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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.

Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis tools

Posted by FocalPlane, on 29 December 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on new tools for bioimage analysis and data management released up until 20 December.

StayGold variants explained!

Posted by Christophe Leterrier, on 19 December 2023

I figured it might be useful as a reference, so here’s a blog-ified version of a thread I posted on X about recently published monomeric variants of the StayGold fluorescent protein. Thanks to Helen Zenner of FocalPlane for the help! In 2022, the Katayama/Miyawaki labs published StayGold, a bright and stable fluorescent protein (FP) from

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 December 2023

In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 1 December 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints posted recently on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any preprints that are on your reading list.

Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis tools

Posted by FocalPlane, on 17 November 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on new tools for bioimage analysis and data management.

FocalPlane playlist: Christophe Leterrier

Posted by Christophe Leterrier, on 14 November 2023

Discover the preprints, papers and FocalPlane content that Christophe Leterrier has found interesting in recent months!

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by FocalPlane, on 3 November 2023

In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.

Community collective: imaging the secretory pathway

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!

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 20 October 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints posted recently on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any preprints that are on your reading list.

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Microscopy-related articles from our journals

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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