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Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions

Posted by , on 25 November 2024

In 2025, The Company of Biologists will host a Workshop on Democratising Microscopy in Latin America in Baños de Agua Santa, Ecuador. The Workshop organisers,  Constadina Arvanitis, Mario Del Rosario, Helena De la Torre, Mariana De Niz, Maria Fernanda Latorre Barragán and Licyel Lenny Paulas Condori, have put together a fantastic programme for the event
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Featured image with Md Hashim Reza

Posted by , on 22 November 2024

Our featured image, prepared by Md Hashim Reza, is an Andy Warhol-inspired illustration of a Candida albicans cell, post-expansion and labelled with BodipyTR, highlighting features of internal membrane organisation.
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Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by , on 15 November 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.
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FocalPlane features... Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics with Journal of Cell Science

Posted by , on 15 November 2024

Our latest FocalPlane features… webinar was a celebration of the research in Journal of Cell Science’s Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. Our Guest Editors Lucy Collinson and Guillaume Jacquemet hosted the webinar with talks from Md Hashim Reza, Melanie Rug and Vikas Tillu.
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FocalPlane features... reproducibility in imaging - recordings

Posted by , on 8 November 2024

For the October edition of FocalPlane features…, we hosted a webinar on reproducibility in imaging with talks from Helena Jambor and Kota Miura. Helena told us, ‘How not to lie with image data’ and focussed on data presentation. Helena also touched on the importance of accessibility when presenting data and much of the discussion following
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Recent events by FocalPlane

IMC21

Location: Liverpool, UK

Date: 30 August 2026 — 4 September 2026

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Microscopy of Oxidation 12

Abstract submission deadline: 30th September 2025

Location: ,

Date: 18 May 2026 — 20 May 2026

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Journal of Cell Science – Imaging Cell Dynamics

This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts working at the interface between cell biology and imaging, with a focus on researchers who use advanced light and electron microscopy approaches, and novel image analysis tools.

Location: Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain

Date: 11 May 2026 — 14 May 2026

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