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Tracking in napari

Posted by Mara Lampert, on 1 June 2023

In this blog post we are exploring cell tracking in napari. Two important processes in normal tissue development and disease are cell migration and proliferation. To gain a better understanding on these processes, tracking in time-lapse datasets is needed. By measuring track properties, like velocity and the total travelled distance, spatio-temporal relationships can be studied.

FocalPlane image competition 2023

Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 May 2023

We are celebrating our upcoming third birthday by launching our 2023 image competition! We’d love to take this opportunity brighten up our homepage and add to our spectacular image gallery. Submit your favourite images acquired using any microscopy modality. All the images submitted will be featured on FocalPlane. The shortlisted image with the most votes

If you license it, it'll be harder to steal it. Why we should license our work

Posted by Robert Haase, on 6 May 2023

TL;DR: When we publish work such as manuscripts, code and data, the platforms we publish on typically ask to select license. If we find a nice figure on the internet, are we allowed to reuse it? If there is no copyright statement, am I stealing? If code is available open-source, can we incorporate it into

Scientific Data Analysis: User Documentation 101

Posted by Robert Haase, on 30 April 2023

TL;DR: When publishing open-source tools for bio-image analysis special emphasis should be put on user-documentation. Users and developers have a different background and a language barrier limits knowledge exchange on how to use tools correctly. Writing a good user guide is a huge opportunity and worth the effort: Users get the most out of their

6th QUAREP-LiMi General Online Meeting at the 26th of April

Posted by Roland Nitschke, on 12 April 2023

If you want to know everything about QUAREP-LiMi, join our 6th general meeting on April 26th from 3 to 6 pm in an online format. Everybody interested in light microscopy and related image analysis topics can register at https://lnkd.in/ezjZpTxb. For more information on the content of the meeting, see the agenda at https://lnkd.in/ebub6bMK.

GerBI team forYoung Microscopists And Image Analysts (YMIA)

Posted by Friederike Kessel, on 30 March 2023

Dear young researchers, on behalf of the recently established team Young Microscopists and Image analysts (YMIA) under the The German Society for Microscopy and Image Analysis (BioImaging-Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse e.V. GerBI-GMB), we would like to cordially invite all interested actively working and aspiring microscopists and image analysts for the YMIA general meeting on the

Latin American Women in Microscopy: special issue for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Posted by Mariana De Niz, on 11 February 2023

The FocalPlane blog of interviews to Latin American scientists who specialize in microscopy was “born” with various aims in mind. One of the main aims is to shed light into the people behind the microscope –scientists from Latin America – their life and career paths, their contributions to science, and their expectations and hopes for

Enter CoolLED’s ‘Image in an Image’ competition

Posted by FocalPlane, on 10 February 2023

CoolLED is running its fantastic ‘Image in an Image’ competition again this year, and it has recently opened for entries.

Scottish Microscopy Society’s ‘Christmas Cracker’ winner

Posted by FocalPlane, on 18 January 2023

Congratulations to Jamie Whitelaw, winner of the Christmas Cracker category in the Scottish Microscopy Society’s image competition. FocalPlane were delighted to sponsor this festive category, and we asked Jamie about the story behind his stunning image.

Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (CBIAS) 2022 - a review

Posted by Stefania Marcotti, on 14 December 2022

Did you want to participate in the Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (CBIAS) but missed it? Are you planning to join us next year for CBIAS2023 but unsure if it would be relevant for you? We’ve asked three of this year’s participants to tell us about their experience and collated their reports here! We’ll hear from

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HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples Development 2024 151: dev202307
filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis J Cell Sci 2024 137: jcs261274
C omputational tools for quantifying actin filament numbers, lengths, and bundling Biology Open 2024 13: bio.060267

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