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Become a FocalPlane correspondent

Posted by FocalPlane, on 17 December 2024

Are you enthusiastic about science communication and looking for a chance to broaden your writing experience alongside your research activities? FocalPlane, our community site for microscopists, is looking to appoint three scientists as correspondents who will play a key role in developing and writing content over the coming year.

Microscopy preprints - new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 13 December 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!

Early-career researcher event at Biologists @ 100

Posted by FocalPlane, on 6 December 2024

The Biologists @ 100 conference includes an early-career researcher (ECR) session on Monday 24 March, organised by British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) and British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) ECR reps Anahi Binagui-Casas, Emily Lucas and Aymen al-Rawi and The Company of Biologists. The workshop focusses on career opportunities inside and outside of academia.

Featured image with Jiwon Lee

Posted by FocalPlane, on 6 December 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Jiwon Lee, is a 3D rendering model of Plasmodium falciparum showing the complex organisation of cellular organelles within the malaria parasite. Using a focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM), a series of high resolution 2D images were acquired. The image stack was aligned and each organelle was segmented in