News digest
Posted by FocalPlane, on 10 June 2022
Here is a selection of interesting news, publications and discussions related to microscopy that happened in the last two weeks on Twitter and beyond.
Talks, training and workshops:
- Applications for EMBO’s practical course on current methods in cell biology close on 13 June
https://twitter.com/CuylenLab/status/1533801567853457408
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- Registration is open for EMBO’s computational optical biology course
https://twitter.com/HenriquesLab/status/1531627929272188929
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- Applications to attend a five-day quantitative confocal microscopy workshop at the Salk Institute are open until 1 July
https://twitter.com/JenCWaters/status/1532049718766931968
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- Join Andor Technology on 14 June for a free course on Raman Spectroscopy with Adam Wise
https://twitter.com/AndorTechnology/status/1534143141787455494
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- Emmanuel Reynaud will be speaking about light sheet microscopy on 29 June
https://twitter.com/ReynaudEmmanuel/status/1534098290010165249
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News and interesting reads:
- Cameron Nowell’s Fiji Training Notes have been updated
https://twitter.com/NerdyCammy/status/1534758837802004481
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- Wondering which validation metrics to apply to your image analysis? Check out ‘Metrics reloaded: Pitfalls and recommendations for image analysis validation’:
https://twitter.com/lena_maierhein/status/1533667837633769473
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- A tool for making sure your figures are colour blind-friendly
https://twitter.com/manorlaboratory/status/1534231704189030400
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- Mariana De Niz is continuing her series of interviews with Latin American scientists, this time focusing on Uruguay
https://twitter.com/mariana_deniz/status/1531601611835199488
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Papers:
- Introducing a new version of TrackMate
https://twitter.com/guijacquemet/status/1532386975398957058
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- New methods for visualising the DNA damage response
https://twitter.com/CaronPierre13/status/1532279965802176514
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- Using two-photon microscopy to monitor cerebral blood circulation in mice
https://twitter.com/guanghan_meng/status/1532071833377206272
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Awards and competitions:
- The results of our image competition with ELMI have been announced. Congratulations to the winners!
https://twitter.com/focalplane_jcs/status/1535234888386871296
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Movie time:
- Some hypnotic traction force microscopy:
https://twitter.com/KatrinaVelle/status/1533980842007076865
- Watch an Arabidopsis root hair growing:
https://twitter.com/elisonblanca/status/1533809773715591171
- An example of the new version of TrackMate in action:
https://twitter.com/spirochrome/status/1534431707557990401