News digest
Posted by FocalPlane, on 14 September 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:
- The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) are running a free webinar on 28 September that aims to take you from microscope to figure
https://twitter.com/ASCBiology/status/1568373853277114377
- Euro-BioImaging’s User Forum on using imaging to understand infectious disease will take place online on 6 October
https://twitter.com/ERIC_forum/status/1569701386136469517
- The dates of the 2023 International Microscopy Congress have been announced
https://twitter.com/eurmicsoc/status/1569316997095194624
News and interesting reads:
- A useful resource for anyone starting out in calcium imaging
https://twitter.com/aandr314/status/1569693470528520193
- Check out Tanner Fadero’s thread about compensating for depth-dependent spherical aberration
https://twitter.com/TanFad/status/1565394339521445888
- A tip for TrackMate users
https://twitter.com/guijacquemet/status/1569941263402823681
Papers:
- Two papers presenting ‘smart microscopy’ techniques:
https://twitter.com/Dora_Mahecic/status/1567923840986263554
https://twitter.com/IlariaTesta4/status/1567921209333157889
- A new technique for visualising action potentials
https://twitter.com/yzhang34/status/1567213385338732544
- Traject3d, a label-free method for distinguishing between different phenotypes in 3D cell culture
https://twitter.com/DavidBryantLab/status/1568912831420022785
- A method for keeping thermophilic samples happy on the microscope
https://twitter.com/gbaffou/status/1569552093425582086
Competitions and opportunities:
- The winners of Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition have been announced
https://twitter.com/NikonInst/status/1569718468404019200
Movie time:
- Early zebrafish development visualised using light sheet microscopy
https://twitter.com/ZebrafishRock/status/1566423958215446528
- Cell extensions doing some exploration:
https://twitter.com/So_lets_kiLab/status/1569324472259182592
- Amoebae exploring their new habitat:
https://twitter.com/KatrinaVelle/status/1569476279686279168
- And finally, some of the movies from the Nikon Small World in Motion competition that have been shared to Twitter:
https://twitter.com/LightUpScience/status/1569714810295828483
https://twitter.com/thekengevik/status/1569696754475626497
https://twitter.com/feehannelson/status/1569753109446152193
https://twitter.com/Simon_J_Cleary/status/1569710910410993664