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Posts from the FocalPlane team

Featured image with Ciarán Butler Hallissey

Posted by FocalPlane, on 13 September 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Ciarán Butler Hallissey, is a maximum-intensity projection of rat hippocampal neurons processed with ultrastructure expansion microscopy (U-ExM) and captured with a spinning disk confocal microscope. Find out more about the image and Ciarán’s research below. More about the image: Expansion microscopy physically increases the size of your sample to improve

MicroList and FocalPlane join forces

Posted by FocalPlane, on 2 September 2024

MicroList’s database of resources are now available on FocalPlane. The resources, which have been created by the global imaging community, are presented as cards that are divided into community resources, education resources and tools. The database is fully searchable using our search bar or can be filtered using a variety of categories.

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by FocalPlane, on 23 August 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.