Nat Prunet
Microscopic farmer 🔬🌺
Microscopy core director @UNC Chapel Hill
Former plant developmental biologist
- Reposted by Nat PrunetThx for @mollyherring.bsky.social for featuring our recent work with @centriolelab.bsky.social and our quest with @gautamdey.bsky.social & the support of the @moorefound.bsky.social to look for the beauty in every #eukaryote out there using #Expansion #Microscopy #UExM
- Even with the largest zoom on a classic compound optical system, scientists struggle to make sense of finer details. Microbiologists are turning to an unexpected source to clear things up: a moisture-absorbing material found in diapers. www.quantamagazine.org/expansion-mi...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetAre you passionate about #microscopy? 🔬 Want to build a strong foundation in #imaging skills? One week left to apply for AQLM 2026 at the incomparable Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. @mblscience.bsky.social buff.ly/0XCAKm4
- Reposted by Nat Prunet✨💃Disco Ball!💃✨ A UV laser excites fluorescein, producing green fluorescence. Glitter scatters the light to demonstrate dynamic light scattering (DLS) for measuring particle size. #FluorescenceFriday #RealTimeChem #SciArt #SciComm #ChemArt
- Reposted by Nat PrunetWatercolor inspired by xylem #sciart This one is cool because it's box-mounted, no framing required artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetHappy #FluorescenceFriday! I've shared this before but am reposting b/c I think the developing #lung is just so darn pretty! This is an E18.5 🐭 lung with 🟢 marking cells that express my favorite gene, Shh.🟣 marks cell membranes. 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social postdoc👩🔬 @christinaadaly.bsky.social 🧪
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- Reposted by Nat PrunetNew paper from our lab @jxbotany.bsky.social about auxin and cytokinin interactions during carpel initiation in Arabidopsis Led by @andreagomezfe.bsky.social in collaboration with @defolter-lab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
- @thorlabs.bsky.social teaching scopes are all set up and ready for my #microscopy lab course!
- Reposted by Nat Prunet👉 Think your research image could be next? Submit your image for 2027: zurl.co/QLQRp #ibidicalendar2026 #microscopy #scienceinfocus #bioart #sciart #immunofluorescence #inspiringscience #imaging #scienceisfun #scienceinpictures
- Reposted by Nat PrunetAre you microscopy-curious? Or already obsessed? We are hosting a zoom info session for AQLM on Monday Jan 12 (info below). Come ask me anything! @mblscience.bsky.social
- Considering attending AQLM 2026? Join us January 12th at 2:30pm EST to ask the directors and a few former students any questions you have about the course! Registration is required via Google form to get the Zoom link. forms.gle/gJedFnzfJhqd...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetScientists captured the exact moment cardiac cells self-organize into a coordinated rhythm—seconds before the first heartbeat. Early beats are irregular and shift in origin, yet spread coherently across the heart. Credit to Bill Jia!
- Reposted by Nat PrunetExcited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
- Reposted by Nat PrunetHad an interesting talk with Owen Morton of the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social, found that InFocus magazine is accessible even if you’re not a member. www.rms.org.uk/resource/the...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetJoin us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis. More info about our research: www.bischofflab.com Job posting and application details: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
- Christmas has come a few days late! Our new @brukercorporation.bsky.social MuViSPIM #lightsheet #microscope will be running by the end of the week 🤌 #microscopy #bioimaging #fluorescence
- Reposted by Nat PrunetMy team are running the Peripheral Nerve Society's Instagram account this week: www.instagram.com/pnsociety1 If you like images of the nervous system, please check it out! #FluorescenceFriday @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nat PrunetGenetic engineering, painting, sculpting, floristry, and fantasy are united in @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social 's flower design art project. New essay out now on a blossoming frontier of transgenic art!
- Reposted by Nat PrunetIt’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...
- Want to do great science and beautiful microscopy with a great guy? @maikbischoff.bsky.social is recruiting a PhD student for his new lab! #cellbio #devbio #microscopy #bioimaging
- 🚨 PhD Position Available 🚨 I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany. www.bischofflab.com/jobs Fully funded ✅ #Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy #Drosophila #PhD (Details Below) Original Posting: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
- It was nice to see the art and science session at Cell Bio so full! #sciart #bioart #cellbio #microscopy
- Reposted by Nat PrunetPleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking. It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... [1/6]
- Reposted by Nat Prunet#syGlass v2.5.0 is out! 🎉 New depth-aware colormaps, expanded file formats (NRRD/MRC/TCF/OME-Zarr v3), better #VR segmentation tools, and upgraded narration workflows — all focused on making #3Ddata easier to explore and share. Blog: www.syglass.io/blog/syglass... #Microscopy #Imaging #3DThursday
- Going to Cell Bio 2025 in Philly? Join us at the Science and Art session on Sunday! You may know that I love the intersection of art and science. I'll be talking about the art of microscopy 🔬👨🎨 #sciart #bioart #cellbio #cellfie #microscopy #scicomm
- Reposted by Nat Prunet#LatestIssue cover: Confocal #microscopy image showing DR5:3nucVenus expression in the inflorescence apical meristem of an Arabidopsis thaliana plt3 plt5 plt7 pin1-T600I mutant. Image courtesy of Kerstens and Willemsen. 📖 See @merijnkerstens.bsky.social & Willemsen et al. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
- Reposted by Nat PrunetNext on the 2026 roster is Dr. Peter Kner, @knerlab.bsky.social. He lectures on wave #optics, #diffraction, and #contrast generation in imaging. This Physics 101 gets everyone on the same #wavelength, even if your background is all biology. Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy
- Reposted by Nat PrunetOn the second day of AQLM, we also have Dr. Steve Ross of #Nikon Instruments who gives us an inside look at #optics, objective #lenses, and #image aberrations. You've (hopefully) never seen an objective like this before! Apply now to join us April 29th-May 8th 2026. bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy
- Reposted by Nat PrunetDay 2 also covers Fourier Optics, with a fantastic lecture from Dr. Peter Kner! You'll never understand Fourier transforms better than you do after Peter explains it, trust us. Apply now to join us and finally understand #Fourier space! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy
- Reposted by Nat PrunetOur M.Sc. PBioC (Physical Biology of Cells and Cell Interactions) students at @goetheuni.bsky.social had their first hands-on encounter with STED microscopy this week — and they captured some truly stunning super-resolution images. #FluorescenceFriday #Superresolution
- Reposted by Nat PrunetAll #CellBio2025 attendees! Here’s our phenomenal lineup for our session on #SciArt & #SciComm: @ahnaskop.bsky.social, @jiwasa.bsky.social, @mag2art.bsky.social, @nat-prunet.bsky.social, and Julia Licholai. Please come by and spread the word! Huge thanks to @ascbiology.bsky.social and co-organizers!
- Love the #SciArt gallery on @maikbischoff.bsky.social's lab website 😍 www.bischofflab.com/portfolio #microscopy #bioart #microscopymonday #cellfie #devbio #cellbio
- Reposted by Nat PrunetSo excited to share this as a new junior PI: My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀 www.bischofflab.com Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊 And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery! #CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
- Reposted by Nat Prunet51st #NikonSmallWorld winners reveal a hidden world of wonders: zorz.it/PqBOh #JeremyGray #51stAnnualNikonSmallWorldPhotomicrographyCompetition #macro #winners #micro #microscopy #Nikon #PhotoContest #PhotoMicrography
- Reposted by Nat PrunetStudying cochlear neuroanatomy demands imaging the entire cochlea at subcellular resolution. In our recent study (tinyurl.com/isotropicLSFM), we recorded the cochlea at isotropic resolution across the whole organ, laying the groundwork for what follows… #lightsheet #isotropic #cochlea
- Reposted by Nat PrunetImportant video from fellow scientist and microscopist @stephanie-shiers.bsky.social. Please respect our work. #Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday
- Love that cuttlefish bottle 😍
- Hey look who's back from firing and will be in the shop Wednesday at 11am Pacific! It's our old friends cuttlefish bottle and hissing possum jar. Leslielevings.bigcartel.com tomorrow!
- Reposted by Nat PrunetReliable actin labelling in expansion #microscopy 🔬 Beautiful #preprint from Olivier Mercey, @lreymond.bsky.social & team @dudinlab.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social Read the latest #preLight from @kanishka03.bsky.social ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/h...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetFirst up is AQLM Director, Dr. Alexa Mattheyses. @mattheyseslab.bsky.social She kicks off the course with an introduction to #optics, where you build a #Kohler #microscope using nothing but #lenses and #physics. If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy
- Reposted by Nat PrunetI’m proud to present the main work from my postdoc, 3+ years in making from scratch, my ultimate #MimulusPropaganda up till now: The Moment That Symmetry Breaks. #plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy 🧪🌸🔬 w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetExcited to share this perspective article out now! Come read about Streptocarpus and other great model systems! More extraordinary model systems for regeneration journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetApplications are now open for AQLM 2026! Join us @mblscience.bsky.social April 29th-May 8th, 2026 for a comprehensive, hands-on light microscopy course with an amazing roster of faculty who are leading experts in their fields!
- Reposted by Nat PrunetKey transcripts encoded centrin-like proteins, a frequent component of sensory/contractile structures in protists. We visualized tentacle ultrastructure by U-ExM with @dudinlab.bsky.social lab, discovering stunning tip and collar structures 🤯that add structural complexity to new tentacle formation.
- Reposted by Nat PrunetCellular structure self-organizes through an interplay between internal mechanisms and external cues. The single-celled suctorian P. collini builds a trap structure to capture large prey using microtubule feeding tentacles, creating feedback between cell morphology and prey availability.
- Reposted by Nat PrunetA student-run radio show covered my Nikon Small World honorable mention & I even got to give a radio interview! A totally new experience for me 😀 Huge thanks to Andrew! Also featuring @peiferlabunc.bsky.social & @nat-prunet.bsky.social #NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceCommunication #SciArt
- Reposted by Nat PrunetNever seen the death of a ciliate like this-- usually it's too much pressure from the coverslip or too much osmotic pressure. But this gradual posterior-to-anterior "unzipping" effect amazed me ! Motic BA310e - 40x Objective - sped up 2X #microscopy #Paramecium #Iteachbiology #edusky
- I was today years old when I learned that *Drosophila husbandry* was actually a skillset to add to a cell/developmental biology resume. I wonder if I should add Arabidopsis husbandry to mine 😆 #drsophila #cellbio #devbio #arabidopsis #plantscience
- Reposted by Nat PrunetIf you are looking for #microscopy events, check out our Microscopy events calendar, powered by MicroscopyDB. 🗓️: focalplane.biologists.com/events/ Add an event: microscopydb.io/add-a-commun...
- Reposted by Nat PrunetFlashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.
- Reposted by Nat PrunetOur #JCSciliaSI is complete Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13... Our cover image shows tracheal epithelial cells from an air-liquid interface culture imaged using U-ExM from Oliver Mercey and Marine Brunet @centriolelab.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
- I had to try it. It was really good! #microscope #microscopy
- Gorgeous cover by @mathpreu.bsky.social 👏
- Our Special Issue on Lifelong Development #LifelongDevSI is now complete! Guest edited by Meri Huch and Mansi Srivastava, it contains 26 research and review-type articles. On the cover: the dorsal vasculature of an adult zebrafish's first gill arch. See Preußner et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
- Reposted by Nat PrunetIncoming deadline - 7 November 2025 Apply for a @jcellsci.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grant to support your attendance at a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course. Open to ECRs in #cellbio. For more info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
- Reposted by Nat Prunet🔬We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy course at MBL. Come learn to be an excellent microscopist! Questions? Ask here or DM me. @mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #fluorescence
- Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State: oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u... #devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
- and you can spend your weekends in the mountains!
- Love these!
- Reposted by Nat PrunetI was asked whether I was going to paint any shiny reflections to Mr blue swimmer crab. You bet. #sciart 🦀
- Reposted by Nat PrunetThe #mesoSPIM community just celebrated 10 years of open-source light-sheet microscopy in Zürich! For #3DThursday, we're honoring Martina Schaettin & Fabian Voigt’s iconic 3D chick embryo dataset — a luminous benchmark for open science and shared discovery. #Microscopy #Lightsheet #syGlass
- Reposted by Nat PrunetThe winners for the largest photo microscopy competition were just announced and they do NOT disappoint!! [Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬
- Reposted by Nat PrunetMagnifying the minuscule: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2025 – in pictures
- Reposted by Nat PrunetHello scientists of Bluesky! Since we're new here, what better way to introduce ourselves than to share our collection of light-sheet #microscopy data, featuring a diverse range of species and tissue types 🐠🐁🦎🔬: vimeo.com/lifecanvastech Stay tuned for more #bioimaging data drops coming soon!
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- Reposted by Nat PrunetFor this #FluorescenceFriday 🔬 a cryosection of a dissected zebrafish gill, stained with phalloidin (orange) and DAPI (blue-ish). #Zebrafish #DevBio #Microscopy
