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Posts from the FocalPlane team

JCS snapshot - Live imaging of epithelial phagocyte differentiation in the Drosophila ovary reveals transient and novel behaviours

Posted by FocalPlane, on 11 August 2026

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Caique Almeida Machado Costa, who, together with Wu-Min Deng and team, used time-lapse imaging to uncover dynamic behaviours during epithelial-to-phagocyte differentiation, including migration, delamination, long-range target capture and cell engulfment. In this snapshot, Cai take us through the key findings from their research.

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 7 August 2026

Here is a curated selection of the latest preprints on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list!

FocalPlane features… Laura Bacete and Sven Truckenbrodt

Posted by FocalPlane, on 5 August 2026

View the recordings from our second webinar on quantitative plant imaging. We heard from Laura Bacete, on ‘Brillouin Microscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Plant Cell Wall Mechanics Across Systems’ and Sven Truckenbrodt on ‘PlantEx: multicolour super-resolution imaging of plants with expansion microscopy’.