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And the winner is…

Posted by , on 7 June 2024

In an exciting turn of events, we are delighted to announce that the winner of the FocalPlane/elmi (European Light Microscopy Initiative) is the electron micrograph, ‘Glorious Lymphocyte’ from Rossana Melo! The image shows a leukocyte (lymphocyte) trapped among aggregates of red blood cells in a small lung vessel of a patient with asthma. The image
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FocalPlane/elmi2024 image competition - vote for your favourite

Posted by , on 3 June 2024

Thanks to everyone who entered our FocalPlane/elmi2024 image competition, we were delighted to receive so many wonderful entries. The organisers of elmi2024 and the JCS team have shortlisted 10 images for our public vote.
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Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by , on 31 May 2024

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints, released before 24 May, that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.
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Featured image with Jen Silverman

Posted by , on 24 May 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Jen Silverman, shows a lateral view of a tuft cell taken from a frozen tissue section and imaged using structured illumination microscopy (SIM). F-actin, labelled using phalloidin, is shown in cyan and an actin bundling protein enriched in tuft cells is shown in orange. Reconstruction of the image was performed
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FocalPlane features... open microscopy and accessible workflows

Posted by , on 21 May 2024

The third webinar in the latest series of FocalPlane features… was on open microscopy and accessible workflows. We hosted fantastic talks from Richard Bowman, Jan Huisken and Dumisile Lumkwana. Richard told us about the OpenFlexure project. As well as discussing the microscopes and their application, Richard highlighted the importance of community building to promote access
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Recent events by FocalPlane

6th Day of Intravital Microscopy

Location: Bonn, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany

Date: 23 November 2026 — 24 November 2026

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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2026 (CBIAS 2026)

Abstract submission deadline: 31st August 2026

Location: London, United Kingdom

Date: 23 November 2026 — 24 November 2026

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9no Congreso Argentino de Microscopia (SAMIC2026)

Abstract submission deadline: 13th June 2026

Early registration deadline: 17th July 2026

Location: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date: 14 October 2026 — 16 October 2026

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