AI-driven Optical Biology Lab
Research group lead by @henriqueslab.bsky.social at @itqbnova.bsky.social
Combining #AI with #superresolutionimaging to push the boundaries of optical cell biology #SMLM #SRRF
- Congrats to the newest PhD graduate at our lab, supervised by @henriqueslab.bsky.social, now Dr. @afonsomendes92.bsky.social!👨🏼🎓👏 His research work culminated in the publication of #SReD in Nature Communications. Read here: tinyurl.com/NatureSRed @gimmfoundation.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social
- 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀?🤔 🧫Expansion Microscopy🦾3D Printing🔬Microscopy Demos🖼️AI Image Analysis🦠Sample Enhancement Join us at @itqbnova.bsky.social for 2 days of live demos, workshops and expert talks in 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 or 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻-𝗼𝗻-𝗮-𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽. Register now: shorturl.at/tPTEQ
- Do you know how far phototoxicity can hinder your experiments?🤔 @mariodelr.bsky.social and @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social have just published their work on #PhotoFiTT in @natcomms.nature.com where they explain how to quantitatively measure it in live-cell imaging.⚡🧫🔬 Read more at: shorturl.at/ly9Zn
- It’s FINALLY out! 🎉🚀 We have been working on PhotoFiTT for a long time, and it’s now published, introducing a quantitative framework to measure phototoxicity and optimise live-cell microscopy experiments. So excited to finally share the last version! 🔬✨ #PhotoFiTT doi.org/10.1038/s414...
- Our Researcher @mariodelr.bsky.social and Raquel Portela from @microbematos.bsky.social were invited by @healthnewspt.bsky.social to talk about their new collaboration project awarded by Early Career Research Award, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗧. Read the full interview at: tinyurl.com/infectofitt
- Great news for @aiopticalbiolab.bsky.social! @henriqueslab.bsky.social has been awarded #HealthResearch grant from @caixaresearch.bsky.social.🎉 This milestone strengthens the pursue of our scientific objectives and represents an important step forward for the future of our lab.🔬 #laCaixaFoundation
- Light from high-res microscopes can damage cells and limit the study of viral infection cycles. With a #HealthResearch grant, @henriqueslab.bsky.social (@itqbnova.bsky.social) uses AI to adjust light in real time and boost our understanding of infectious diseases. tinyurl.com/3y8zwyes
- Reposted by AI-driven Optical Biology LabCongrats to @henriqueslab.bsky.social for the @caixaresearch.bsky.social Health grant! 👏 The project will use AI to create smart microscopes that automatically adjust their lighting in real time, letting us watch the viral infection process over days. 🔗Know more: shorturl.at/yi9Rz
- Light from high-res microscopes can damage cells and limit the study of viral infection cycles. With a #HealthResearch grant, @henriqueslab.bsky.social (@itqbnova.bsky.social) uses AI to adjust light in real time and boost our understanding of infectious diseases. tinyurl.com/3y8zwyes
- Just in time for the presentation of his PhD work at the 𝗜𝗧𝗤𝗕 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, our researcher António Brito’s paper on #mAIcrobe🦠 has just been released. Project developed by the research groups of @pinholab.bsky.social and @henriqueslab.bsky.social 👇Learn more about it in the post below.👇
- 🦠🔬🤖🧑💻 #mAIcrobe interface preview, a platform for #DeepLearning enabled bacterial image-based phenotyping. Check it out 💻: github.com/HenriquesLab... 📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by AI-driven Optical Biology Lab🚀🔬 Announcing #IMS2026 at @itqbnova.bsky.social! We're assembling a #LifeSciences #Microscopy symposium packed with ✨ speakers and 🧑🔬 workshops. All about imaging cells with photons, electrons and AI! If you love microscopy, you need to be here. Join us on March 19! ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org
- 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵?🤔 Discover imaging techniques that will unlock new directions in your work. Join us for two immersive days of live demonstrations,expert talks and hands-on workshops.🔬 📝Register at: ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org
- 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵?🤔 Discover imaging techniques that will unlock new directions in your work. Join us for two immersive days of live demonstrations,expert talks and hands-on workshops.🔬 📝Register at: ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org
- 🤝🏼 This event is made possible thanks to the support of Izasa Scientific by Palex and collaboration with Bacterial Imaging Cluster (BIC) and MostMicro at @itqbnova.bsky.social
- The 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 was the last outreach event at our lab with @mariodelr.bsky.social, @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social, Daria Aristova and Damián Martínez.👩🔬👩💻 Having scientists from diverse fields showcasing the range of work being developed in our institute was truly inspiring🤩
- Last week, @mariodelr.bsky.social & Raquel Portela (@microbematos.bsky.social IMIB group) presented their ECRA-award collaboration project, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗧 at the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆. The event happened in Oeiras at Santo Amaro Beach and was organized by @itqbnova.bsky.social & #CMOeiras
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- 👏Congratulations to researchers @mariodelr.bsky.social and Daria Aristova for their post-graduation in the StartUp Research Program developed by @itqbnova.bsky.social and NOVA SBE. They had to develop a startup project and present it to a panel of experts and venture capital representatives.🎯
- 🏖️ July at @itqbnova.bsky.social means Summer Science-summer's internship programme for undergraduates. Our lab welcomed one motivated student supervised by @mariodelr.bsky.social. 👩🔬Students got to experience 27h of hands-on lab work and a sailing baptism!⛵ Read about it at:https://shorturl.at/n55Qj
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- Last Friday we celebrated @itqbnova.bsky.social Day!🎂🥂 In the ceremony,𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 was awarded to researchers @mariodelr.bsky.social & Raquel Portela (from @microbematos.bsky.social IMIB group) in recognition of their outstanding proposal: InfectoFITT.🏅 Award sponsored by #OeirasValley and #Sarstedt
- 🧾New paper now on Nature Protocols 🎉The #ExSRRF protocol gives you all details on how to merge Expansion Microscopy technique with #eSSRF analysis. Developed by Dominik Kylies, @puellesv.bsky.social and @hannah-superres.bsky.social, @henriqueslab.bsky.social 🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by AI-driven Optical Biology LabIt's here! ✨ The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF ➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw
- Our researcher @afonsomendes92.bsky.social & collaborator @christlet.bsky.social just published on @natcomms.nature.com.🙌 They developed a new analysis tool that automatically finds repeating patterns in structures in biological images without prior knowledge. Read it at: nature.com/articles/s41...
- 🔬👨💻📰 #SReD is out! Automated structural detection for #ImageJ & #FIJI, from nano to macro ✨🐘. No training data, no bias - texture analysis with GPU acceleration!⚡️ Brainchild of @afonsomendes92.bsky.social and adventure w @christlet.bsky.social lab + friends. Check: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- New pre-print alert 🚨 @henriqueslab.bsky.social and @guijacquemet.bsky.social just published a pre-print on framework to auto generate pre-prints from simple text. Interested to use it for your research? 📃Read more about it at: zenodo.org/records/1575...
- 🧑🔬📰🚀 #RxivMaker is here! A framework automating the creation of publication-ready scientific #preprints from simple Markdown. Goodbye manual formatting, and hello gorgeous manuscripts! A great adventure with @guijacquemet.bsky.social's lab 📜: zenodo.org/records/1575... 👨💻: github.com/HenriquesLab...
- In the past week we welcomed students from Escola Amélia Rey Colaço at @itqbnova.bsky.social. Researchers @mariodelr.bsky.social & Daria demonstrated the principle expansion microscopy was originated from- 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀👶 We have our lab doors open to young minds to show them how research can be fun!👩🔬
- #OeirasValleyScienceFestival was a blast! With 22.000 participants, the energy was incredible. @henriqueslab.bsky.social delivered an amazing talk and researchers Daria and @mariodelr.bsky.social were busy all day sharing the wonders of microscopy🔬with diapers🍼- Curious to know how they relate?🤔💭
- Do not miss 𝗢𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹: 📅On the 25th of May at 10:50 @henriqueslab.bsky.social will talk in a roundtable session about 𝗔I 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. 👩🔬Meanwhile researchers Daria Aristova & @mariodelr.bsky.social will be representing our lab at @itqbnova.bsky.social stand. 🫵COME SEE US!
- Over this break, @mariodelr.bsky.social & Mariana Ferreira engaged in an outreach activity under the scope of Oeiras mun. project "Universidade de Primavera". Students became scientists for a day, observed their own cells and explored the new technology for bioplastics at @itqbnova.bsky.social. 🧫🔬
- Following the release of @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social and Mariana Ferreira #ReScale4DL work, Estibaliz shared her view on "FAIR and high-quality AI-ready data for bioimage analysis" on the 4-part @ai4life.bsky.social webinar series in collab with #GloBIAS 📅 Don´t miss the next one at: t.co/9TdywIGrgy
- 🎉Congratulations to our researchers Mariana Ferreira and @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social for their #ReScale4DL work available on pre-print at @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social🧐 Find out how down-sampling data can improve your high-resolution imaging at biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #BioImageAnalysis #DL #AI
- Our group leader @henriqueslab.bsky.social was the most recent guest of "90 segundos de ciência", a podcast broadcasted in the national radio by #RTP, #Antena1. Click in the link below to find out how our lab uses #ArtificialIntelligence to improve cell imaging using microscopy! 🦠🔬 buff.ly/ZaHToof
- Communicating science within our headquarters at @itqbnova.bsky.social is incredible, but taking science beyond our lab to is even more rewarding. Today our researchers visited a local school hoping to inspire the next generation of scientists. #OeirasEduca #Scicomm
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