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Imaging with the Microscopy and BioImaging Facility at the Leloir Institute Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Posted by , on 9 November 2023

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the staff of the Microscopy and BioImaging Facility at the Leloir Institute Foundation, Buenos Aires.

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by , on 3 November 2023

In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.

New partnership with MicroscopyDB

Posted by , on 30 October 2023

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with MicroscopyDB – a global repository of online microscopy resources. This new partnership means that the listings on our job and events boards will be pulled in from the MicroscopyDB database, ensuring that FocalPlane readers can keep up to date with event and job listings across the

Telight webinar: Super-resolution techniques and focus on nuclear pore complex

Sponsored by telight, on 27 October 2023

If you are new to the super-resolution realm and you would like to learn a bit more about it, we have a 15 minutes webinar just for you. While there are several strategies using test patterns for super-resolution measurement, there is also a need for biologically relevant control samples that can serve as a benchmark.

Featured image with Ioakeim (Makis) Ampartzidis

Posted by , on 27 October 2023

Our featured image, ‘Dandelion in spring’ from Ioakeim (Makis) Ampartzidis, shows neuroepithelial-like cells cultured on glass beads. The cell nuclei are coloured in magenta, and the cytoskeleton is stained in black, labelling F-actin. The actively proliferating cells are highlighted with Ki-67 antigen in green. We caught up with Makis to find out more about his

Recent events by FocalPlane

Analytical Microscopy Meeting

Abstract submission deadline: 29th September 2025

Location: London , United Kingdom

Date: 26 February 2026 — 27 February 2026

Live cell imaging

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Date: 3 December 2025 — 5 December 2025

Mechanical characterization of biological samples using correlative methods

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Date: 25 November 2025 — 26 November 2025