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#celldyn2023: Andor ‘SRRF-Stream’
Posted by FocalPlane, on 7 June 2023
Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis tools
Posted by FocalPlane, on 6 June 2023
An interview with Brenda Delfin
Posted by Mariana De Niz, on 6 June 2023
MiniBio: Brenda Delfin is a researcher at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, in Lima, Peru. She is a Biologist by training, and has specialized in Neuroscience. She is currently head of the animal house and interim leader of the Neuroscience of development lab at UPCH. Joining her expertise in neuroscience and her passion for teaching, learningTracking in napari
Posted by Mara Lampert, on 1 June 2023
#celldyn2023: the benefits of using VT-iSIM
Posted by FocalPlane, on 30 May 2023
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Microscopy-related articles from our journals
- Dynamics of intracellular cGMP during chemotaxis in Dictyostelium cells Journal of Cell Science 2023 136: jcs.260591
- GliaMorph: a modular image analysis toolkit to quantify Müller glial cell morphology Development 2023 150: dev.201008
- A novel class of sulphonamides potently block malaria transmission by targeting a Plasmodium vacuole membrane protein Disease Models & Mechanisms 2023 16: dmm.049950
Microscopy-related preprint highlights
- An improved Erk biosensor reveals oscillatory Erk dynamics driven by mitotic erasure during early development
- Genetically encoded multimeric tags for intracellular protein localisation in cryo-EM
- Plasmodesmal connectivity in C4 Gynandropsis gynandra is induced by light and dependent on photosynthesis
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