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Featured image with Outi Paloheimo

Posted by , on 4 August 2023

Our featured image is laser scanning confocal microscope image showing cell division of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells with nuclei in grey and filamentous actin in orange. The image was acquired with a Zeiss LSM 780 microscope with a 63x/1.40 oil immersion objective, 405 nm diode laser and 561 nm diode-pumped solid-state laser. Deconvolution was performed
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Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 28 July 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints posted recently on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any preprints that are on your reading list.
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The FocalPlane correspondents: Marta Forcella

Posted by , on 26 July 2023

At the beginning of the year, we announced that we will be working with three FocalPlane correspondents, who will be helping us to develop and write content for FocalPlane. We caught up with each of them to chat about their research backgrounds and the topics that they’re excited to write about. Here, we talk to
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Featured image with David McGrath

Posted by , on 21 July 2023

Our featured image is of mature mouse brown adipocytes (WT-1 cell line) under normal conditions from David McGrath. Channel 1 (green LUT) shows lipid droplets stained with BODIPY 493/503 and channel 2 (fire LUT) shows mitochondria stained with TMRE. The image was obtained using a Visitron SD-TIRF confocal microscope (60x Apo TIRF (corr.) Oil/ NA: 1.49) at the UKE Microscopy Imaging Facility
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Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis tools

Posted by , on 14 July 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on new bioimage analysis tools, including a number of preprints on generative AI.
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Recent events by FocalPlane

Analytical Microscopy Meeting

Abstract submission deadline: 29th September 2025

Location: London , United Kingdom

Date: 26 February 2026 — 27 February 2026

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Live cell imaging

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Date: 3 December 2025 — 5 December 2025

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Mechanical characterization of biological samples using correlative methods

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Date: 25 November 2025 — 26 November 2025

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