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Living Architectures

Posted by , on 30 June 2026

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Musée d’Orsay, the CytoMorpho laboratory was invited to create a performance based on a series of experiments conducted for the occasion. The images produced for this show were real. There were no digital simulations or generative artificial intelligence. They were series of true photographs taken with microscopes.
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The NFDI4BIOIMAGE Research Data Management Community Survey 2026

Posted by , on 2 April 2026

German BioImaging, within its work in the NFDI4BIOIMAGE consortium, and in collaboration with Euro-BioImaging ERIC, has launched the NFDI4BIOIMAGE Research Data Management Community Survey 2026. The survey aims to better understand how bioimaging data are generated, processed, managed, and shared across the life sciences community.
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Imaging with… Unidad de Microscopía, Universidad Mayor, Chile

Posted by , on 2 February 2026

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at Unidad de Microscopía Avanzada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Imaging with… Unidad de Microscopía Avanzada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UMA UC)

Posted by , on 15 January 2026

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at Unidad de Microscopía Avanzada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis

Posted by , on 29 December 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints published (or updated) recently. In this post we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.
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JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition

Posted by , on 24 November 2025

Journal of Cell Science recently published a Special Issue on Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease, edited by Pleasantine Mill and Lotte Pedersen. We invited the authors of the research published in this issue to produce JCS snapshots, short videos highlighting the key findings from their papers. Below, you can find the snapshots
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JCS Special Issue - 'Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease'

Posted by , on 10 November 2025

We'll be celebrating the research published in JCS's special issue on cilia and flagella with the UK Cilia and Centrosome Network at their upcoming symposium on Tuesday 25 November.
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Africa Microscopy Initiative redistributes research-grade light microscopes to four African institutions

Posted by , on 7 October 2025

Four research institutions in Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Ethiopia have been selected to each receive a microscope for advancing scientific research in Africa.
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FocalPlane features... preLights recording

Posted by , on 25 September 2025

In our FocalPlane features... preLights webinar, Felipe Del Valle Batalla and Vibha Singh presented live preLights highlighting preprinted research from Carmen Rodilla-Ramírez, Francesca Bottanelli and colleagues on the link between T-cell protrusions and CAR signalling, and from Eva Mejía-Ramírez, Carolina Florian and colleagues on the role of RhoA in stem cell ageing
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Microscopy preprints - new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 5 September 2025

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!
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