Advertisement

FocalPlane

Posts from the FocalPlane team

About FocalPlane

Microscopy background: Optical System Development, Image Analysis, Probe Development

Posts by FocalPlane

Featured image with Kaiden Power

Posted by , on 26 September 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Kaiden Power, shows the head and probolae of an Acrobeles complexus nematode. The cuticle furrows (annuli) and cilia pores are stained with Concanavalin A (red). The sample was mounted and imaged live on a DeltaVision widefield microscope with deconvolution post-acquisition.
Read more

FocalPlane features... preLights recording

Posted by , on 25 September 2025

In our FocalPlane features... preLights webinar, Felipe Del Valle Batalla and Vibha Singh presented live preLights highlighting preprinted research from Carmen Rodilla-Ramírez, Francesca Bottanelli and colleagues on the link between T-cell protrusions and CAR signalling, and from Eva Mejía-Ramírez, Carolina Florian and colleagues on the role of RhoA in stem cell ageing
Read more

Imaging with... Cellular Analysis Facility, University of Glasgow

Posted by , on 24 September 2025

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the staff of the Cellular Analysis Facility – Shared Research Facilities, College of Medicine, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow.
Read more

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by , on 19 September 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.
Read more

JCS snapshot - TMEM184B modulates endolysosomal acidification via the vesicular proton pump

Posted by , on 17 September 2025

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Elizabeth Wright, who, together with Martha Bhattacharya and colleagues, discovered that TMEM184B modulates endolysosomal acidification via the vesicular proton pump. In this snapshot, Elizabeth takes us through the key findings from their research.
Read more

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

View event

IMC21

Location: Liverpool, UK

Date: 30 August 2026 — 4 September 2026

View event

Cours Francophone de Microscopie Optique - CFMO

Location: Montreal / Quebec, Canada

Date: 1 June 2026 — 5 June 2026

View event

© 2025. The Company of Biologists Ltd | Registered Charity 277992
Registered in England and Wales | Company Limited by Guarantee No 514735
Registered office: Bidder Building, Station Road, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9LF, UK