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Your input is needed: Help us improve our new modular OpenUC2 Microscope!

Posted by , on 17 September 2024

We're from openUC2 [You.See.Too.] and are working on the next generation of our fully automated, customizable, smart microscope. To make it the best and coolest tool for your work, we need your feedback. We invite you to complete our anonymous survey (~10 minutes). Your insights will directly shape the design and functionality of our open microscope
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Introducing Educaciencia: Bridging Gaps in STEM Education in Mexico 

Posted by , on 2 August 2024

Today, I’m excited to introduce Educaciencia, a pioneering spin-off from Mexico’s National Laboratory of Advanced Microscopy (LNMA). Our journey began with a transformative project called Educascope, and through this post, I want  to share with you how this initiative has evolved, and the impact it has had on STEM education. The Challenge: Addressing Gaps in
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FocalPlane features... open microscopy and accessible workflows

Posted by , on 21 May 2024

The third webinar in the latest series of FocalPlane features… was on open microscopy and accessible workflows. We hosted fantastic talks from Richard Bowman, Jan Huisken and Dumisile Lumkwana. Richard told us about the OpenFlexure project. As well as discussing the microscopes and their application, Richard highlighted the importance of community building to promote access
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FocalPlane features... open microscopy and accessible workflows

Posted by , on 2 May 2024

Our next FocalPlane features… webinar is on open microscopy and accessible workflows with talks from Richard Bowman, Jan Huisken and Dumisile Lumkwana. Richard will speak about OpenFlexure Microscopes, which are open-source optical microscopes that are built using 3D printed components and off the shelf components. The OpenFlexure project aims to promote broader access to microscopy.
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Enhancing Global Access: interview with CZI grantee Michael Weber

Posted by , on 24 January 2024

UNLOCKING NEW BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH WITH MODULAR AND SHAREABLE ‘FLAMINGO’ LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPES Michael Weber has focused a lot of his career in microscopy development. He is a grantee of the CZI cycle 1 grants to imaging scientists. As part of his project, he helps developing light sheet microscopes called ‘Flamingos’ that can travel between research
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Special Edition Virtual Pub: Open Hardware in Imaging

Posted by , on 6 July 2023

Imaging technologies are becoming increasingly complex and ever more expensive, reducing the general accessibility and potential reach of cutting-edge techniques. Many scientists and companies are committed to making imaging hardware and software solutions openly available to a wide audience. The Special Edition Virtual Pub “Open Hardware in Imaging” in collaboration with the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board
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An interview with Mirko Zimic

Posted by , on 30 May 2023

MiniBio: Dr. Mirko Zimic is a principal investigator at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) since 2002, where he focuses on the study of tuberculosis using biomedical, biochemical, biophysical and bioinformatics approaches. Mirko began his career studying Physics at Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, in Peru. He later studied a Masters degree in Biochemistry at UPCH, and
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An interview with Hernán Grecco

Posted by , on 11 October 2022

MiniBio: Dr. Hernán Grecco is a researcher at CONICET and a professor at the University of Buenos Aires, where he aims at understanding the 3D organizational properties of life, combining among the expertise in his lab, computational methods, instrument design, modeling, microscopy, and biomedical questions. Hernán studied his PhD in Buenos Aires in the lab
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OpenFlexure: an open-source 3D printed microscope

Posted by , on 19 October 2021

The OpenFlexure Microscope is an open-source microscope 3D printed in plastic, with versions suitable for hobbyists, researchers, and lab technicians. Currently used around the world as an accessible, customisable alternative to expensive and fixed commercial microscopes, the OpenFlexure Microscope began life as an academic prototype for holding a lens and sample in place. Here we
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How I got into the Flamingo project, a new way of sharing custom-built light sheet microscopes

Posted by , on 12 October 2020

Sharing microscopy technology is crucial for biomedical research. This is the story how I joined Jan Huisken and his team to give other scientists quick access to custom-built light sheet microscopes.
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