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FocalPlane features... Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics with Journal of Cell Science

Posted by FocalPlane, 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. This issue and our

Imaging spotlight: the role of intestinal muscles in remodelling the intestine

Posted by FocalPlane, 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

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

Posted by FocalPlane, 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.