Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR). Microscopy for all of VU and VUMC. Light microscopy and electron microscopy. Image analysis. https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/https://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3muzqj243oc2bJoin us! We're launching a virtual "CLEM Collaborative" for imaging scientists in Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy to share tips & tricks. First event is Thurs, Sept 24 at 10AM CDT/3PM UTC/4PM BST. Registration & Zoom link. https://forms.gle/xu28967pnvRADoQa8 #clem #electronmicrocopy #microscopy08 Sep 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzqj243oc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3muhqqquopk23Drumroll please... Congrats to the winners of the 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! 1st Spencer Rothfuss, 2nd Hannah Collins, 3rd James Hayes! 👏🔬🎨🏆 @vubasicsciences.bsky.social https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2026/09/01/rothfuss-collins-and-hayes-win-2026-cell-imaging-shared-resource-life-is-beautiful-image-contest/01 Sep 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhqqquopk23https://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mufvqd3pyc2jHappy #MicroscopyMonday! New paper alert from the Gould Lab with Alaina Willet as first author. Beautiful TEM of the fungal cell wall. Scale = 250 nm. Thank you for using and acknowledging the CISR! @vubasicsciences.bsky.social Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-76987-231 Aug 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufvqd3pyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mtwozp2ghs2kThe loss of Dolly Parton hits hard here in Nashville. We remember her amazing music, her gift of books to every child born in Tennessee, and her generosity to research at Vanderbilt. ❤️🦋 https://news.vumc.org/2020/04/02/dolly-parton-makes-generous-gift-to-advance-covid-19-research-at-vanderbilt/25 Aug 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwozp2ghs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mtmaddu6dc27New publication alert #FluorescenceFriday! First author Juliann Burkett, Gannon Lab. Beautiful mouse pancreatic islet imaging! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42294887/ And great acknowledgment! "acknowledge the staff...for their training and maintenance of the high-power microscopes used in this study" 👏21 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmaddu6dc27https://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mtlwipkgxs2rA day in the life of a microscopy core scientist... [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlwipkgxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mtcdngbazc2nToday is the LAST DAY to submit to the 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful image contest! We can't wait to see all the entrants and choose the winners! #MicroscopyMonday Details and submission here. tinyurl.com/2dd42x8917 Aug 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcdngbazc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mt2ywf7hps2z#FluorescenceFriday finishes our Life Is Beautiful countdown! FIRST PLACE here! 2024 Shane Watson, Sando Lab, Zeiss lightsheet, cleared mouse brain. 2025 James Hayes, Burnette Lab, Nikon SoRa, Zebrafish eye. Submit now for 2026! tinyurl.com/2dd42x89 @vubasicsciences.bsky.social @mag2art.bsky.social14 Aug 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ywf7hps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3msyd5lachk2oThe countdown continues! 2025 Second Place winner - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab, Nikon AXR MP, whole mount small intestine. 🔬🎨🏅 @vubasicsciences.bsky.social @tyskalabactual.bsky.social FOUR DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT THIS YEAR! Details, prizes, link here. tinyurl.com/2dd42x8913 Aug 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyd5lachk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3msvu3bezkk2lWe're counting down to the Aug. 17 deadline for the 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful contest! Today, 2nd place winner from 2024 - James Hayes, Burnette Lab, cardiomyocyte actin, Nikon SoRa. @mag2art.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social Details and submission link here! tinyurl.com/2dd42x89 🔬🎨🏅12 Aug 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvu3bezkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mstiet5vfk2kThe countdown continues! Today we highlight the 3rd place image from 2025 - James Costanzo, Gama lab, iPSC neurons, Nikon SoRa. 🔬🎨🏅 This year's CISR Life Is Beautiful contest is open for submissions for 6 more days! #microscopy Submit now! tinyurl.com/2dd42x89 @vubasicsciences.bsky.social11 Aug 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstiet5vfk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3msr3f2dz4k2sLet's countdown this week with our previous CISR Life Is Beautiful winners! 2024 3rd Place - Emma Koory, Burnette lab with a Nikon SoRa image of a clefted nucleus among mRNA. 🔬🎨🏅@mag2art.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social #MicroscopyMonday Enter this year's contest here! tinyurl.com/2dd42x8910 Aug 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr3f2dz4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3msj347eknk2iCISR users still have time to submit to our 3rd annual Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! Do it today for #FluorescenceFriday! Deadline is August 17. Details and prizes here at the submission link. https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/image-contest/07 Aug 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj347eknk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mrxaxh24vc2wHappy #FluorescenceFriday! But an EM image to remind you about our 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful contest. Deadline is MONDAY, Aug 3. Submit light or electron microscopy images acquired in the CISR! Winners announced in Sept. $100, $50, and $25 prizes. https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/image-contest/31 Jul 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxaxh24vc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mrfqlpt5os2dIt's #FluorescenceFriday! And the submissions are rolling in for the 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful contest! You have 10 days left to submit. Let's see those beautiful images! https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/image-contest/24 Jul 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfqlpt5os2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mqkgdmns622kIt's #MicroscopyMonday! CISR users, have you submitted your images to the 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful contest yet? Three weeks until the deadline!13 Jul 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkgdmns622khttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mpyyscwjjs24First #MicroscopyMonday of the month! Good time for Vanderbilt CISR users to submit their beautiful images to our 3rd annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/image-contest/06 Jul 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyyscwjjs24https://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mp7dbl2koc2pIt's that time of year! Submissions are open for the THIRD annual CISR Life Is Beautiful contest! Start searching your folders for your best CISR images (light or electron microscopy). Or go ahead and submit today for #FluorescenceFriday! 🔬🎨🏆 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/image-contest/26 Jun 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7dbl2koc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3moy44q7boc2jGreat spotlight on graduate student Monica Brown in the Lau Lab. She is a very frequent CISR user, and it's great to read about her research. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy44q7boc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3movfoomoh22vLet's get this week started with #MicroscopyMonday! New MBoC paper alert from the Tyska lab including so many #microscopy techniques - light, EM, and CLEM (pic). "A role for LIMA1 in the assembly of actin bundle-supported protrusions" 🔬👏💚 https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-02-0073?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed22 Jun 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3movfoomoh22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mo4ahjvhw22cNew publication from the Nordman Lab with lots of imaging for #FluorescenceFriday! Confocal, Airyscan, live imaging, and photobleaching, with first authors Mohit Das and Eli Coronado-Chavez. "NASP functions in the cytoplasm to prevent histone H3 aggregation during early embryogenesis" @jcb.org12 Jun 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4ahjvhw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mnah5fttdk23Happy NIH S10 submission day to all who celebrate! #MicroscopyMonday https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/7c/c0/vCFLajSx.gif?hh=373&ww=498&mp4=qckijbVZcoC76QIq&webm=zOnpjbkoSr98yFYDC01 Jun 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnah5fttdk23https://bsky.app/profile/vucellimaging.bsky.social/post/3mmz47k2gqc2bNew paper for #FluorescenceFriday! "Human Brain Vasculature-on-a-Chip Model Constructed With Microvessels Isolated From Cryopreserved Postmortem Human Brain Tissue". 1st author Brian O'Grady (now VUMC Asst. Prof.) & Lippmann lab. Great ex. of confocal to show localization & structure in X,Y,Z.29 May 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:t3ksaaeqppynuvrarg2zmoru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmz47k2gqc2b