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FocalPlane is a community site for anyone who uses microscopy in their research. It is a place where you can interact with a global community of imaging scientists, engineers, chemists, and bioimage analysts.
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Journal of Cell Science Special Issue: Cell and Tissue Polarity
Posted by Helen Zenner, on 18 March 2024
The Journal of Cell Science Special Issue on Cell and Tissue Polarity is now complete. The original research in this Issue, guest edited by David Bryant, covers many aspects of cell polarity, including the roles of both the cytoskeleton and junctions in polarity establishment and maintenance, polarised membrane trafficking, cell division and collective cell migration.Effectively Communicating Bioimage Analysis workshop – a review
Posted by Stefania Marcotti, on 15 March 2024
On February 12th-15th 2024, Beth Cimini and Kevin Eliceiri organised the “Effectively Communicating Bioimage Analysis” Workshop in Buxted (UK), with the support of The Company of Biologists. They gathered an impressive line-up of bioimage analysis superstars from all over the globe, and opened their doors to early-career researchers to apply for a seat at the“Image analysis workshop” in Dublin (Ireland) – 24-25/04/2024
Posted by Stefania Marcotti, on 14 March 2024
This two-day workshop on April 24th-25th 2024 is designed to empower microscopists and researchers with the necessary skills and tools to confidently analyse their data. Under the instruction of experienced core facility staff from the Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London, participants will be introduced to open-source tools such as FIJI and napari, andFocalPlane features… microscopy-based outreach
Posted by FocalPlane, on 11 March 2024
The first webinar of our new series of FocalPlane features… focussed on microscopy-based outreach. We hosted fantastic talks from Paola Moreno-Roman from Foldscope Instruments and Martin Jones from The Francis Crick Institute and we share the recordings here.Microscopy preprints – applications in biology
Posted by FocalPlane, on 8 March 2024
In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.Questions about FocalPlane?
Image credits
Neuromuscular junctions – Rebecca Simkins
Mitochondria and microtubules – Till Stephan
Mammary gland organoid – Oona Paavolainen
Dopaminergic neuron – Nick Gatford
CLEM HeLa cell – Marie-Charlotte Domart, Chris Peddie
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