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.
Scientific field: Cell biology, Developmental biology
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.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, TeamPosted 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 farPosted 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.Posted by Helen Zenner, on 2 November 2023
Does anyone have a favourite fixation protocol for preserving the ER and Golgi? We unroll the advice from the community!The Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop is a 3-day event focused on new and emerging optical microscopy techniques and their applications.
Location: Berkeley, United States
Date: 23 January 2024 — 25 January 2024
Practical hands-on training on 3D correlative light and electron microscopy combining confocal fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy imaging contain focused ion beam milling (FIB-SEM) and electron tomography (ET).
Location: BIOCEV, Vestec, Czechia
Date: 13 November 2023 — 16 November 2023
The 8th Edition of the Exchange of Experience (EoE VIII) will have a focus on TRAINING: We believe that providing imaging scientists with the necessary knowledge, skills, and opportunities is vital in advancing the BioImaging and Biomedical Imaging fields.
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Date: 25 October 2023 — 27 October 2023