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Benjamin Compans

@bencompans.bsky.social

Field Application Scientist at Abbelight & Neuroscientist ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿง  Alumni from Daniel Choquet lab (IINS - Bordeaux University, Fr) and Burrone lab (CDN - King's College London, UK)

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โœจ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.

Read the full Press Release here on businesswire: www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

or on our website: www.abbelight.com/company/news/

08.01.2026 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seeing the presynapse at the nanometer scale with super-resolution microscopes.

Watch our latest episode to learn about how modern #microscopy reveals the inner architecture of cells here: youtu.be/8cXV9J5NJQQ

06.02.2026 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revolutionize your DNA-PAINT workflow with the new Abbelight Massive Photonics Smart DNA-PAINT Kit

Explore it on our eshop: shop.abbelight.com/products/kit...

Want to learn more?
Reach out to our experts at eshop@abbelight.com

#SMLM #SuperResolution #Microscopy #Nanoscopy #Bioimaging

07.07.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ #๐—ฆ๐— ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ!
๐Ÿ“ Bonn, Germany
๐Ÿ“… 27โ€“29 August 2025

This is more than just a conferenceโ€”itโ€™s a chance to shape the future of super-resolution imaging, together.

See you there!

#SMLM #SuperResolution #Microscopy

31.07.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”ฌ Super-resolution is powerful โ€” and with Abbelight, itโ€™s simple.

Join us at the EMBO Course in Prague (20โ€“21 June) to see how our end-to-end SMLM workflow makes sample prep & analysis seamless.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Talk + hands-on demos
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Experts from Abbelight & SVEN BioLabs

#SMLM #Microscopy #EMBO

20.05.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come join us at #ELMI2025

The Abbelight team is heading to Heidelberg for one of the most exciting microscopy events of the year โ€” and we hope to see you there!

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ, ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—ฏ

#SMLM #SuperResolution #Bioimaging

27.05.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to be heading at King's College London to with @mehdi-madi.bsky.social to discuss about @abbelight.bsky.social cutting-edge imaging solutions. Meeting customers and learning about their research is always stimulating.

#microscopy #nanoscopy #Abbelight #KingsCollegeLondon #NowWeSee

20.05.2025 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Interview with Dr Benjamin Compans: From Academia to Industry in Super-Resolution Microscopy - FocalPlane Interview with Dr Benjamin Compans: From Academia to Industry in Super-Resolution Microscopy - Interviews

#FocalPlaneCorrespondent Sally Horton interviews Benjamin Compans @bencompans.bsky.social about his journey from academia to industry (@abberior.rocks) as an expert in super-resolution microscopy.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/05/07/i...

19.05.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Interview with Dr Benjamin Compans: From Academia to Industry in Super-Resolution Microscopy - FocalPlane Interview with Dr Benjamin Compans: From Academia to Industry in Super-Resolution Microscopy - Interviews

Fantastic interview by Dr Sally Horton for @focalplane.bsky.social ! It was a pleasure to reflect on my journey into super-resolution microscopy and my move from academia to @abbelight.bsky.social Hope you find it interesting! #superresolutionmicroscopy #Abbelight #careerjourney

07.05.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ
Our new SAFe platforms now feature automated spectral demixingโ€”a breakthrough that:

โœ… Enhances accuracy
โœ… Eliminates bias
โœ… Delivers clearer, more reliable data effortlessly

๐Ÿš€ Coming soon!

#SMLM #SuperResolution #Bioimaging #imaging #Microscopy

20.03.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With Ed Cohen (Imperial College London) we are recruting 2 PhDs for a nice project called "Deciphering the functional architecture of neuronal proteins using 3D SMLM, artificial intelligence and robust statistics". More information here : www.ma.imperial.ac.uk/~eakc07/Impe...

07.04.2025 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Advancing Super-Resolution Microscopy: Recent Innovations in Commercial Instruments Abstract. Super-resolution microscopy techniques have accelerated scientific progress, enabling researchers to explore cellular structures and dynamics wit

We have a new review out! In this Microscopy & Microanalysis piece, Louisa Mezache and I survey some of the latest commercially available microscope technologies: Nikon NSPARC, Re-scan Gaia, CSR Biotech MI-SIM, refinements to STED, SMLM from Bruker and Abbelightโ€ฆ Check it out with free access:

09.04.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Congrats @slfort.bsky.social et al. For this new paper. New milestone for multiplexing SMLM๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

10.03.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Learn more: lnkd.in/eaBVV3qD

30.01.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Learn how: www.abbelight.com/technology/n...

#SMLM #Nanoscopy #SuperResolution #Bioimaging #research #Microscopy #Drugresearch #Cancerresearch #Neuroscience #Microbiology #Biophysics #Genomics

05.02.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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SPS Summer School 2025 - "Advanced Plant Imaging: From super-resolution to fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy" Sun 29 Jun, 2:00 PM - Fri 4 Jul, 6:00 PM [CEST]: Microscopy is a fundamental tool for understanding the functioning of plants at the cellular to molecular scale. Recent technological advancesโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ“…New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: SPS Summer School 2025 - "Advanced Plant Imaging: From super-resolution to fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy"๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿ‘‰https://eventform.plantae.org/plantae.calendar/detail/1381/1751198400000

#PlantScience

29.01.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing line up that promises fantastic talks and discussions. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ”ฌ

A symposium I am really looking forward

03.02.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Abbelight hiring Field Applications Scientist (FAS) - GLOBAL in Cachan, รŽle-de-France, France | LinkedIn Posted 2:17:40 AM. Join our team at Abbelight โ€“ Pioneers in imaging of tomorrow! Abbelight is creating the future ofโ€ฆSee this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

We're looking for a Field Application Scientist to join our team at @abbelight.bsky.social & support researchers in achieving groundbreaking results worldwide.
ย 
If you're driven to make a difference and enjoy working with cutting-edge technologies, Apply Now ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

31.01.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ #๐—•๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ? ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต #๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ!

#SMLM #SuperResolution #Biophysics #Bioimaging #Microscopy #Nanoscopy #imaging

31.01.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interested in bringing microscopy and nanoscopy to the next level? Can you take the challenge? Donโ€™t hesitate to contact Sandrine @slfort.bsky.social or myself @abbelight for more info. Application deadline 26th of March!

31.01.2025 06:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pushing the limits again for SMLM! More data in one acquisition with nanoscale information! Here some mitochondria imaged with @abbelight.bsky.social SAFe MN360, STORM and a Field of view of 230x230um!

More to come!

#NowWeSee

30.01.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Superโ€Resolution Goes Viral: T4 Virus Particles as Versatile 3Dโ€Bioโ€NanoRulers Various super-resolution fluorescence microscopy methods achieve nanoscale resolution, vital for visualizing subcellular structures. Choosing suitable biological standards is challenging, demanding p...

๐ŸŽ‰Amazing work!!! Ignacio Gallea, Oleksii Nevskyi et al. show T4 virus particles can be used as versatile 3D-bio-nanorulers!

๐Ÿ“Our 2-Plex #DNAPAINT kit, containing anti-mouse & rabbit single-domain antibodies was used for T4 virus visualization

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

28.01.2025 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
3D image of cardiomyocytes with high-throughput expansion microscopy

3D image of cardiomyocytes with high-throughput expansion microscopy

High-throughput expansion microscopy takes shape.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/96025?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

28.01.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Application for the LIGHTinPARIS COFUND Doctoral program is open, 33 research projects @univparissaclay.bsky.social. Several projects in @ismolab.bsky.social and I'm happy to propose two projects in collaboration with Abbelight, don't hesitate to contact us/apply before 26/03/2025
lightinparis.eu

15.01.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Session 1 (Optical Physics): Think Like a Physicistโ€”Clematis Training Program
YouTube video by Clematis Research Empowerment Hub Session 1 (Optical Physics): Think Like a Physicistโ€”Clematis Training Program

A journal club on @lumasullo.bsky.social et al. RASTMIN paper (with explanations for non-microscopists audience) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozKA...

18.12.2024 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Abbelight is at CellBio2024! Don't hesitate to pass by to discover our imaging platform from Microscopy to Nanoscopy.

#cellbio24 #superresolution #microscopy #science
@ascbiology.bsky.social

16.12.2024 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SMLM image of Endoplasmic Reticulum imaged with Abbelight SAFe MN360.
#SuperResolution #SMLM #FluorescenceFriday

06.12.2024 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Synapticome?

03.12.2024 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Gif showing a spine containing spine apparatus, reconstructed from FIB-SEM images. ER: red, synapse: yellow, plasma membrane: blue

Gif showing a spine containing spine apparatus, reconstructed from FIB-SEM images. ER: red, synapse: yellow, plasma membrane: blue

Our paper is out just in time for #EM_Monday! It is about a specialized neuron-specific ER, called the spine apparatus, which is found close to synapses and has a very peculiar shape. If you think neurons are special, the spine apparatus is their๐Ÿฆ„ horn! But how does it form?!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

02.12.2024 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Thank you for working so much on this paper while I was quite occupied in my new personnal and professional adventure!

02.12.2024 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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