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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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FocalPlane features... Marcel Dickmanns and Laura Copeland - recordings

Posted by , on 26 October 2026

In October, we heard from Marcel Dickmanns on ‘Exploring the Molecular Landscape within Plant Cells by Cryo-Electron Tomography’ and Laura Copeland on ‘Multimodal Quantitative Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy and Fluorescence Imaging Reveals Stable Bacterial Colonisation Architecture Under Phosphate Limitation’. You can find the recordings of the talks here.
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JCS snapshot - Dissecting assembly mechanisms of the novel ECM protein SNED1

Posted by , on 26 October 2026

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Alexandra Naba who, in two companion papers together with Leanna Leverton, Dharma Pally and team, characterised the understudied ECM protein SNED1 and dissected its role in ECM construction and remodelling. In this video, Alexandra takes us through the key findings from their research.
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Featured image with Emily Chan

Posted by , on 23 October 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Emily Chan, shows a duckweed (Lemna minor) colony and the regions with actively dividing cells within the colony (coloured green).
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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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