Nathan J. O'Connor, PhD, MS

🎨 You’re invited to an Evening of Art and Ideas!

Experience science and creativity over appetizers, drinks, and the exhibition Umwelt: Phenomenal Worlds, exploring perception and consciousness.

📍 UC San Diego Park & Market
🗓️ Sun, Nov 16 | 6–9 PM

✨ We hope to see you there!

First real-time human embryo implantation recorded (in 2D and 3D). Time lapse video of 2 embryos (200 μm apart) implanting in the 3D platform
science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Amazing! The top looks like transmitted light microscopy. And the bottom is reflectance imaging so you can see the collagen matrix, right (from reading the paper)?

Lightsheet microscopy produces terabytes of image data quickly—creating storage, transfer, and analysis bottlenecks. In my work, I’ve found smart compression strategies to be essential. Here are some of my observations:
figshare.com/articles/pre...

#microscopy @mbfbioscience.bsky.social

Checkout this webinar (8-6-25; 12pm EDT) on the SLICE light sheet microscope from @MBFBioscience! This high performance system is the size of a microwave and costs less than most confocals. I've loved working on this democratizing leap in #microscopy. #goodStuff #neuroscience

Checkout this webinar (8-6-25; 12pm EDT) on the SLICE light sheet microscope from @mbfbioscience.bsky.social! This high performance system is the size of a microwave and costs less than most confocals. I've loved working on this democratizing scientific leap in #microscopy #goodStuff #neuroscience

My #capybara friend is helping me register brains to Dr. Kim's devCCF (kimlab.io/brain-map/De...) atlas based on the CCF mouse brain atlas from the @alleninstitute.org. @mbfbioscience.bsky.social I'm, of course, using NeuroInfo for registration and cell counting :) #neuroScience

Chunky black bean corn #salsa to go with quesadillas made from leftover lean grilled to sirloin. #easycooking

Our abstract for #SfN25 is in! #neuroscience @mbfbioscience.bsky.social #science #brains #connectomics #microscopy

Protecting the Future of Biomedical Research: A Call to Defend NIH Funding Join us to defend science—write, call, and speak up. Biomedical research must be protected; the cost of inaction is too high for human lives.

Protect the future of biomedical research!
www.mbfbioscience.com/news/2025/03...

@mbfbioscience.bsky.social @alleninstitute.bsky.social #science #neuroscience @mcuban.bsky.social

Calling BS: Live-chat and Prebuttal to Trump's Address · MoveOn A better Tuesday and country are possible! As Trump hawks an hour of lies and dangerous directives to Congress, MoveOn is providing an antidote: a livestream event with Senators Chris Murphy and Brian...

mobilize.us/s/oe8p8j

#BrainAwarenessWeek is almost here! 🧠✨ We're considering hosting some Bluesky chats to bring the #Neuroskyence community together. Would this be something you would join in on? What would you ask the community?

Um... didn't the #USA have a revolution or something just to not have a king? #SMH

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Stuart got us these bands for #valentinesday. Solid as metal together. No matter what happens in these crazy times, nothing will break us. #LGBT #civilrights

In this month's Editorial, we discuss best practices for reporting methods so that they can be reused by other labs. Read it here!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why does the world's richest man want to gut the CFPB?

Because it would shield him from having to follow financial laws to keep customers' money safe — and give him access to confidential records about his competitors.

Follow the money.

Drunk Driving | NHTSA Get resources on ways to prevent drunk driving and alcohol-impaired crashes along with national drunk driving statistics and facts.

I know it's an awesome day for celebration (#superbowl), but please don't #DrinkAndDrive. I've lost a brother and a brother-in-law to drunk drivers. Ubers and taxis are so easy to get. www.nhtsa.gov/risky-drivin...

JD Vance, a Yale Law graduate, doesn't understand Marbury v. Madison, the most famous case in Constitutional law, which established judicial review of the other two branches of government.

Puppy Bowl

Love this. I love our rescue pup. #adoptDontShop #puppyBowl www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-...

JD Vance Suggests Judges ‘Aren't Allowed’ To Control Trump After Courts Block His Policies A slew of court rulings in recent weeks have hampered the Trump administration’s moves on issues like birthright citizenship and shutting down USAID.

So much for the #GOP being the party of "law and order"... and this is from Forbes. #JDVance www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

He's definitely a bit flighty on #science.

It will be his "Let's go Brandon". He deserves it.

Microplastics in the bloodstream can induce cerebral thrombosis by causing cell obstruction and lead to neurobehavioral abnormalities Microplastics get in the blood and are eaten by immune cells, leading to cell obstruction and cerebral thrombosis.

There seems to be a growing body of research on the #brain and #microplastics. scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...

This is an interesting article from that search: www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

#neuroscience #microscopy

That is some awesome data for that probe. Very cool! #microscopy

YouTube video by Tammie Eller February 5, 2025

@thedailyshow.com @msnbc.com Please cover #bigots like this. @margaretcho.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/shorts/8uv2J...

YouTube video by Tammie Eller February 5, 2025

This is from #Albany #NY today. I was born in Albany county a couple of cities over ( #Cohoes ). It's heartbreaking to see this in my normally calm and tolerant home area. Believe everything #Trump and his supporters say. They are completely sincere. #LGBT

www.youtube.com/shorts/8uv2J...

Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium Join the Allen Institute for the Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium in Seattle, Washington next June. This interactive symposium brings together those working to integrate openly availa...

Interested in presenting a talk or poster at the Open Science in Undergrad Education Symposium? Here are some important deadlines!

🎙️ Feb. 22 - Abstracts for 20-minute talks
🖼️ April 1 - Abstracts for posters

Learn more and submit your abstract:
alleninstitute.org/events/opens...

🧬 #EduSky

Increasing rat numbers in cities are linked to climate warming, urbanization, and human population Most cities are seeing increases in rat numbers, linked to climate warming, urbanization, and human population densities.

Rat populations are rising in cities predominantly because of warmer average temperatures, reports a new #ScienceAdvances study.

On the mend here. Today, I made chicken turmeric #soup with veggie fridge finds (cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and yellow peppers). I love #veggies