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Featured image with Giorgia Del Cioppo

Posted by , on 6 November 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Giorgia Del Cioppo, shows a tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) subjected to drought stress, captured from a top-down perspective using pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM) chlorophyll fluorescence imaging.
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FocalPlane features... Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics with Journal of Cell Science

Posted by , on 4 November 2026

Our next FocalPlane features... webinar is a celebration of Journal of Cell Science's Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. Our Guest Editors Francesca Bottanelli and Giulia Zanetti and our academic Editor Guillaume Jacquemet have invited the authors of three of the papers published in this issue to present their research.
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Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 30 October 2026

Here is a curated selection of the latest preprints on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list!
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Imaging spotlight: the role of intestinal muscles in remodelling the intestine

Posted by , on 28 October 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, Alessandro Mineo and Irene Miguel-Aliaga highlight the key findings from their research looking at the role of intestinal muscles in remodelling the intestine. They talk about developing the protocols and pipelines that allowed them to image and segment whole intestines. In the future, they’d like to be able to combine whole-organ
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Behind the paper: How tensin 1 condensates regulate cell adhesion dynamics

Posted by , on 27 October 2026

Behind the paper story from Michal Dibus on how tensin 1 condensates regulate cell adhesion dynamics.
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Recent events by FocalPlane

2nd UK Biomolecular Condensate Network Conference

The 2nd meeting of the national Network will take place 8-10 December at De Vere Horsley estate in Surrey.

Location: DeVere Horsley Estate, Surrey, UK

Date: 8 December 2027 — 10 December 2027

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EMBO | EMBL Symposium Cell biology of the nucleus

The goal of this conference is to showcase the cell biological mechanisms that define the nucleus as an organelle.

Location: Heidelberg, Germany and Virtual

Date: 16 November 2027 — 19 November 2027

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RBSCDB Autumn meeting on Cell Migration

The 2026 Autumn RBSCDB meeting will focus on Cell Migration.

Location: Charleroi, Belgium

Date: 13 November 2027

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