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Featured image with Saurabh Chand Sagar

Posted by , on 25 April 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Saurabh Chand Sagar, presents a laser scanning confocal projection of the Malpighian tubules (MTs) from third instar wandering-stage (118 ± 2 hours post-eclosion) wild-type Drosophila melanogaster larvae. In the image, red denotes F-actin protein, green highlights Discs Large, a protein involved in maintenance of apicobasal polarity, and blue marks the
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Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis

Posted by , on 18 April 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.
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Featured image with Subhajit Karmakar

Posted by , on 11 April 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Subhajit Karmakar, depicts a dividing MDA-MB-231 cancer cell that has been stained to visualise the localisation of two key proteins: CK2, a highly oncogenic kinase, and an E3 ligase, a tumour suppressor.
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Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by , on 4 April 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.
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Announcing the winners of the Node–FocalPlane image competition.

Posted by , on 27 March 2025

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Node–FocalPlane image competition, which we presented at the Biologists @ 100 conference, as well as on the Node and FocalPlane. In first place is ‘Cell-estial bloom’ from Özge Özgüç. Özge’s image is a colony of live hiPSCs, with fluorescently labelled Lamin B delineating the nuclear lamina
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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

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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

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Microscopy: multi-dimensional imaging and analysis

Location: London, UK

Date: 14 September 2026 — 18 September 2026

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