News digest

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:

• Journal of Cell Science’s 2023 meeting will focus on Imaging Cell Dynamics. Registration is open now:
  https://twitter.com/J_Cell_Sci/status/1575117088749981697

• The Core Technologies for Life Sciences Congress is taking place in Dublin, Ireland, from 17-29 June 2023
  https://twitter.com/CTLSlifeScience/status/1580840511396786177

• Registration is open for the 2023 Flow Cytometry Facilities Meeting in London, UK
  https://twitter.com/YorkBioimaging/status/1576945846863941632

• Catch up on Steve Royle’s webinar for ASCB, ‘From Microscope to Figure’
  https://twitter.com/clathrin/status/1575775895134113793

News and interesting reads:

• Mimi Ho, Mike Cianfrocco and Liz Kellogg present The Plunge, a new podcast about CryoEM
  https://twitter.com/mimi1inh/status/1579474499866890241

• Technopolis are carrying out a review of barriers in bioimaging on behalf of Wellcome. Find out more and participate in the survey here:
  https://twitter.com/drkatgold/status/1577974010784219136

• Check out this interview with Guillaume Jacquemet, which includes an interesting discussion on deep-learning-based image analysis tools
  https://twitter.com/focalplane_jcs/status/1580126628687933440

• Joachim Goedhart takes us through 60 years of fluorescent proteins
  https://twitter.com/joachimgoedhart/status/1577208761352998912

Papers:

• Using an optogenetic approach to manipulate plasma membrane surface charge
  https://twitter.com/basktastic/status/1578416128690249729

• Introducing Light-Seq, which applies light-directed DNA barcoding to facilitate spatially indexed sequencing in fixed samples
  https://twitter.com/_emmarosewest/status/1579508561880965120

• Want to do six-colour STED? No problem:
  https://twitter.com/HeilemannLab/status/1580483513232814081

Competitions and opportunities:

• Are enthusiastic about science communication and looking for a chance to broaden your writing experience? We’re looking for three ‘FocalPlane correspondents’ for the coming year:
  https://twitter.com/focalplane_jcs/status/1576891059359035392

• The deadline for Light Microscopy Australia/Volume Imaging Australia’s image competition has been extended to 21 October 2022
  https://twitter.com/LightMicroAus/status/1580750967233880064

• Check out the winning gallery from the Nikon Small World competition
  https://twitter.com/NikonSmallWorld/status/1579834979080892416

Movie time:

• Katrina Velle is counting down to Halloween with 31 #MicrosCreepy movies:
  https://twitter.com/KatrinaVelle/status/1576350496536678400

• A smorgasbord of plankton collected off the coast of Plymouth, UK:
  https://twitter.com/PlanktonPundit/status/1580256333055791104

• A migrating cell blazes a trail for its peers:
  https://twitter.com/pj_saez/status/1575804060564787200

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