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Introducing JCS snapshots

Posted by , on 21 May 2025

At The Company of Biologists, we’re always looking for new ways to help authors promote their research. We have therefore introduced ‘JCS snapshots’ where we invite the authors of recently published articles to produce short videos to present the main findings in their research. Below, you can browse through ‘JCS snapshots’ from the Tavernarakis lab,

Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by , on 16 May 2025

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

Workshop report: 18th LFD Workshop in Advanced Fluorescence Imaging and Dynamics

Posted by , on 15 May 2025

The Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics ran their annual Advanced Fluorescence Dynamics Workshop in October 2024. Three of the attendees, Teemly Contreras, Irene Carlon-Andres and Razeen Shaikh were supported by JCS-FocalPlane Training Grants. They shared their experiences at the workshop here: Teemly Contreras The Advanced Fluorescence Dynamics Workshop organized by Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) at

Featured image with Rohit Nautiyal

Posted by , on 9 May 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Rohit Nautiyal, shows a monolayer of brain endothelial cells seeded on a glass substrate coated with fibronectin. The cells were fixed and stained for ZO-1 (LUT- Red Hot) to visualize the tight junctions and actin (LUT-blue). The image was captured with a spinning disk confocal microscope and post-processed with Fiji

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 2 May 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints posted recently on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list!

Recent events by FocalPlane

Microscopy Characterization of Soft-Hard Interfaces

Abstract submission deadline: 31st January 2026

Early registration deadline: 1st June 2026

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Date: 29 September 2026 — 1 October 2026

Materials Science and Engineering congress - Microscopy Characterization of Soft-Hard Interfaces symposium

Abstract submission deadline: 31st January 2026

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Date: 29 September 2026 — 1 October 2026

IMC21

Location: Liverpool, UK

Date: 30 August 2026 — 4 September 2026