News digest

Here is a selection of interesting news, publications and discussions related to microscopy that happened in the last two weeks.

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

Twitter

Microscopes and imaging tools:

• New work from Prevedel lab on 3-photon microscopy https://twitter.com/Prevedel_Lab/…

• Open microscopy hardware and software resource https://twitter.com/HohlbeinLab/…

• Opensource SPAD (single-photon avalanche diode) array sensor enabled Fluorescence microscopy https://twitter.com/VicidominiLab/…

• DIY 3D printed automated fluorescence filter stage https://twitter.com/OpenUc2/…

• Reto Fiolka comments on the lattice light-sheet microscopy with interferometric (4Pi) detection manuscript by Bin Cao et al. https://twitter.com/RetoPaul/…

• Loïc A. Royer talks about their new DaXi microscope on YouTube https://twitter.com/loicaroyer/…

• A a compact adaptive optics module for multiphoton microscopes https://twitter.com/crisrodtsou/…

Bioimage analysis:

• Python based Brain Globe software integrated with BigDataViewer in Fiji via pyimagej https://twitter.com/nKiaru/…

• The 4.2 release of aicsimageio brings support for Bio-Formats to the already-great python image reader! https://twitter.com/TalleyJLambert/…

News and interesting reads:

• Nice discussion on current microscopy limitations and expectations for the near future https://twitter.com/haesleinhuepf/…

• Imaging mass cytometry technique for studying tumour microenvironment published https://twitter.com/TheCrick/…

• Janelia’s volume EM analysis preprint updated and now published in Nature https://twitter.com/avweigel/…

• An open citizen science project for global algal bloom study https://twitter.com/OpenFieldC/status/1448068827137314821

• Temperature of samples is a crucial parameter to keep in check for best results https://twitter.com/edwardlachica3/…

• Atomic-resolution real-time electron microscopy has got both mindblowing details and high-speed https://twitter.com/shaharsu/…

• New paper on Raman 3D imaging of cleared brain samples https://twitter.com/Maurice_Y_Lee/…

• An interesting thread about Henrietta Lacks https://twitter.com/YasminCurates/…

• An interesting thread by James Manton: Why does fluorescence look more impressive down a microscope eyepiece than on a camera, even when a colourmap is applied? https://twitter.com/JamesDManton/…

• Some cool biological study with homebuilt macroscope https://twitter.com/FellerMarla/…

• A t-shirt for all the microscopists out there https://twitter.com/rita_strack/…

Scientists at work

• Ulrike Boehm shares her organised caos https://twitter.com/Ulrike_Boehm/…

• Megascope (aka Diesel3p) installation is epic https://twitter.com/Labrigger/…

• Conference in Turku cathedral just like every conference should be… https://twitter.com/turkubioimaging/…

• Conferences are getting back in person https://twitter.com/OptoPhysAkhil/…

• Awesome mural for a science classroom https://twitter.com/Andi_Kur_/…

• #SciArt https://twitter.com/S__Baksh/…

Movie time

• Early stages of embryonic development in zebrafish https://twitter.com/ZebrafishRock/…

• Rotating organoids! https://twitter.com/BauschLab/…

• Chromosome dynamics on dividing epithelial cells https://twitter.com/TyskaLabActual/…

Microforum

Averaging and accumulating in confocal microscopy https://forum.microlist.org/t/averaging-and-accumulating-in-las-x/1507

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