Advertisement

FocalPlane

Posts from the FocalPlane team

About FocalPlane

Microscopy background: Optical System Development, Image Analysis, Probe Development

Posts by FocalPlane

Featured image with David Gaboriau

Posted by , on 11 October 2024

Our featured image, acquired by David Gaboriau, shows human fibroblasts with mitochondria (Tom20) in yellow, alpha tubulin in pink and actin in grey. It’s a 3D-SIM image taken on a Zeiss Elyra PS.1, reconstructed in Zen and presented as a maximum intensity projection. Find out more about David’s research below: Research career so far: I’m originally a
Read more

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by , on 4 October 2024

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.
Read more

Apply to become a reporter at the Biologists @ 100 conference

Posted by , on 3 October 2024

Are you keen to get more science communication experience? Is your research related to microscopy or cell biology? FocalPlane is looking for a reporter to attend and report from the Biologists @ 100 conference, happening 24 - 27 March 2025 in Liverpool, UK.
Read more

Featured image from Lama Khalaily

Posted by , on 27 September 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Lama Khalaily, captures the intricate structure of a mouse cochlea’s hearing organ, highlighting two essential cell types involved in hair cell regeneration. The image reveals four organized rows of sensory hair cells (red), responsible for hearing, intertwined with non-sensory supporting cells (green). These supporting cells play diverse roles in the
Read more

Vote for the cover - #JCSImagingSI

Posted by , on 25 September 2024

Thanks to everyone who entered our image competition to select the cover for the Journal of Cell Science Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. With so many fantastic images to choose from our Executive Editor Seema Grewal, and Guest Editors Lucy Collinson (The Francis Crick Institute, UK) and Guillaume Jacquemet (University of Turku, Finland)
Read more

Recent events by FocalPlane

mmc2025: Microscience Microscopy Congress 2025

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Date: 1 July 2025 — 3 July 2025

View event

Getting the most from your Confocal Course 2025

Location: York, United Kingdom

Date: 11 June 2025 — 12 June 2025

View event

Light Microscopy Summer School 2025

Location: York, United Kingdon

Date: 9 June 2025 — 10 June 2025

View event

© 2024. The Company of Biologists Ltd | Registered Charity 277992
Registered in England and Wales | Company Limited by Guarantee No 514735
Registered office: Bidder Building, Station Road, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9LF, UK