Helen Zenner, Author at FocalPlane

Helen Zenner

I'm the Community Manager of FocalPlane. Get in contact with me if you have any suggestions or feedback for the site. My background is in membrane trafficking and have applied electron microscopy, confocal microscopy and super-resolution imaging to answer my research questions. During my postdoc in the St Johnston lab, I was introduced to the power of close collaboration between researchers in optical engineering, probe design, end-users and bioimage analysts. I hope that FocalPlane will be a place for all these groups to interact.

About Helen Zenner

Scientific field: Cell biology, Developmental biology

Posts by Helen Zenner

Interview with Joel Lüthi and Virginie Uhlmann

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 12 June 2024

At the end of 2023, the BioVisionCenter, a new hub for bioimage analysis, was launched with a kick-off symposium in Zurich. We caught up with Joel Lüthi, Head of Research and Development, and Virginie Uhlmann, the center Director, to find out more about the BioVisionCenter, how they each got into bioimage analysis and their advice

Journal of Cell Science Special Issue: Cell and Tissue Polarity

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 18 March 2024

The Journal of Cell Science Special Issue on Cell and Tissue Polarity is now complete. The original research in this Issue, guest edited by David Bryant, covers many aspects of cell polarity, including the roles of both the cytoskeleton and junctions in polarity establishment and maintenance, polarised membrane trafficking, cell division and collective cell migration.

An interview on the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) project with Yannick Schwab

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 5 March 2024

Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) is a flagship project in the planetary biology theme from European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). A consortium of several research organisations under the lead of EMBL has embarked on an expedition to sample the biodiversity in the coastlines of Europe in 2023 and 2024. We caught up with Yannick Schwab, Team

An interview with Estibaliz Gómez de Mariscal

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 27 February 2024

At the end of 2023, DL4MicEverywhere was released. The platform aims to make deep learning methods in bioimage analysis more accessible and more reproducible. We caught up with Estibaliz Gómez de Mariscal (Esti), one of the co-leads of the project, to find out more about the platform, and to chat about Esti’s career so far

Vote for your favourite JCS cover from 2023

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 12 January 2024

We were lucky enough to have fantastic cover images at Journal Cell Science in the past year. Now, it’s time to pick your favourite! To vote, select the issue in the text following the images and then click ‘Vote’. Voting is open until 22 January 2024.

EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Cell biology of the nucleus

This symposium has a virtual attendance option.

Location: Heidelberg, Germany

Date: 18 November 2025 — 21 November 2025

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EMBO | EMBL Symposium - Seeing is believing: imaging the molecular processes of life

This symposium has a virtual attendance option.

Location: Heidelberg, Germany

Date: 8 October 2025 — 11 October 2025

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CellMech 2025

For the past 20 years, CellMech has brought together physicists, biologists, engineers, and mathematicians to discuss the advancements in cellular mechanobiology.

Location: Leuven, Belgium

Date: 30 September 2025 — 3 October 2025

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Comments by Helen Zenner

Thanks Maria, definitely a very impressive piece of work. We included the preprint in our October list: https://focalplane.biologists.com/2022/10/21/microscopy-preprints-new-tool-and-techniques-in-imaging-2/ Do let us know about any other preprints that you are enjoying!

by Helen Zenner in Microscopy preprints – new tool and techniques in imaging on 15 March 2023