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Imaging spotlight: U-ExM atlas of microbial eukaryotes

Posted by , on 20 January 2026

In this paper highlight from Hiral Shah and colleagues, we learn about their ultrastructure expansion microscopy (U-ExM) atlas of over 200 cultured planktonic eukaryotes. This post includes technical advice for ExM users and highlights the open-access resource that they have generated for cytoskeleton or marine microorganism aficionados (and microscopy sciart lovers!)
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Featured image with Ivan Radin

Posted by , on 16 January 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Ivan Radin, shows a few epidermal cells of tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) leaf, expressing cytosolic GFP. There is a significant variability in expression levels between cells. The brightest region is the nucleus, which is surrounded by a large central vacuole.  The cytosol is restricted to the cell periphery. Transvacuolar strands connect
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Imaging with… Unidad de Microscopía Avanzada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UMA UC)

Posted by , on 15 January 2026

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at Unidad de Microscopía Avanzada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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JCS snapshot: the endoplasmic reticulum protein FAM134B acts as a regulator of mitochondrial morphology

Posted by , on 14 January 2026

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Sebabrata Maity, who, together with Oishee Chakrabarti and colleagues, discovered that the endoplasmic reticulum protein FAM134B acts as a regulator of mitochondrial morphology.
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Imaging spotlight: Revealing mouse brain ultrastructure using non-destructive X-ray tomography

Posted by , on 13 January 2026

In this paper highlight, Carles Bosch, Ana Diaz, Adrian A. Wanner and Andreas T. Schaefer (on behalf of all authors) describe how they use nondestructive X-ray tomography to map mouse brain tissue ultrastructure . 
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Recent events by FocalPlane

2nd UK Biomolecular Condensate Network Conference

The 2nd meeting of the national Network will take place 8-10 December at De Vere Horsley estate in Surrey.

Location: DeVere Horsley Estate, Surrey, UK

Date: 8 December 2027 — 10 December 2027

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EMBO | EMBL Symposium Cell biology of the nucleus

The goal of this conference is to showcase the cell biological mechanisms that define the nucleus as an organelle.

Location: Heidelberg, Germany and Virtual

Date: 16 November 2027 — 19 November 2027

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RBSCDB Autumn meeting on Cell Migration

The 2026 Autumn RBSCDB meeting will focus on Cell Migration.

Location: Charleroi, Belgium

Date: 13 November 2027

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