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Imaging spotlight: the axonal membrane-associated periodic skeleton

Posted by , on 5 March 2026

In this paper highlight, Nick Boyer takes us through the key results and imaging techniques that they used in their research dissecting the axonal membrane-associated periodic skeleton with Rohan Sharma, Christophe Leterrier, Subhojit Roy and colleagues.
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Workshop report: CSHL Quantitative Imaging (QI): From Acquisition to Analysis

Posted by , on 4 March 2026

Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez shares her workshop report from the CSHL course on Quantitative Imaging (QI): From Acquisition to Analysis. Estefania’s attendance was supported by a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant.
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Imaging spotlight: PhotoFiTT

Posted by , on 2 March 2026

In this paper highlight, we learn about PhotoFiTT, a framework for measuring phototoxicity in live-cell fluorescence microscopy. Mario Del Rosario and Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal, the co-first authors of PhotoFiTT answer our questions about their work.
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Featured image with Ioannis Theodorou

Posted by , on 27 February 2026

Our featured image, from Ioannis Theodorou, was acquired with Leica Stellaris 8 and the TauSeparation mode. It is the TauContrast channel and it shows the average fluorophore lifetime per pixel. The image was processed on Las X and inkscape. The region shown comes from compressed wood tissue.
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Imaging with... the Super-resolution Microscopy Platform of the National University of Rosario, Argentina.

Posted by , on 24 February 2026

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at the Super-resolution Microscopy Platform of the National University of Rosario, Argentina.
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Recent events by FocalPlane

6th Day of Intravital Microscopy

Location: Bonn, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany

Date: 23 November 2026 — 24 November 2026

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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2026 (CBIAS 2026)

Abstract submission deadline: 31st August 2026

Location: London, United Kingdom

Date: 23 November 2026 — 24 November 2026

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9no Congreso Argentino de Microscopia (SAMIC2026)

Abstract submission deadline: 13th June 2026

Early registration deadline: 17th July 2026

Location: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date: 14 October 2026 — 16 October 2026

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