Posts from the FocalPlane team
Microscopy background: Optical System Development, Image Analysis, Probe Development
Posted by FocalPlane, on 6 December 2024
Our featured image, acquired by Jiwon Lee, is a 3D rendering model of Plasmodium falciparum showing the complex organisation of cellular organelles within the malaria parasite. Using a focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM), a series of high resolution 2D images were acquired. The image stack was aligned and each organelle was segmented inPosted by FocalPlane, on 4 December 2024
Did you know that, in addition to our popular microscopy jobs and events pages, you can now post cell biology jobs and events on FocalPlane?Posted by FocalPlane, on 29 November 2024
Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.Posted by FocalPlane, 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 eventPosted by FocalPlane, 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.Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 20 November 2025 — 21 November 2025
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Date: 15 November 2025 — 19 November 2025
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 9 November 2025 — 12 November 2025