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 reporter’ Martin Jones who helped us create this list.

Twitter

Microscopes and imaging tools:

• Cryo-Expansion microscopy (Cryo-ExM) published in Nature Methods https://twitter.com/MarineLaporte8/…

• New quantitative biosensors that work in live animals https://twitter.com/AndrewGYork/…

• Fluorescence lifetime DNA-PAINT https://twitter.com/RomanTsukanov/…

• A new spatial transcriptomics method, EEL FISH https://twitter.com/slinnarsson/…

• New 3-colour SMLM https://twitter.com/MarijnSiemons/…

• DIY histology slide autostainer https://twitter.com/Ponz91/…

Bioimage analysis:

• Anna Poetsch and Robert Haase from Dresden awarded teaching prize for joint online course on bio-image analysis and bio-statistics https://twitter.com/PoLDresden/… (full course available openly at https://github.com/BiAPoL/Bio-image_Analysis_with_Python)

• Label2label – training a neural network to selectively restore cellular structures in fluorescence microscopy – paper published in JCS https://twitter.com/liskoelln/…

• Zebrafish Vascular Quantification – published in Development https://twitter.com/KuglerElisabeth/…

• Results of the “2020 Bioimage Analysis Survey: Community Experiences and needs for the future” from COBA and LOCI, published in Biological Imaging https://twitter.com/nasim_jamali/…

• Open challenge on digital pathology https://twitter.com/sstoma/…

News and interesting reads:

• Brainstorming conversation on fluorescent proteins for Aspergillus https://twitter.com/NormanRhijn/…

• Beautiful illustrations from 1807 about the formation of rainbows https://twitter.com/johnmdudley/…

• The next BINA Community Conversation focuses on Reproducibility and Quality Control https://twitter.com/StrambioLab/…

• Applications for RMS Early Career Award Competition 2022 has been extended https://twitter.com/RoyalMicroSoc/…

• ImageQuiz by Joachim Goedhart https://twitter.com/joachimgoedhart/…

• Suggestions on microscopy meetings for 2022 https://twitter.com/rita_strack/…

Scientists at work

• Suggestions for naming some teaching microscopes? https://twitter.com/Nat_Prunet/status/1480944851579379713

• Beautiful microscopy exhibit at CEITEC https://twitter.com/Ceitec_CellimCF/status/1483456539126030353

• SciArt – genetics map meets antique geological map https://twitter.com/Sci_Wanderlust/status/1480889255387963393

Movie time

• Dividing algae https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/…

• Growing actins https://twitter.com/DInoueMT/…

• How light passes through lenses https://twitter.com/Physicsastronmy/…

Microforum

• An old thread revisited and looking for new suggestions on open software for optical system design https://forum.microlist.org/t/best-open-software-for-optical-system-design/353/9

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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