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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

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March 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Great science rarely happens in isolation. 🧪

Our latest #ResearchCulture video explores how collaboration and scientific exchange drive discovery.

https://youtu.be/Pa7KfqCpCSc

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Better Science Together - MRC WIMM Research Culture Series
Great science rarely happens in isolation.In this video researche...
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September 23, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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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

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June 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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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.

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September 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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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
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January 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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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

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March 25, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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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

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January 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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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 🧪

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January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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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...

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April 22, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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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
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March 18, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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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 🦕
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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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

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July 22, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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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
AI Reveals Hidden Immune Memory in Eczema & Psoriasis | Lloyd Steele | Sanger Institute
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July 15, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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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
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February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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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
July 1, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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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.

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August 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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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.

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September 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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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
What Drives Crohn’s Fistula? Breakthrough Molecular Discoveries with Therapeutic Potential
Welcome to Episode 3 of Immunity by Design hosted by Prof Hashem Ko...
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May 27, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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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 🧪
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Reflections on a mentoring relationship
Michalina Mazurczyk and Paul Sopp reflect on how their mentoring relationship has benefited them and their careers.
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April 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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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!

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#researchisbeautiful | Cancer Research UK Science and Innovation
A round of applause for our April #ResearchisBeautiful pick 👏     Our April winner Natalie Jooss is a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Oxford, working in the Psaila Lab to study a group of ...
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May 20, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laboratory. 🧪

Our latest Research Culture video explores why #PublicEngagement matters.

https://youtu.be/WsKiaJEKQKQ

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Connecting Science and Society - MRC WIMM Research Culture Series
Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laborato...
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July 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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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
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January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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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.

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August 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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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
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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

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Finding your Community - MRC WIMM Research Culture Series
No one builds a scientific career alone.In this video researchers...
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September 9, 2026 at 9:03 AM