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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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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 inCell 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 ofMicroscopy 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 eventFeatured 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 gapMost 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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