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Biomedical Picture of the Day: daily intriguing images from global research. IMAGE/RESEARCH EXPLANATIONS AND LINKS TO THE PAPER on bpod.org.uk Supported by @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social & Dept of Biochemistry, @ox.ac.uk
Role of signalling pathway identified in fly hearing organ
=> possible sensorineural hearing loss treatments
π· Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chong Li, & Rong Grace Zhai. Memoona Ramzan et al, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in
@jci.org
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@rooph.bsky.social
Flower Power: Cells induced by molybdenum disulphide nanoflowers to increase production of mitochondria to transfer to & repair damaged cells
πΉ John Soukar et al @tamu.bsky.social in @pnas.org
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Cyst-like structures in thymus thought to be relics from development are networks of epithelial cells possibly involved in T-cell selection & development
πΉ Stepan Vodopyanov et al @einsteinmededu.bsky.social in
@jcellsci.bsky.social
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Blood Suppl-eye: Loss of TGF-Ξ² in blood vessel endothelial cells as a model of retinal & neurological diseases
π· Yanshu Wang et al @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social
in @elife.bsky.social
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Study in zebrafish reveals clot factor-cleaving enzyme ADAMTS13 is also key in vascular development & tissue homeostasis
π· Samuele Sartori & Ignacio Babiloni Chust et al
CIBIO University ofTrento, Italy in @biologyopen.bsky.social
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Human patient's liver cell organoid cultured with their T cells makes life-mimicking study & drug screen model
π· Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in Advanced Science
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Death Mask: Microglia β myeloid cells of the nervous system β can be positive for the nerve cell death marker annexin-V
π· Kiyoharu J. Miyagishima & Francisco M. Nadal-NicolΓ‘s, et al
National Eye Institute, NIH in Neural Regeneration Research
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How the hormone-producing ovarian follicle contributes to egg production
π· Qi Yin and Allan C Spradling, @carnegiescience.bsky.social
@elife.bsky.social
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Nanoprobe (here with pollen grains for scale) performs mitochondrial biopsies β advance for study & promise for transplants to replace faulty mitochondria
π· Yanmei Ma & Weikang Huand et al, Southern University of Science and Technology, China in @science.org Advances
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Sleepyhead: How an inflammatory response causes daytime sleep via signal from gut to brain
π· Alina Malita et al Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen in @elife.bsky.social
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John Ankers
Coupling of vascular & nervous activity seen by new multimodal microscopy of neuron Ca2+, haemoglobin & blood flow velocity in awake mice
πΉ Wei Qin, Tingting Li & Linyang Li et al Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen in @natcomms.nature.com
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On Neurite Path: Algorithm that automatically reconstructs images of far-reaching axon projections from a single neuron in the mouse brain
πΉ Lin Cai et al Huazhong University of Science and Technology
in @elife.bsky.social
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John Ankers
Quantifying cardiomyocyte contraction & nuclear deformation interaction reveals nucleus-damaging mechanism underlying LMNA cardiomyopathy
π· @apdaria.bsky.social & Julie Heffler et al @weillcornell.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social
in @natcardiovascres.nature.com
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In the Ring: Details of the bacterial cell division structure the Z-ring revealed using cryo-ET
π· AdriΓ‘n Merino-SalomΓ³n et al @mpibiochem.bsky.social in
@elife.bsky.social
β‘οΈ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with
John Ankers
A computer model comparing blood cell transport in healthy & cancerous tissue - includes physiologically significant parameters hard to measure in life
πΉ Abhay Mohan & Prosenjit Bagchi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in @biophysj.bsky.social
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Enabling awake ultrasound localisation microscopy avoids effects of anaesthesia on brain blood vessels
π· @yikewang.bsky.social et al @songlabduke.bsky.social lab
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in @elife.bsky.social
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3D human microvessel model shows how malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum disrupts the brain's tiny blood vessels & affects pericytes
π· Rory K M Long et al, @embl.org Barcelona in
@embomolmed.org
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Sox5 gene controls neural stem cell activity ensuring balance between full quiescence & being primed for action
π· Cristina Medina-MenΓ©ndez, Paula Tirado-Melendro & Lingling Li, et al @institutocajal.bsky.social in
@plosbiology.org
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Youth & Macroph-age: How macrophages associated with capillaries are distributed & maintained over a lifetime β loss linked with skin capillary ageing
πΉ Kailin R. Mesa et al, New York University School of Medicine in @nature.com
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Polar Bearings: Cells at the poles at different times in the early developing embryo have distinct behaviours breaking symmetry
Image made with @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social
π· Adiyant Lamba & Meng Zhu et al
@cam.ac.uk in @elife.bsky.social
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John Ankers
Brilliant! thank you very much. Shouldn't need a high-re vers.
21.10.2025 10:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@plosbiology.org Hi there, is this image also cc-by-4.0 like the paper? We'd love to feature it on BPoD please!
21.10.2025 07:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Circuit Reset: No evidence for long held idea that the brain's thalamic nucleus reuniens targets memory-involved pyramidal cells of the CA1 hippocampal region
π· Lilya Andrianova et al @uofglasgow.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org
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Bacterial biofilms move in waves generated by hair-like pili on the individuals
π· Baha AltΔ±n et al @kocuniversity.bsky.social in @elife.bsky.social
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Virus-inspired lipopeptide-based nanoparticles deliver nucleic acids to cartilage to counter progressive cartilage breakdown in osteoarthritis
π· Yu Fu, Yulan Huang & Yunjiao Wang, et al Southwest University, Chongqing, China in @natcomms.nature.com
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Al-G In-da-gut: Microalgae incorporated with anti-inflammatory drug nanoparticles enhances treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
π· Jiahui Ye et al, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
in @natcomms.nature.com
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Getting Closure: Previously unidentified transient cell population mediates epithelial fusion during organ development
π· Karsha N. Tamilkumar, Harsha Purushothama & Raj K. Ladher
@tifr.res.in in & on cover @biologyopen.bsky.social
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Unlocking the unrealised potential of H&E-stained samples by AI generation of multiplex immunofluorescence
π· Eric Wu et al, Enable Medicine, CA, USA in
@natcomms.nature.com
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John Ankers
Desmoplakin conformationally changed as it acts as a mechanosensor in tension-prone organs like heart & bladder
πΉ Yinchen Dong et al @sivasankar-lab.bsky.social Lab
@ucdavis.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com
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Brillouin microscopy (detecting photon energy shifts) for exploring dynamic biomechanics during development
π· @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social et al @embl.org in @natcomms.nature.com
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John Ankers
