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Biologists @ 100 video guide

Posted by , on 17 March 2025

It’s only one week to go until the start of the Biologists @ 100 conference and we’re looking forward to welcoming you in Liverpool. Together with our sister community sites, the Node and preLights, we’ve made a recording to give you a flavour of what to expect during the conference.

Featured image with Omkar Joshi

Posted by , on 14 March 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Omkar Joshi, showcases a U2OS cell immunostained for paxillin (green), TOMM20 (mitochondria, white), and F-actin (labelled using SiR-Actin, magenta), with DAPI (yellow) marking the nucleus.

Vote for your favourite image

Posted by , on 11 March 2025

We are delighted to unveil the shortlisted images in the Node–FocalPlane image competition. Thanks to everyone that entered, we received so many fantastic images and congratulations to all the finalists. You can vote for your favourite image using the poll at the bottom of the page.

Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis

Posted by , on 7 March 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.

Featured image with Anthony Dornan and Fara van der Schans

Posted by , on 28 February 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Anthony Dornan and Fara van der Schans, showcases the perinuclear distribution of mitochondria in the highly respiratory human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumour cells (Panc-1) stained with the mitochondrial stain TMRE (thermal LUT), the mitochondria are associated with the nuclei, stained with DAPI (cyan). The live cell image is a maximum intensity Z-projection generated

Recent events by FocalPlane

IMC21

Location: Liverpool, UK

Date: 30 August 2026 — 4 September 2026

Microscopy of Oxidation 12

Abstract submission deadline: 30th September 2025

Location: ,

Date: 18 May 2026 — 20 May 2026

Journal of Cell Science – Imaging Cell Dynamics

This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts working at the interface between cell biology and imaging, with a focus on researchers who use advanced light and electron microscopy approaches, and novel image analysis tools.

Location: Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain

Date: 11 May 2026 — 14 May 2026