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JCS snapshot - Golgi disintegration and functional disruption during paraptosis

Posted by , on 19 August 2026

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Xiang Cui, who, together with Min Cui and team, uncover a role for Golgi disintegration and functional disruption during paraptosis. In this snapshot, Xiang Cui take us through the key findings from their research.
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Featured image with Mayuri Varma

Posted by , on 14 August 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Mayuri Varma, shows a human iPSC-derived cortical organoid stained for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a well-established marker of astrocytes.
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Seeing comes before knowing: how live imaging led to the discovery of blood vessel-resident macrophages

Posted by , on 12 August 2026

Bart Weijts and Catherine Robin share the behind the paper story on their discovery of blood vessel-resident macrophages.
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JCS snapshot - Live imaging of epithelial phagocyte differentiation in the Drosophila ovary reveals transient and novel behaviours

Posted by , on 11 August 2026

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Caique Almeida Machado Costa, who, together with Wu-Min Deng and team, used time-lapse imaging to uncover dynamic behaviours during epithelial-to-phagocyte differentiation, including migration, delamination, long-range target capture and cell engulfment. In this snapshot, Cai take us through the key findings from their research.
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Imaging spotlight: FidlTrack

Posted by , on 10 August 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, we hear from Pierre Parutto and Edward Avezov about FidlTrack, a method for benchmarking and optimising single particle tracking.
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Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 7 August 2026

Here is a curated selection of the latest preprints 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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Imaging spotlight: fluorogenic L-DNA probes

Posted by , on 6 August 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, we hear from Bas van Bommel and Helge Ewers about the fluorogenic L-DNA probes they used to optimise DNA-PAINT labelling for single molecule localisation microscopy.
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FocalPlane features… Laura Bacete and Sven Truckenbrodt

Posted by , on 5 August 2026

View the recordings from our second webinar on quantitative plant imaging. We heard from Laura Bacete, on ‘Brillouin Microscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Plant Cell Wall Mechanics Across Systems’ and Sven Truckenbrodt on ‘PlantEx: multicolour super-resolution imaging of plants with expansion microscopy’.
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Featured image with Saheli Roy

Posted by , on 3 August 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Saheli Roy, depicts a maximum intensity projection of a female Drosophila melanogaster‘s reproductive system – both ovaries, lateral and common oviducts, uterus and seminal receptacle (an organ for sperm storage that allows the female fly to control fertilization).  The ovaries are full of auto-fluorescent developing and mature eggs, because the
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Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis

Posted by , on 24 July 2026

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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