🧠✨ Calling all neuro-enthusiasts!

We’re excited to launch the NSI-ECRN Monthly Microscopy Spotlight — a new initiative to showcase the stunning imaging work of early career neuroscience researchers across Ireland! 🧪🔬

Each month, we’ll feature one standout microscopy image on our socials, celebrating the beauty of brain research and the brilliant scientists behind the lens.

📸 Got an image you’d love to share?

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Let’s highlight the science and the art of neuroscience together.

“Fluorescent staining for the macrophage marker Iba1 (red), the inflammatory marker IL-1β (yellow), the cellular stress marker GDF15 (green) and the nuclear marker Dapi (blue) in the adipose tissue of an adult mouse after 12 weeks of high-fat diet feeding and 7 days post-traumatic brain injury, combining IF and FISH (RNAscope).”

-Gideon van der Linden, PhD student in University College Dublin

“Male 1 year old Zebrafish coronal midbrain section, probed for GFAP and costained by DAPI”

-Fergus Woods, PhD student in University College Dublin

“Microglia hard at work💪🏼✨! An army of microglia infiltrating the corpus callosum region of a Sprague-Dawley rat brain provides a glimpse into the intricate workings of the immune cells of our central nervous system and showcases their essential role in keeping our brains healthy and harmonious.”

-Meike Mulder, Masters student at University College Cork