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22.07.2025 13:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New to BioInteractive and not sure where to start? If you'd like free resources for the life science classroom, join us for a workshop will introduce you to our materials and connect you with a community of life science educators. www.biointeractive.org/professional...
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Igor Siwanowicz created these images of the underside of the front foot of a male diving beetle. You can see suction cups that are used during mating, as well as a broad plate and exterior spines that aid in swimming.
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📣Last Call to all librarians! Don't miss your chance to apply for “Flight Path” and bring fun, engaging, FREE resources about the science of bird migration to your library.
Applications are open until July 10.
Apply Today: community.starnetlibraries.org/flightpathap...
This fiery mixture of red and green neurons in the brain of a mouse shows how interconnected different types of neurons can be. Shown in green are the excitatory pyramidal neurons, and in red are inhibitory interneurons.
Credit: Nelson Spruston and Erik Bloss, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
🖥️ STIM, a new tool developed at Janelia & @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, aligns sections of irregularly spaced 2D spatial transcriptomics data & renders them as images to reconstruct 3D volumes of gene expression, allowing researchers to see how all genes are expressed & organized in 3D tissue. 🧬
13.06.2025 14:55 — 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 1
The spore, the merrier. 🌿
This image shows a cross section through the reproductive region of a fern (Ceratopteris richardii), revealing its intricate internal structures. The blue and purple ovals are spores, which ferns use to reproduce and spread.
On the sidelines no more: New research from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social shows astrocytes are active players in neuromodulation.
Read more: bit.ly/4jaNyJi
David Stern and Igor Siwanowicz @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, created this image which shows a female aphid nymph that just started inducing the formation of a gall in the tissues of a budding witch hazel leaf.
19.05.2025 15:37 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Are you are someone you know looking for high-quality, free science teaching resources?
@biointeractive.bsky.social is now on LinkedIn — follow them for classroom-ready tools, award-winning videos, & free professional development for educators.
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Academy pathway (full alt text at link). Transform their teaching through practices that promote learner-centered classrooms. Design and facilitate high quality workshops that model inclusive science teaching. Develop identity as a leader and model science educator.
Map of where the Academy members are located (full list at link). Our Academy members represent: 18 high school and 12 undergrad educators 21 states (and Canada!) Institutions from 300 to 100k+ students 375+ years of combined teaching experience
🗣️🗣️🗣️Announcing the second HHMI BioInteractive Ambassador Academy Cohort! 🗣️🗣️🗣️
These educators will engage in a three-year program on utilizing evidence-based practices and facilitating workshops for other educators. Join us in congratulating them! www.biointeractive.org/professional...
Graphic shows three molecular models of the sweetness receptor in front, back, and side views, with text 'Scientists Unveil the Structure of the Receptor Responsible for How We Taste Sweetness'. To the right, HHMI Investigator Charles Zuker, in a casual shirt poses next to the models. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute logo is in the corner.
How do we taste sweetness?
HHMI Investigator Charles Zuker’s lab at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social just revealed the structure of the human sweet receptor. This discovery could help cut sugar without cutting taste—unlocking big possibilities for the future of food.
Read more: hhmi.news/3F0plr4
The Betzig Lab at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social’s Research Campus created this panorama of individual cells in the zebrafish eye which displays different layers of the developing eye and shows a variety of cellular organelles within each cell.
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🎉Congratulations to HHMI’s Beautiful Biology, winner of a 2025 Webby Award in the Science Websites and Mobile Sites category ➡️ hhmi.news/42KRBpI
💻Explore the site ➡️ www.hhmi.org/beautifulbio...
📷Igor Siwanowicz
Please share this with a colleague who might be interested! #edusky #scisky #stem
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Are you a life or environmental science faculty member at a 2-year or 4-year college and university looking to enhance student outcomes? We're inviting you to join our Fall 2025 Faculty Online Learning Communities —a free, semester-long professional development experience! bit.ly/FoLCFall2025...
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Zoom in on skin, and you will see the intricacies of the organ that protects us from the external environment and much more. This image shows a detailed view of both hair follicles and sweat glands embedded in our skin.
Credit: Catherine Lu and Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University
This image shows a young shoot on a cedar tree, created using confocal #microscopy. The web-like pattern radiating from the center of the image is created by the cell walls of the xylem cells, this helps move water from the roots to the rest of the tree.
📷: Igor Siwanowicz, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
This video shows one of a cell’s essential structural components: actin cross-linking proteins. These proteins are important for organizing actin filaments in a cell – allowing it to move, adhere to surfaces, and do much more.
Credit: Matt Tyska
HHMI Investigator David R. Liu, smiling, with a graphic of a DNA helix in the background. Text overlay announces his award of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
Congrats to HHMI Investigator David R. Liu on receiving the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences! He is recognized for developing base editing & prime editing: 2 breakthrough gene-editing technologies that enable the correction or replacement of virtually any genetic mutation. hhmi.news/3RA6shj
05.04.2025 23:27 — 👍 141 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 4A new study from researchers at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social details a wiring diagram of the fruit fly visual system and a comprehensive catalog of the fly’s 53K visual neurons.
hhmi.news/3XyqYCy 👈
In this video, you can see two cell types within the liver. The blue cell is a hepatic endothelial cell which are the cells that line the blood vessels that run through the liver.
31.03.2025 14:21 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0During sneezin' season, check out these images that capture the hidden beauty of pollen!
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You’re looking at cancer under siege. In this image you can see cancer cell (in white) and a patient’s immune cells (in red) during treatment.
24.03.2025 14:59 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0How do lizards find their way through forests? On #InternationalDayOfForests, use this Scientists at Work video, also available in Spanish, to explore how territorial lizards in Puerto Rico navigate to their home trees.
bit.ly/lizardsSaW
🗣️ New Resource Alert 🗣️
Did you know that we've partnered with PhET, a project that offers free simulations for exploring key concepts in science and math? Check out this new activity about Earth's energy budget and accompanies a classic PhET simulation. bit.ly/EnergyBudget...
Sharing:
If you’re looking for resources on how to teach about disease spread including the structures, transmission mechanisms, and evolution of viruses, check out this playlist:
www.biointeractive.org/planning-too...
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The Calling: A Medical School Journey is “nothing less than inspiring.”
Thank you @wsj.com for spreading the word about our latest film.
📺Tune in to PBS at 10 pm EST on March 17 to see the film @wsj.com calls “engaging and endearing.”
Read the full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Psst…did you know that BioInteractive now hosts PhET simulations, free simulations for exploring key concepts in science and math? In this new activity, students use online simulators to examine solar energy, atmospheric gases, and the mechanisms behind the greenhouse effect. bit.ly/PhETgreenhouse
11.03.2025 16:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Final reminder! ⏰
Applications for the 2025 #HannaGrayFellows Program are due February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
