News digest

Here is a selection of interesting news, publications and discussions related to microscopy that happened in the past month.

Thank you to our ‘FocalPlane reporters’ – Martin Jones, Manish Kumar, Andrey Andreev and Parash Prasad – who helped us create this list.

Twitter

Microscopes and imaging tools:

• CoCos, optimising spectral resolution https://twitter.com/JJeffet/…

• PSF engineering to achieve extended field of field https://twitter.com/christlet/…

Open-source / DIY microscopy:

• Low cost, DIY spinning disk confocal microscope https://twitter.com/Merz/…

• A guide for designing an objective from scratch https://twitter.com/Labrigger/…

• M12 lens adaptor https://twitter.com/beniroquai/…

• 3D-printed microscope https://twitter.com/opensource_orgs/…

• A cheap micro stepper motor https://twitter.com/aandr314/…

Bioimage analysis:

• shareloc.xyz for developing deep learning strategies for SMLM data: https://twitter.com/christlet/…

• Open access review of Deep Learning in bioimage analysis in developmental biology https://twitter.com/Dev_journal/…

• DECODE – Deep Learning method for 3D SMLM localisation https://twitter.com/JonasRies/…

• Exciting step towards making python and Fiji work well together https://twitter.com/nKiaru/…

• MorphoGraphX 2.0 https://twitter.com/StraussSoe/…

• Sharing Fiji tutorial series https://twitter.com/AlvaroCrevenna/…

News and interesting reads:

• Open call for Early Career Microscopists https://twitter.com/RMS_EarlyCareer/…

• Several open-source bioimage analysis projects funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Essential Open Source Software programme https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/?cycle=4

• SciArt and Data visualisation https://twitter.com/beatascienceart/…

• Hemibrain connectome for complete description of the Drosophila olfactory system https://twitter.com/eLife/…

• Visualising neuronal activity at single cell resolution https://twitter.com/VaziriLab/…

• 3D high-resolution live imaging with Multiview-tiling SPIM https://twitter.com/aakhte/…

Funding opportunities

• BioimagingUK Business Interaction Vouchers (deadline 30th September) https://twitter.com/BioImagingUK/…

Scientists at work

• Sharing stories at the campfire or looking at microscopy images? https://twitter.com/chrmosimann/…

• New lab space is open! And what a view https://twitter.com/NathanShaner/…

• New galvos (when you don’t have enough) https://twitter.com/RetoPaul/…

• New light-sheet system installed! https://twitter.com/Ceitec_CellimCF/…

• Need to bring that control style back https://twitter.com/stevebagley/…

• Web-site photoshoot! https://twitter.com/AstarMicroscopy/…

• Events… are getting back on campus? Sort of. Super-res imaging training at Bordeaux Imaging Center https://twitter.com/magali_mondin/…

Movie time

• Plankton filopodia https://twitter.com/rmartinledo/…

• Microscopy nightmares. Be careful while focusing your sample! https://twitter.com/DrLachie/…

• Calcium storm https://twitter.com/thekengevik/…

• Cardiomyocyte dividing in regenerating zebrafish heart https://twitter.com/J_Bakkers/…

• Nikon Small World in Motion competition winners https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2021-small-world-in-motion-competition

Microforum

• Creating a Zeiss ELYRA7 user group https://forum.microlist.org/t/zeiss-elyra7-user-group-forming/1488

• Bioimage analysis https://forum.microlist.org/t/statistics-for-quantification-of-microscopy-images/1490

We hope you find this post interesting. Please let us know if you think we should include other topics or discussion platforms.

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