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How to… Publish Images blog series

Posted by FocalPlane, on 27 September 2023

by Helena Jambor In biology, images document appearances or structures of animals, issues, or cells, and increasingly are a source of quantitative insights of biological processes. Many papers are published every single day with images (Lee, 2018).Not all of these images are truthful or insightful. Some images are manipulated to mislead audiences (Bik et al.,

The FocalPlane Network: joining and using the database

Posted by FocalPlane, on 20 September 2023

Our instructional videos take you step-by-step through the process of joining and using the FocalPlane Network. You can contact us at focalplane@biologists.com with any feedback on the Network. Joining the FocalPlane Network Using the FocalPlane Network

An interview with Helen Spiers

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 18 September 2023

Citizen science is a fantastic way to engage the public with scientific research by getting them involved with real research projects. For scientists, the power of the crowd can help them overcome analysis bottlenecks that might otherwise slow the pace of their research. Martin Jones and Lucy Collinson, from the Crick Electron Microscopy Science Technology

A schedule for organizing international symposia

Posted by Robert Haase, on 5 September 2023

TL;DR: Coordinating an international conference can be a complex endeavor, especially for scientists whose primary focus often lies outside the realm of event management. A major challenge in this context is timing. In this blog post I outline a potential schedule of tasks for organizing an international conference such as the PoLBIAS23. As a senior

All things unequal – live microscopy reveals asymmetric RNA localization in the early mammalian embryo

Posted by Jennifer Zenker, on 4 September 2023

Authors: Jennifer Zenker1,*, Julian Heng2 1Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia 2Remotely Consulting, Perth, Australia *Corresponding author Non-mammalian systems have been invaluable for us to decipher evolutionarily-conserved processes, orthologous molecules and cellular phenomena underlying early embryo development. One fundamental discovery from the work on non-mammalian

Sharing Your Poster on Figshare: A Community Guide to How-To and Why

Posted by Elisabeth Kugler, on 26 July 2023

Join the Open Science revolution and increase the impact of your research by sharing it on Figshare. Discover the benefits of transparency, collaboration, and accessibility in science as you make your work citable, shareable, and discoverable. Our step-by-step guide will walk you through uploading your conference posters and data, ensuring your research reaches a wider

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.

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

Feature extraction in napari

Posted by Mara Lampert, on 3 May 2023

This blog post revolves around extracting and selecting features from segmented images. We will define the terms feature extraction and selection. Also, we will learn how to categorize features and can look up specific features in a glossary. Furthermore, we will explore how to extract features in napari. Definition of feature extraction During feature extraction,

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

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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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