lab!
#SciComm #Microscopy @cancerresearchuk.org @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
We have featured this beautiful image before, and now it is wonderful to see it recognised as Cancer Research UK’s April #ResearchIsBeautiful winner. Congrats to Natalie Jooss from the Psaila Lab!
#SciComm #Microscopy @cancerresearchuk.org @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laboratory. 🧪
Our latest Research Culture video explores why #PublicEngagement matters.
https://youtu.be/WsKiaJEKQKQ
#AcademicSky #SciComm @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laboratory. 🧪
Our latest Research Culture video explores why #PublicEngagement matters.
https://youtu.be/WsKiaJEKQKQ
#AcademicSky #SciComm @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Visually striking and biologically informative.
This image maps gene activity in #gut #tissue affected by #NecrotisingEnterocolitis 🧪
The Spatial Code of Necrotising Enterocolitis by Vy Wien Lai
2025 #WIMMImageCompetition
#SciComm @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @vywien-lai.bsky.social
Visually striking and biologically informative.
This image maps gene activity in #gut #tissue affected by #NecrotisingEnterocolitis 🧪
The Spatial Code of Necrotising Enterocolitis by Vy Wien Lai
2025 #WIMMImageCompetition
#SciComm @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @vywien-lai.bsky.social
A 3D printed skull model casts a shadow with an unexpected message. 🧪
Of Mice and Men: Casting Light on Development by Lisa Leinhos, winner of the Laboratory Photography category in the 2026 #WIMMImageCompetition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
A 3D printed skull model casts a shadow with an unexpected message. 🧪
Of Mice and Men: Casting Light on Development by Lisa Leinhos, winner of the Laboratory Photography category in the 2026 #WIMMImageCompetition.
#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
These shapes look like tiny sea creatures but they are healthy #platelets with bright pockets of #DNA in red. This image won the Eureka category of the 2025 WIMM Image Contest. Captured with a ZEISS LSM980 inverted confocal microscope with Airyscan detection.
#Microscopy #SciArt
These shapes look like tiny sea creatures but they are healthy #platelets with bright pockets of #DNA in red. This image won the Eureka category of the 2025 WIMM Image Contest. Captured with a ZEISS LSM980 inverted confocal microscope with Airyscan detection.
#Microscopy #SciArt
No one builds a scientific career alone. 🧪
Our latest #ResearchCulture video explores the support networks that help people grow, connect and thrive.
https://youtu.be/0_yQaxHR0R4
#Community #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
No one builds a scientific career alone. 🧪
Our latest #ResearchCulture video explores the support networks that help people grow, connect and thrive.
https://youtu.be/0_yQaxHR0R4
#Community #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk