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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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Recent posts

Featured image with Jiwon Lee

Posted by FocalPlane, on 6 December 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Jiwon Lee, is a 3D rendering model of Plasmodium falciparum showing the complex organisation of cellular organelles within the malaria parasite. Using a focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM), a series of high resolution 2D images were acquired. The image stack was aligned and each organelle was segmented in

Cell biology jobs and events on FocalPlane

Posted by FocalPlane, on 4 December 2024

Did you know that, in addition to our popular microscopy jobs and events pages, you can now post cell biology jobs and events on FocalPlane?

STED User Group (BINA/Canada BioImaging), December 12, 12pm EST

Posted by Ethan A. Perets, on 2 December 2024

The next installment of the BioImaging North America and Canada BioImaging STED user group will take place via Zoom on December 12 at 12 pm EST. Pina Colarusso will deliver the presentation, “Implementing Super Resolution in Core Facilities: Challenges and Opportunities”, followed by group discussion of this important topic. This user group is targeted at STED users of

Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis

Posted by FocalPlane, on 29 November 2024

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.

Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions

Posted by FocalPlane, on 25 November 2024

In 2025, The Company of Biologists will host a Workshop on Democratising Microscopy in Latin America in Baños de Agua Santa, Ecuador. The Workshop organisers, Constadina Arvanitis, Mario Del Rosario, Helena De la Torre, Mariana De Niz, Maria Fernanda Latorre Barragán and Licyel Lenny Paulas Condori, have put together a fantastic programme for the event

Featured image with Md Hashim Reza

Posted by FocalPlane, on 22 November 2024

Our featured image, prepared by Md Hashim Reza, is an Andy Warhol-inspired illustration of a Candida albicans cell, post-expansion and labelled with BodipyTR, highlighting features of internal membrane organisation.

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 gap

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