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News digest

Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 April 2022

Here is a selection of interesting news, publications and discussions related to microscopy that happened in the last two weeks on Twitter and beyond. Talks, training and workshops: Check out Xiaojie Zhang’s seminar ‘Expect the unexpected in cellular cryo-electron tomography: the story of our discovery of stress-induced mumps virus reactivation’ on the HHMI YouTube channel:

A new Review in Journal of Cell Science discusses how specimens can impact image acquisition

Posted by Helen Robertson, on 13 April 2022

With the development of new imaging strategies and technologies and advanced computational analyses has come a body of literature addressing various aspects of optimising imaging and processing. However, the impact of the sample itself on the quality of the image attained has garnered less exploration. Fluorescent microscopy is dependant on two factors – the intensity

News digest

Posted by FocalPlane, on 1 April 2022

Here is a selection of interesting news, publications and discussions related to microscopy that happened in the last two weeks on Twitter and beyond. Tutorials, training and workshops: The first mesoSPIM user meeting took place on 10 March 2022. There are 14 talks from the event available to watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo2dtldqV07bk5C4B3pxX685s52LJD5HV There’s a new

Microscopy preprints - New tools and techniques

Posted by FocalPlane, on 25 March 2022

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on new imaging tools only. Low-cost and open-source super-resolution fluorescence microscope with autofocus for teaching and research. Justin D. Hanselman, Benjamin G. Kopek Improved fluorescent proteins for dual-color post-embedding CLEM. Dingming Peng, Na Li, Wenting He, Kim Ryun Drasbek, Tao

News digest

Posted by FocalPlane, on 19 March 2022

Here is a selection of interesting news, publications and discussions related to microscopy that happened in the last two weeks on Twitter and beyond. Bioimage analysis: New deep learning tool for automated detection of membrane proteins in Cryo-ET https://twitter.com/LorenzLamm/status/1499663187385499650 New tool exploiting feature-based classifiers for domain adaptation in semantic segmentation https://twitter.com/ilastik_team/status/1501089028476706818 A new toolbox for

Promoting yourself as an ECR - recording and answered questions now available

Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 March 2022

On Wednesday 23 February, in collaboration with our sister sites The Node and preLights, we hosted a webinar focused on promoting yourself as an early-career researcher. We had three excellent panellists joining us, Maria Abou Chakra, Pablo Sáez and Sarvenaz Sarabipour, and it was great to have so many questions from the audience. If you

The FocalPlane Network: a global directory of microscopists

Posted by FocalPlane, on 14 March 2022

We are excited to announce the launch of the FocalPlane Network, an international directory of researchers with microscopy expertise including developers, imaging scientists, biologists and bioimage analysts. The idea of creating a microscopy database where people could identify researchers with a specific microscopy expertise, diversity, etc. was first discussed in a meeting with our Scientific

Microscopy preprints – Bioimage analysis tools

Posted by FocalPlane, on 11 March 2022

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on new bioimage analysis tools only. Cloud-enabled Fiji for reproducible, integrated and modular image processing. Ling-Hong Hung, Evan Straw, Shishir Reddy, Robert Schmitz, Zachary Colburn, Ka Yee Yeung A pipeline to track unlabeled cells in wide migration chambers using pseudofluorescence.

Scope for Change

Posted by Krystyna Gieniec, on 8 March 2022

Gender and cultural biases and inequalities still exist in modern society. This is particularly evident in historically male-dominated workplaces, such as scientific research institutes, and is exemplified by the fact that, in 2022, men continue to hold more than 70% of higher academic positions and are awarded over 90% of Nobel Prizes. This suggests to

MSI/SMS Joint Symposium NUIG 2022

Posted by FocalPlane, on 7 March 2022

The Microscopy Society of Ireland and the Scottish Microscopy Society are delighted to be running their 2nd Joint Symposium this year in the beautiful Galway Bay, Ireland. The event will be the first in person event that either society has run since COVID began, and will have a strong focus on networking. The main aim

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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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