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Imaging spotlight: the axonal membrane-associated periodic skeleton

Posted by , on 5 March 2026

In this paper highlight, Nick Boyer takes us through the key results and imaging techniques that they used in their research dissecting the axonal membrane-associated periodic skeleton with Rohan Sharma, Christophe Leterrier, Subhojit Roy and colleagues.
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Workshop report: CSHL Quantitative Imaging (QI): From Acquisition to Analysis

Posted by , on 4 March 2026

Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez shares her workshop report from the CSHL course on Quantitative Imaging (QI): From Acquisition to Analysis. Estefania’s attendance was supported by a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant.
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Imaging spotlight: PhotoFiTT

Posted by , on 2 March 2026

In this paper highlight, we learn about PhotoFiTT, a framework for measuring phototoxicity in live-cell fluorescence microscopy. Mario Del Rosario and Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal, the co-first authors of PhotoFiTT answer our questions about their work.
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Featured image with Ioannis Theodorou

Posted by , on 27 February 2026

Our featured image, from Ioannis Theodorou, was acquired with Leica Stellaris 8 and the TauSeparation mode. It is the TauContrast channel and it shows the average fluorophore lifetime per pixel. The image was processed on Las X and inkscape. The region shown comes from compressed wood tissue.
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Imaging with... the Super-resolution Microscopy Platform of the National University of Rosario, Argentina.

Posted by , on 24 February 2026

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at the Super-resolution Microscopy Platform of the National University of Rosario, Argentina.
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Recent events by FocalPlane

AI and computational biology

Abstract submission deadline: 7th October 2026

Early registration deadline: 28th October 2026

Location: Leuven, Belgium

Date: 9 December 2026 — 10 December 2026

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Processing and Analysis of Biological Images

Location: Brno, Czech Republic

Date: 1 December 2026 — 4 December 2026

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Image analysis for Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Date: 30 November 2026 — 4 December 2026

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