Raju Tomer

The key figure:

A milestone worth reflecting on - 1000 citations for our cleared tissue light sheet paper - the COLM.
Gratifying that core ideas have stood the test of time and are broadly adopted:
Cuvette-based sample mounting;
Virtual slit effect with rolling shutter CMOS;
and Linear adaptive offset correction!

Love this!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this before -- high-res light sheet microscopes designated for use by individual researchers in one lab!! Fantastic to see real-world impact emerging, starting with Bianca’s lab at JLG, Columbia!

3D Imaging Just Got Easier Columbia researchers have developed a powerful new microscope that could enable more scientists around the world to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research.

We’re proud to work with Dr. Tomer & his team at Columbia University to bring SLICE to life, a compact, affordable light-sheet microscope making 3D imaging more accessible worldwide.

📖 magazine.columbia.edu/article/3d-i...

@rtomer.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

#SLICE #lightsheet

We had to join the trend.

Introducing: Jack Glaser, Founder and President of MBF Bioscience —now an action figure. Complete with microscope, field journal, and trusty lab dog. 🧠🐕

In science, there are no small people—just big ideas.
#ScienceMatters #STEM #Microscopy

Our digital times :-)

I suppose both mind states are needed. Fresh mind to think out-of-box and an informed mind to make sure it is indeed out-of-box.

Quite an essay on the basis of cancer entitled "The End of the Genetic Paradigm of Cancer" @plosbiology.org arguing against the primacy of somatic mutations (traditional model) and cells, invoking gene regulatory networks and tissue
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Nothing better than that! :) (15h flights for us when visit family in India)

Not surprising!

this might have been a scheduled downtime for maintenance: "eRA's scheduled March maintenance will start at 7 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, March 8, 2025, and will end at 8 a.m. (ET) on Sunday March 9, 2025"

skin?

which one you get Rita? iHealth?

Congrats, fantastic work Reto and team!!

have ppl found any funders that support toolmaking? I want to keep making tools for people, but there is a seemingly irresistible force pushing us towards hypothesis-driven research. In my experience, funders don't want to hear about tech dev. Any insights? for both neuro & climate would be great tx

Synaptic basis of feature selectivity in hippocampal neurons - Nature A temporally asymmetric synaptic plasticity kernel results from bidirectional modifications of synaptic weights around the induction of a place field.

Delighted to highlight our new paper in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social entitled 'Synaptic basis of feature selectivity in hippocampal neurons' (thread below 👇): www.nature.com/articles/s41...