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FocalPlane is a community site for anyone who uses microscopy in their research. It is a place where you can interact with a global community of imaging scientists, engineers, chemists, and bioimage analysts.
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Bioimage Analysis: A Call for Standards and Community Accountability
Posted by Haydee Hernández, on 20 November 2024
Achieving true reproducibility in bioimage analysis is a milestone that may seem far away, but it is a goal to which we must aspire. The current reality is that many published papers lack the necessary documentation, and full disclosure of the steps they followed to obtain results, necessary to reproduce their methodologies accurately. This gapMicroscopy preprints – applications in biology
Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 November 2024
Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.A journey of a novice in immunofluorescence assay
Posted by Seth Domfeh, on 15 November 2024
I am Seth Domfeh, a lecturer and an early-career researcher from the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. I am delighted to share my experience before and during my research visit to the Africa Microscopy Initiative (AMI) Imaging Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University ofFocalPlane features… Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics with Journal of Cell Science
Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 November 2024
Our latest FocalPlane features… webinar was a celebration of the research in Journal of Cell Science’s Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. Our Guest Editors Lucy Collinson and Guillaume Jacquemet hosted the webinar with talks from Md Hashim Reza, Melanie Rug and Vikas Tillu.New Cross-Title Reviews Editor
Posted by Katie Pickup, on 15 November 2024
Hi everyone! My name is Katie Pickup and I’ve just joined The Company of Biologists as a new Reviews Editor. I will be working with FocalPlane and Journal of Cell Science, but my role also involves working across the Company’s other journals: Disease Models & Mechanisms, Development and Journal of Experimental Biology. I’m really lookingBridging Imaging Users to Imaging Analysis – 2024
Posted by Suganya Sivagurunathan, on 13 November 2024
The Center for Open Bioimage Analysis (COBA), BioImaging North America (BINA), the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS), and Global BioImage Analysts (GloBIAS) are conducting a biennial survey to understand the needs of the imaging community and shape future tools and resources for image analysis. What is image analysis? If you’ve made quantitative measurements on your microscopyInternational Microscopy Facility Survey
Posted by Paul McMillan, on 9 November 2024
Some of you may have seen this already (thanks if you have already filled this in). I have been running an International Microscopy Facility Survey over the last few months. It is based on the excellent BioImaging UK survey that was published a few years ago, but with an extended focus to include Optical Microscopy,Most read on FocalPlane
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Image credits
Neuromuscular junctions – Rebecca Simkins
Mitochondria and microtubules – Till Stephan
Mammary gland organoid – Oona Paavolainen
Dopaminergic neuron – Nick Gatford
CLEM HeLa cell – Marie-Charlotte Domart, Chris Peddie
Microscopy-related articles from our journals
- HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples Development 2024 151: dev202307
- filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis J Cell Sci 2024 137: jcs261274
- Computational tools for quantifying actin filament numbers, lengths, and bundling Biology Open 2024 13: bio.060267
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