Posts from the FocalPlane team
Microscopy background: Optical System Development, Image Analysis, Probe Development
Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 November 2024
Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 November 2024
Our latest FocalPlane features… webinar was a celebration of the research in Journal of Cell Science’s Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. Our Guest Editors Lucy Collinson and Guillaume Jacquemet hosted the webinar with talks from Md Hashim Reza, Melanie Rug and Vikas Tillu.Posted by FocalPlane, on 8 November 2024
For the October edition of FocalPlane features…, we hosted a webinar on reproducibility in imaging with talks from Helena Jambor and Kota Miura. Helena told us, ‘How not to lie with image data’ and focussed on data presentation. Helena also touched on the importance of accessibility when presenting data and much of the discussion followingPosted by FocalPlane, on 8 November 2024
Our featured image, acquired by Jyoti Maddhesiya, is a laser scanning confocal image of H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells. The green shows BMP7 in the cytoplasm, the blue highlights the nuclei and the cytoskeleton protein F-actin is labelled in red. The cells were transfected with a BMP7 construct and fixed and labelled 48 hours post transfection. ThePosted by FocalPlane, on 1 November 2024
Here is a curated selection of preprints posted recently on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list!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