Michelle Itano
@MichelleItano
Director Neuro Microscopy Core @UNCCIDD/@UNC_CBP/@uncneuro, @cziscience Imaging Scientist, @MyBioTechniques EIC, AcaMama (she/her)
Incredibly grateful to all who helped contribute to this work! We hope you all find these tools useful and look forward to your feedback!! rebecca-senft.shinyapps.io/MicCheck/
Super excited to share our @naturemethods publication on Microscopy Methods Reporting with @MichelleItano, @MicroscopyLAC & @ma_sanders groups & @SenftRebecca. Thank you @rita_strack for your invaluable help! nature.com/articles/s4159… #reproducibility #microscopy
Time for @MichelleItano's Q2 journal highlights >>> biotechniques.com/pcr-sequencing… ⭐ Optimizing RT-qPCR workflows in both high-throughput and resource-limited settings ⭐ Developing a BRET-based sensor for the detection and quantification of interactions involving B56α ⭐…
It's MicroscopyMonday, so let's take a peek into the 🔬 This movie was taken by Shinya Inuoe, who built the polarizing microscope that allowed scientists to see mitotic spindle fibers live for the first time. Dr. Inuoe premiered his research at MBL.
This is a funded position for a project that we are really excited about! Please share and please reach out or apply if interested! We are hoping to hire for a June start date, but for the right person we can discuss required modifications to that timeline.
Used QuPath before and hit a challenge?👇 Our Call for Help is open! If you joined our May course (or know the basics), send us your image + analysis problem. Basic QuPath knowledge required Scan the QR code in the post to submit!! #PPBI #QuPath #ImageAnalysis #Microscopy
So excited to hang the ‘Acknowlegement Guidelines’ poster up @UNC! Grateful to be part of the community working towards equitable recognition for imaging scientists!! Read more and download the poster (in 10 languages!): lnkd.in/eSQRugJX #AcknowledgementGuidelines


Over 270 fully engaged people from over 25 countries attended our open forum on Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025. A wonderful success that also brought together the @RoyalMicroSoc @MicroscopySoc @GlobalBioImage to urgently offer support to our communities with…
#microscopycommunity- join @Royalmicrosoc & @BioimagingUK for a town hall Monday June 16 a community-driven forum to discuss how core facilities can thrive in today’s evolving funding environment Learn more about it here: buff.ly/lcfr8Te
Calling all core facilities 🎉- Timely 'Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall virtual Forum' 16th June. A joint @RoyalMicroSoc and @MicroscopySoc meeting that welcomes all. See - rms.org.uk/rms-event-cale…
One more day to apply!! Hope to see you all in Woods Hole this summer!! mbl.edu/education/adva…
Every summer, the MBL welcomes hundreds of students from all around the world to our Advanced Research Training Courses (ARTCs). Course dates and applications deadlines for the 2025 season are live! 🧵 x.com/MBLScience/sta…
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
Hey everyone! MBL's Imaging Facility is looking for an Imaging Specialist – ready to push the boundaries of imaging? Join our team and apply now! #MBLScience #JobOpening More info here: tinyurl.com/4y57t2uj
#UNC is opening the Smith Center tonight to anyone who can safely walk to the game. Free. Those who have tickets to tonight’s 7 pm tipoff will have first rights to their seats "To those on and around campus who can join us, please walk in." Doors open at 5:30 pm.
Facilities Services is staging equipment and supplies, and crews are working across the #UNC campus to pretreat and brine priority walkways and building entrances. Visit go.unc.edu/advweather for updates about Facilities operations and clearing of priority areas. ❄️
The National Institutes of Health plans to severely cut the percentage of its grant money that can be used for overhead costs rather than research. scim.ag/42LPG5S
Happy #Fluorescence Friday! #microscopy community, join us for Ramiro Tomasina’s presentation at the @RoyalMicroSoc CBI and @bioimagingNA Expansion Microscopy User Group series on Feb 12 - free and online! Register here buff.ly/4hqSARR
Excited to be featured in the @NIGMS Biomedical Beat Blog this month, just in time for my birthday! 🎉 biobeat.nigms.nih.gov/2025/01/unders…
Feb 1 is application deadline for @SocDevBio Choose Development summer undergrad research training program. Research training in SDB member labs for undergrads from historically excluded groups to pursue graduate degrees. Supported by @NICHD_NIH sdbonline.org/choose_develop…
Happy New Year! Start 2025 strong by submitting your photos and videos to this year's #NikonSmallWorld and Small World in Motion competitions. Entry portals are open, and we can't wait to see your incredible work! 🌟➡ enter.nikonsmallworld.com
🔉🔉🔊It's very important to hear your version of the story. GBI Career Path survey.
Every summer, the MBL welcomes hundreds of students from all around the world to our Advanced Research Training Courses (ARTCs). Course dates and applications deadlines for the 2025 season are live! 🧵 x.com/MBLScience/sta…
If you're at #ASCB2024 don't miss the round table discussion led by 🔬Core Directors @MichelleItano and @ArvanitisDina on 'pulling back the curtain on a career in core facilities' @NUFeinbergMed @NU_CDB @UNC_CBP @BioimagingNA @GlobalBioImage They're both amazing! Don't miss it!