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Casper is a research fellow at the University of Groningen where he studies how flowers get their colours and how those colours evolved in the eyes of the animals that see them. In order for flowering plants to reproduce, their flowers need to be attractive to pollinators, but at the same time be unattractive to other animals, maintain an optimal temperature and maximise reproductive output. He uses biophysics to study the optical and thermal properties of flowers and contextualises it within an evolutionary framework of animal vision and reproductive biology.

Compact and High Performance Fluorescence Microscopy

Sponsored by Etaluma, on 28 April 2021

“Disruptive technologies typically enable new markets to emerge… disruptive products are simpler and cheaper;” Clayton M. Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma Microscopes are the most common laboratory instrument in the world; there are more labs with a microscope in them than any other instrument.  As such, it is a field where innovation is constantly producing new

A biologist’s checklist for calcium imaging and optogenetic analysis

Posted by Andrey Andreev, on 12 April 2021

Technological advancement constantly makes these methods more accessible, however, there are a number of understated complexities involved with these types of imaging-based experiments

Writing Ideas for FocalPlane

Posted by FocalPlane, on 12 March 2021

A couple of months ago, we launched a survey to learn about your experience with FocalPlane and hear your suggestions. We want to thank you again for taking the time to participate and share your comments and suggestions with us. We noticed that many of you did not know that you can post your content